Connidis I A, McMullin J A
Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
Gerontologist. 1993 Oct;33(5):630-6. doi: 10.1093/geront/33.5.630.
Data from a multi-stage quota sample of adults aged 55 and over were used to examine the effect of parent status on three measures of subjective well-being--avowed happiness, depression, and satisfaction with life. Unlike other studies, we employed four categories of parent status: close parents, distant parents, those who chose not to have children, and those who are childless by circumstance. We found significant differences in subjective well-being between close parents and distant parents, and between close parents and the childless by circumstance but not the childless by choice. We also found important differences, by gender, in which factors predict subjective well-being.
来自一个55岁及以上成年人的多阶段配额样本的数据被用于检验父母身份对主观幸福感的三个衡量指标——宣称的幸福、抑郁和生活满意度——的影响。与其他研究不同，我们采用了四类父母身份：关系亲密的父母、关系疏远的父母、选择不生育的人以及因环境因素而无子女的人。我们发现，关系亲密的父母与关系疏远的父母之间，以及关系亲密的父母与因环境因素而无子女的人（而非因选择而无子女的人）之间，在主观幸福感上存在显著差异。我们还发现，在预测主观幸福感的因素方面，存在重要的性别差异。
