Costs and rewards of children: The effects of becoming a parent on adults' lives
Costs and rewards of children: The effects of becoming a parent on adults' lives
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1741-3737.2003.00356.x
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发表时间：
2003-05-01
影响因子：
6
通讯作者：
Milkie, MA
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作者：
Nomaguchi, KM;Milkie, MA
新父母与没有孩子的父母在社会和心理资源、日常压力和心理健康方面有何不同？我们使用了一个由1,933名在第一次采访时没有孩子的成年人组成的全国代表性小组，比较了那些成为父母的成年人和那些几年后仍然没有孩子的成年人的6项生活指标，控制了早期的州。成为父母既有害又有益。除了所有新父母群体的社会融合程度都高于无子女父母群体之外，父母地位对成年人生活的影响货车，主要是按性别和婚姻状况划分的。未婚父母报告较低的自我效能和较高的抑郁症比他们没有孩子的同行。已婚母亲的生活特点是更多的家务劳动和更多的婚姻冲突，但比没有孩子的母亲更少抑郁。父母状况对已婚男性的生活影响不大。
How do new parents differ from their childless counterparts in social and psychological resources, daily strains, and psychological well-being? Using a nationally representative panel of 1,933 adults who were childless at the first interview, we compare 6 indicators of adults' lives for those who became parents and those remaining childless several years later, controlling for earlier states. Becoming a parent is both detrimental and rewarding. With the exception of social integration, which is greater for all groups of new parents compared with their childless counterparts, the effects of parental status on adults' lives van, markedly by gender and marital status. Unmarried parents report lower self-efficacy and higher depression than their childless counterparts. Married mothers' lives are marked by more housework and more marital conflict but less depression than their childless counterparts. Parental status has little influence on the lives of married men.