Collaborative Research: A Comparative Analysis of the Impact of Children on Parents' Well-Being

SES-1024539PI：Jennifer L. GlassInstitution：University of IowaSES-1024431PI：Robin W.西蒙机构：维克森林大学本研究的目标有两个方面：（1）记录跨国差异的影响，父母在后工业发达经济体的福祉，（2）以确定是否跨国差异的影响，父母的福祉可以解释的变化的质量和数量的福利国家支持父母。这项研究将使用2005年世界价值观调查从21个OCED国家的样本，以确定父母对成年人福祉的几个关键指标，包括生活满意度的影响，一般幸福，掌握，宿命论，和自我评价的健康。研究人员假设，那些对养育子女有更多公众支持的国家，与其他支持较少的国家相比，父母身份对成年人福祉的负面影响较小。 更广泛的影响：通过调查公共政策和机构支持对父母养育子女的作用？这项研究可以帮助确定那些最大限度地减少对儿童的惩罚对成人福祉的影响，并最强烈地影响父母的生活经历的做法。

SES-1024539PI: Jennifer L. GlassInstitution: University of IowaSES-1024431PI: Robin W. SimonInstitution: Wake Forest UniversityThe goals of this research are twofold: (1) to document cross-national variation in the effect of parenthood on well-being in post-industrial developed economies, and (2) to determine whether cross-national variation in the effect of parenthood on well-being can be explained by variation in the quality and quantity of welfare state support for parenthood. This research will use the 2005 World Values Surveys from a sample of 21 OCED countries to determine the impact of parenthood on several key indicators of adult well-being, including life satisfaction, general happiness, mastery, fatalism, and self-rated health. The investigators hypothesize that those countries with greater public support for parenting will show less negative effects of parenthood on adult well-being than other countries with less support. Broader Impacts:By investigating the role of public policies and institutional supports for parenting on parents? psychological well-being, this research can help identify those practices that minimize the child penalty on adult well-being, and most strongly affect the lived experience of parents.