The fulfillment of career dreams at midlife: Does it matter for women's mental health?
The fulfillment of career dreams at midlife: Does it matter for women's mental health?
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DOI：
10.2307/2955429
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发表时间：
1997-12-01
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5
通讯作者：
Carr, D
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作者：
Carr, D
本文探讨了一个女人的心理健康是否在中年受到影响的程度，她早期的职业抱负已经实现。心理健康的两个方面被考虑。抑郁症和生活的目的。根据威斯康星州纵向研究（WLS）的3,499名女性受访者的数据，结果表明，即使在控制了社会背景，人力资本，家庭和健康特征之后，那些没有达到早期职业目标的女性也会遭受生活目标水平较低和抑郁水平较高的痛苦。就人生目标而言，如果当前的家庭特征得到控制，达不到目标的有害影响就会大大减弱。对于抑郁症来说，一旦考虑到健康特征，达不到目标的有害影响就会大大降低。尽管渴望成为家庭主妇的女性在中年时的生活目标水平低于有工作愿望的女性，但一旦控制了人力资本特征，这种差异就没有统计学意义。“不知道”他们未来希望做什么的人在50多岁时的生活目标水平明显较低，即使在控制了社会背景，人力资本，家庭和健康特征之后。
This paper examines whether a woman's mental health at midlife is affected by the degree to which her earlier career aspirations have been fulfilled. Two dimensions of mental health ave considered. depression and purpose in life. Based on data for 3,499 female respondents to the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS), the results indicate that women who have fallen short of their earlier career goals suffer from lower levels of purpose in life and higher levels of depression, even after controlling for social background, human capital, family, and health characteristics. For purpose in life, the harmful effects of falling short of one's goal attenuate considerably when current family characteristics are controlled. For depression, the harmful effects of falling short of one's goal decline considerably once health characteristics are considered Although women who aspired to be housewives evidenced lower levels of purpose in life at midlife than women with work aspirations, this difference was not statistically significant once human capital characteristics were controlled Women who, at age 35, ''did not know'' what they hoped to do in the future had significantly lower levels of purpose in life in their 50s, even after controlling for social background, human capital, family, and health characteristics.