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

本研究的目标有两个：(1)记录后工业发达经济体中父母对幸福感影响的跨国差异；(2)确定父母对幸福感影响的跨国差异是否可以通过福利国家对父母支持的质量和数量的变化来解释。本研究将使用2005年21个经合组织国家的世界价值观调查样本，以确定为人父母对成人幸福的几个关键指标的影响，包括生活满意度、总体幸福感、掌控力、宿命论和自评健康。研究人员假设，那些公众支持育儿的国家比其他支持较少的国家对成人幸福的负面影响更小。更广泛的影响：通过调查公共政策和机构对父母养育子女的支持作用？心理健康，这项研究可以帮助确定那些最大限度地减少儿童对成人福祉的惩罚，并最强烈地影响父母的生活体验的做法。

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.