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

SES-1024539PI：Jennifer L.GlassInstitution：爱荷华州大学SES-1024431PI：Robin W.SimonInstitution：维克森林大学这项研究的目标有两个：(1)记录后工业化发达经济体中父母身份对幸福感影响的跨国差异，以及(2)确定是否可以通过福利国家对父母身份支持的质量和数量的差异来解释父母身份对幸福感影响的跨国差异。这项研究将使用来自21个OCED国家的样本的2005年世界价值观调查来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、掌握程度、宿命论和自我评估的健康。调查人员假设，与其他支持较少的国家相比，那些公众对育儿的支持较多的国家，对成人幸福的负面影响会更小。更广泛的影响：通过调查公共政策和制度支持对父母的作用？关于心理健康，这项研究可以帮助确定哪些做法最大限度地减少了儿童惩罚对成人福祉的影响，并对父母的生活体验产生了最大影响。

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 wellbeing 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.