This study examined differences in subjective well-being between parents and non-parents in middle age. An online survey was conducted with people from 45- to 60- years of age (N = 558). The subjective well-being scores were not significantly different between the above two groups. Multi-regression analysis suggested that the determinants affecting participants varied according to their gender and the presence of child. While bilateral activities as a married couple influenced their subjective well-beings, other influential factors included household income, social activities for women with a child, the involvement with future generation in childless women, and household income in men, regardless of parental status. The results for women suggest that generativity might play a key role in subjective well-being of the middle-aged women with no children as well as those with a child.
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福島朋子, & 沼山博. (2015). 子どもの有無と主観的幸福感:中年期における規定因を中心として. 心理学研究, 86(5), 474–480. Retrieved from https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jjpsy/86/5/86_86.14335/_article/-char/ja/
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