Moving Back to the Parental Home in Times of COVID-19: Consequences for Students' Life Satisfaction.

Autor/inn/en	Preetz, Richard; Greifenberg, Julius; Hülsemann, Julia; Filser, Andreas
Titel	Moving Back to the Parental Home in Times of COVID-19: Consequences for Students' Life Satisfaction. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Umzug zurück ins Elternhaus in Zeiten von COVID-19: Folgen für die Lebenszufriedenheit von Studierenden.
Quelle	In: International journal of environmental research and public health, 19 (2022) 17, 13 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1660-4601
DOI	10.3390/ijerph191710659
Schlagwörter	Soziale Situation; Zufriedenheit; Lebensalter; Eltern; Wohnort; Pandemie; Universität; Wohnsituation; E-Learning; Auswirkung; Autonomes Verhalten; Einflussfaktor; Junger Erwachsener; Student; Deutschland
Abstract	"Residential independence from parents is a key marker for young adults' transition to adulthood. Losing this independence by returning to the parental home marks a regression of adult development with negative implications for returnees' subjective wellbeing. This paper investigates how a return to the parental home during the COVID-19 pandemic affects the life satisfaction of university students. We used nationwide survey data from German university students (N = 913) to analyze differences in life satisfaction for those who did or did not return to their parental homes. Our results revealed two main findings. First, university students who moved back to their parental home reported significantly lower life satisfaction than those who remained living independently. Second, the association between moving back and life satisfaction varied by age. A return to the parental home was more detrimental to older students' life satisfaction, while students aged 24 or younger did not experience a significant decrease when moving back to the parental home. We discuss the implications of our findings in the context of young adults' subjective wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic." The study refers to the period 2020-2020. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © MPDI)..
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2023/1