Parenthood and dynamics of life satisfaction in times of COVID-19.

Autor/inn/en	Hudde, Ansgar; Hank, Karsten; Jacob, Marita
Titel	Parenthood and dynamics of life satisfaction in times of COVID-19. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Elternschaft und Dynamik der Lebenszufriedenheit in Zeiten von COVID-19.
Quelle	In: The British journal of sociology, 74 (2023) 3, S. 419-432 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0007-1315; 1468-4446
DOI	10.1111/1468-4446.13003
Schlagwörter	Zufriedenheit; Mutter; Vater; Geschlechtsspezifischer Unterschied; Eltern; Leben; COVID-19; Pandemie
Abstract	We analyze data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study, including a pre-pandemic baseline and seven survey waves between May 2020 and September 2021. Fixed effects panel regression models are run over more than 11,000 individuals, distinguishing among women and men with young children ((5 years), older children (5-15 years), or no children in the household. We hypothesize that declines in life satisfaction during the first lockdown are sharper among parents, whose domestic demands increase, than among the childless. We develop competing hypotheses that parents might be resilient and have higher life satisfaction during the later phases of the pandemic (Adaptation Hypothesis) or that the pandemic stressors accumulate, leading to even lower satisfaction over time (Accumulation Hypothesis). The results only support the Accumulation Hypothesis among mothers. Whereas mothers fared comparatively well during the first lockdown, further pandemic stressors have seemingly exhausted their resilience, leading to stronger declines during the winter 2020/2021 lockdown. Among men with older children and without children, life satisfaction decreased during the first and subsequent lockdowns. Men with young children were the only group with almost unchanged life satisfaction throughout the pandemic. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2024/1