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Institutional Rearing Is Associated with Lower General Life Satisfaction in Adulthood

We analyzed whether individuals reared in institutions differ in their general life satisfaction from people raised in their families. The data comprised of 19,210 German adults (51.5% female) aged from 17 to 101 years and were provided by the SOEP, an ongoing, nationally representative longitudinal study in Germany. Compared to people raised in families, individuals reared in institutions reported lower general life satisfaction in the manner of a dose response relationship controlling their parents’ education and occupational prestige. The association was moderated by participants’ age such that with increasing age the association between institutional rearing and lower general life satisfaction decreased. Further, the relationship was partly mediated by the individuals own education/socio-economic attainment in adulthood, physical health, and relationship status.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Journal: Journal of Research in Personality ; ISSN: 0092-6566 ; Volume: 48 ; Year: 2014 ; Pages: 93–97- ; Orlando, FL: Academic Press

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
Life satisfaction
Set point theory
Early adversity
Institutional Rearing
Zufriedenheit
Kinder
Erwachsene

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Richter, David
Lemola, Sakari
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Elsevier
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
(where)
Amsterdam
(when)
2014-02

DOI
doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2013.11.001
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Associated

  • Richter, David
  • Lemola, Sakari
  • Elsevier
  • ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft

Time of origin

  • 2014-02

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