Partner+ Children= Happiness? The Effects of Partnerships and Fertility on Well‐Being

HP Kohler, JR Behrman… - … and development review, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
TO EXPLAIN CONTINUED partnership formation and childbearing in low-fertility contexts,
most economic and rational-choice approaches to fertility and union formation assume that
individuals derive “utility” from being in unions or having children (eg, Becker 1981). 1 ...

[CITATION][C] Partner+ children= happiness? An assessment of the effect of fertility and partnerships on subjective well-being in Danish twins

HP Kohler, JR Behrman, A Skytthe - Population and Development Review, 2005

Children and marital happiness: A further specification of the relationship

ND Glenn, S McLanahan - Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1982 - JSTOR
The effects of the presence of children on their parents' marital happiness were estimated,
with data from six US national surveys conducted from 1973 through 1978, for
subpopulations delineated on the basis of sex, race, level of education, religious ...

Character strengths and happiness among young children: Content analysis of parental descriptions

N Park, C Peterson - Journal of Happiness Studies, 2006 - Springer
Abstract Parents' written descriptions (average length= 211 words) of children between the
ages of 3 and 9 years were collected on a password-protected website (n= 680). The
presence of the 24 character strengths in the VIA Classification and the level of child's ...

Children and Marital Happiness Why the Negative Correlation?

LK White, A Booth, JN Edwards - Journal of Family Issues, 1986 - jfi.sagepub.com
Abstract This study examines the causal processes that lead to the widely observed
negative association between presence of children and marital happiness. Using a
nationwide panel of 1535 married individuals, we find support for two primary causal ...

Relationships among Children's Happiness, Personality Types and Parents-Child Communication Patterns

YH Kim, MH Kang - Korean Journal of Child Studies, 2008 - koreascience.or.kr
Abstract This study analyzed feelings of happiness in 550 5th grade children (273 males
and 277 females) in elementary schools in Seoul and other regions. Measurement tools
included personality (Eysenk, 1975), communication types (Barnes & Olsen, 1982), ...

Spirituality, religiousness, and happiness in children aged 8–12 years

MD Holder, B Coleman, JM Wallace - Journal of Happiness Studies, 2010 - Springer
Abstract The relation between spirituality and happiness was assessed in 320 children aged
8–12 from public and private (ie, faith-based) schools. Children rated their own spirituality
using the Spiritual Well-Being Questionnaire and 11 items selected and modified from the ...

[CITATION][C] Beyond therapy: biotechnology and the pursuit of happiness

President's Council on Bioethics (US), Leon Kass - 2003 - Harper Perennial

[HTML][HTML] Giving leads to happiness in young children

LB Aknin, JK Hamlin, EW Dunn - PLoS One, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Abstract Evolutionary models of cooperation require proximate mechanisms that sustain
prosociality despite inherent costs to individuals. The “warm glow” that often follows
prosocial acts could provide one such mechanism; if so, these emotional benefits may be ...

Parenthood and happiness: A review of folk theories versus empirical evidence

T Hansen - Social Indicators Research, 2012 - Springer
... Children, happiness and taxation. SOEP working paper no. 230. Berlin: DIW. ... Journal of Family
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