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ADVANCES IN LIFE COURSE RESEARCH
卷 37, 期 -, 页码 31-41出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2018.06.002
关键词
Life course; Life events; Mental health; Motherhood; Subjective well-being; Socio-economic panel study (SOEP)
Based on considerations of societal mothering ideologies, qualitative gender studies suggest detrimental effects of motherhood on women's mental well-being. However, numerous quantitative life course analyses find no such effect. This dissonance may originate in the measurement of well-being usually employed in longitudinal quantitative designs, which does not capture the dimensions of well-being identified as relevant in gender studies (i.e., stress, anxiety, depression, and social detraction). Using an indicator of well-being based on the Short Form 12 health questionnaire (SF-12), whose items correspond closely to these dimensions, this study integrates the gender perspective on maternal well-being in a longitudinal life course design. Using data on 1855 mothers and a control group of 6283 childless women from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), longitudinal analyses reveal a significant and steady decrease in average maternal mental well-being after first childbirth. When contrasted with the development in a matched control group of childless women, a smaller, but still statistically significant decline is predicted. Thus, our results are consistent with arguments of a detrimental effect of motherhood.
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