Who Gains More? The Relationship Between Parenthood and Well-Being
Two studies were conducted to explore the effect of parental sex on well-being due to parenthood. Study 1 analyzed the sixth wave of the World Values Survey data. The results indicated that parents were happier than their respective childless peers. However, the effect of motherhood was significantl...
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doaj-0fcfdf70a44449baa0216cf56726176c2020-11-25T03:24:44ZengSAGE PublishingEvolutionary Psychology1474-70492019-07-011710.1177/1474704919860467Who Gains More? The Relationship Between Parenthood and Well-BeingQuanlei Yu0Jie Zhang1Lin Zhang2Qiuying Zhang3Yafei Guo4Shenghua Jin5Jianwen Chen6 School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China Department of Psychology, State University of New York Buffalo State in USA, Buffalo, NY, USA Beijing Key Lab of Applied Experimental Psychology, School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China Department of Teaching and Learning, School of Education and Human Development, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA School of Entrepreneurship and Management, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China Institute of Psychological and Cognitive Science, Fuzhou University, Fujian, People’s Republic of China Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Graduate School of Education, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, ChinaTwo studies were conducted to explore the effect of parental sex on well-being due to parenthood. Study 1 analyzed the sixth wave of the World Values Survey data. The results indicated that parents were happier than their respective childless peers. However, the effect of motherhood was significantly higher than that of fatherhood. Furthermore, Study 2 analyzed the data from 354 single-child parents in China. The results showed that perceived parent–child facial resemblance moderated the sex difference in well-being. Specifically, in the high parent–child facial resemblance group, both fathers and mothers showed high levels of well-being; however, in the low parent–child facial resemblance group, the well-being level of mothers was higher than fathers. These results supported the renovated pyramid of needs and the hypothesis of paternal uncertainty.https://doi.org/10.1177/1474704919860467 |
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Two studies were conducted to explore the effect of parental sex on well-being due to parenthood. Study 1 analyzed the sixth wave of the World Values Survey data. The results indicated that parents were happier than their respective childless peers. However, the effect of motherhood was significantly higher than that of fatherhood. Furthermore, Study 2 analyzed the data from 354 single-child parents in China. The results showed that perceived parent–child facial resemblance moderated the sex difference in well-being. Specifically, in the high parent–child facial resemblance group, both fathers and mothers showed high levels of well-being; however, in the low parent–child facial resemblance group, the well-being level of mothers was higher than fathers. These results supported the renovated pyramid of needs and the hypothesis of paternal uncertainty. |
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