Family Networks and Psychological Well-Being in Midlife
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Family Networks and Psychological Well-Being
1.1.1. Gender within the Context of Family Networks
1.1.2. Other Factors Affecting Psychological Well-Being
2. Data and Methods
2.1. Procedures
2.2. Measures
2.3. Plan of Analysis
3. Results
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Characteristics of Respondents | M, SD, % |
---|---|
Family Level Characteristics | |
Family size (M, SD) | 4.21 (1.85) |
Race | |
White (%) | 87.7 |
Adult Child Level Characteristics | |
Age (M, SD) | 49.1 (5.62) |
Daughters (%) | 55.4 |
Parents (%) | 86.9 |
Employed (%) | 85.7 |
Subjective Health (M, SD) | 3.93 (0.98) |
Educational Attainment (%) | |
Less than high school | 3.4 |
High school graduate | 14.7 |
Some college | 17.7 |
College graduate | 64.1 |
Measure | Depressive Symptoms | Spouse Tension | Mother Tension | Sibling Tension |
---|---|---|---|---|
Depressive Symptoms | 1.00 | 0.12 * | 0.13 ** | 0.12 * |
Spouse Tension | 1.00 | 0.10 * | 0.20 ** | |
Mother Tension | 1.00 | 0.34 ** | ||
Sibling Tension | 1.00 |
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Estimate | SE | Estimate | SE | Estimate | SE | |
Family Size | −0.23 * | 0.10 | −0.21 * | 0.10 | −0.25 ** | 0.10 |
Age | −0.01 | 0.03 | −0.02 | 0.03 | −0.02 | 0.03 |
Education | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.12 |
Parent | −1.44 ** | 0.46 | −1.36 ** | 0.46 | −1.35 ** | 0.46 |
Employed | −1.46 ** | 0.46 | −1.57 *** | 0.46 | −1.43 ** | 0.46 |
Health | −1.34 *** | 0.17 | −1.32 *** | 0.17 | −1.34 *** | 0.17 |
Race (White = 1) | 0.69 | 0.53 | 0.88 | 0.54 | 0.75 | 0.53 |
Daughters | 0.50 | 0.33 | 0.17 | 0.32 | 0.24 | 0.32 |
Spouse Tension | 0.21 ** | 0.08 | - | - | - | - |
Mother Tension | - | - | 0.20 ** | 0.08 | - | – |
Sibling Tension | - | - | - | - | 0.21 ** | 0.08 |
Constant | 17.28 *** | 2.00 | 17.61 *** | 1.99 | 17.87 *** | 1.96 |
Model Statistics | ||||||
−2logL | 2632.31 | 2633.33 | 2633.61 | |||
AIC | 2656.31 | 2657.33 | 2657.61 | |||
BIC | 2706.76 | 2707.78 | 2708.07 |
Model 1 | Model 2 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Estimate | SE | Estimate | SE | |
Family Size | −0.23 * | 0.10 | −0.25 ** | 0.10 |
Age | −0.01 | 0.03 | −0.01 | 0.03 |
Education | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.12 |
Parent | −1.46 *** | 0.46 | −1.45 *** | 0.45 |
Employed | −1.49 *** | 0.46 | −1.63 *** | 0.46 |
Health | −1.30 *** | 0.17 | −1.27 *** | 0.17 |
Race (White = 1) | 0.85 | 0.53 | 0.83 | 0.53 |
Daughters | 0.37 | 0.33 | 0.53 | 1.41 |
Spouse Tension | 0.17 * | 0.08 | 0.31 ** | 0.11 |
Mother Tension | 0.14 | 0.08 | −0.10 | 0.13 |
Sibling Tension | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.19 | 0.14 |
Daughters X Spouse Tension | −0.25 | 0.15 | ||
Daughters X Mother Tension | 0.37 * | 0.16 | ||
Daughters X Sibling Tension | −0.11 | 0.18 | ||
Constant | 15.88 *** | 2.06 | 15.59 *** | 2.20 |
Model Statistics | ||||
−2logL | 2625.34 | 2617.84 | ||
AIC | 2653.34 | 2651.84 | ||
BIC | 2712.21 | 2723.31 |
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Gilligan, M.; Suitor, J.J.; Nam, S.; Routh, B.; Rurka, M.; Con, G. Family Networks and Psychological Well-Being in Midlife. Soc. Sci. 2017, 6, 94. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci6030094
Gilligan M, Suitor JJ, Nam S, Routh B, Rurka M, Con G. Family Networks and Psychological Well-Being in Midlife. Social Sciences. 2017; 6(3):94. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci6030094
Chicago/Turabian StyleGilligan, Megan, J. Jill Suitor, Sangbo Nam, Brianna Routh, Marissa Rurka, and Gulcin Con. 2017. "Family Networks and Psychological Well-Being in Midlife" Social Sciences 6, no. 3: 94. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci6030094
APA StyleGilligan, M., Suitor, J. J., Nam, S., Routh, B., Rurka, M., & Con, G. (2017). Family Networks and Psychological Well-Being in Midlife. Social Sciences, 6(3), 94. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci6030094