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Religiousness and Mental Health
Religious practices help preventing depressive symptoms
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Past research has already suggested favourable health outcomes for religious individuals. A new study presented by Danish researchers now finds that especially the attendance of religous services seems to protect against depression. This may be explained by the community, social support, and the structures for coping with stress which they provide. >> Read more |
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Divorce and Individual Well-being
Recent divorcees report higher well-being than couples in process of a divorce
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It is no surprise that the life-event of a divorce negatively impacts well-being. Using SHARE data, scholars were now able to scientifically illustrate the complex association between the year of divorce, variations in happiness, individual stress level, financial hardship as well as differing cultural attitudes towards family dissolution across Europe.
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Who Will Care for Our Parents?
Siblings’ characteristics influence the extent of individual children's care-giving
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So far, there is only little knowledge about the role of sibling characteristics in the decision-making process on fulfilling care tasks within multiple-child families in Europe. According to the Belgian researchers Vergauwen and Mortelmans, gender, parent-child contact frequency, and care-caused expenses are key factors in the siblings' decision.
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How Becoming a Grandparent Impacts Well-being
Evidence for a positive effect on well-being only for first time maternal grandmothers
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Given the assumption that individuals benefit from becoming a grandparent, so far only little is known about how this transition actually affects well-being. A European research team has recently compared well-being of grandparents and eventually found evidence for a limited positive effect of becoming a grandparent, which is strongly associated with emotional closeness with their own children.
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The Scarring Effect of Unemployment
Episodes of unemployment have long-term negative effects on mental well-being
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Researchers Mousteri et al. have identified a “scarring” effect of involuntary joblessness: Their study finds that each six-month spell of past unemployment predicts reduced quality of life after the age of 50 even for individuals who have since found a new job. Thus, economic adversities and unemployment may profoundly impact individual well-being not only in the short run, but also from a long-term perspective once unemployment experiences accumulate. >> Read more |
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