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NAVIGATING LIFE UNCOUPLED: CHANGES IN SINGLEHOOD SATISFACTION IN RESPONSE TO MAJOR LIFE EVENTS
Experiencing challenging events without a partner who can be supportive can be hard and change perceptions of the singlehood experience. We conducted growth curve analyses predicting intercepts and slopes of singlehood satisfaction from ten major life events (MLEs). Single people (N = 5,191; Mage= 4...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9765876/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.123 |
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description | Experiencing challenging events without a partner who can be supportive can be hard and change perceptions of the singlehood experience. We conducted growth curve analyses predicting intercepts and slopes of singlehood satisfaction from ten major life events (MLEs). Single people (N = 5,191; Mage= 46.98, 60.1% women) were followed longitudinally over 10 years (2008-2017) and provided information on MLEs and singlehood satisfaction. People were fairly satisfied with singlehood (Mintercept=6.52/10), and satisfaction increased over time (Mquadratic slope=.01). Some difficult events (e.g., becoming ill and losing parents) were associated with declines in singlehood satisfaction. However, responses to MLEs were overall complex—unemployment was related to lower levels of satisfaction but unrelated to changes in satisfaction. Seemingly positive events (e.g., buying a house, getting a job) were also related to lower levels of satisfaction. Results for each MLE will be discussed in line with additional qualitative data on single people’s perceptions of change. |
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spelling | pubmed-97658762022-12-20 NAVIGATING LIFE UNCOUPLED: CHANGES IN SINGLEHOOD SATISFACTION IN RESPONSE TO MAJOR LIFE EVENTS Oh, Jeewon Chopik, William Innov Aging Abstracts Experiencing challenging events without a partner who can be supportive can be hard and change perceptions of the singlehood experience. We conducted growth curve analyses predicting intercepts and slopes of singlehood satisfaction from ten major life events (MLEs). Single people (N = 5,191; Mage= 46.98, 60.1% women) were followed longitudinally over 10 years (2008-2017) and provided information on MLEs and singlehood satisfaction. People were fairly satisfied with singlehood (Mintercept=6.52/10), and satisfaction increased over time (Mquadratic slope=.01). Some difficult events (e.g., becoming ill and losing parents) were associated with declines in singlehood satisfaction. However, responses to MLEs were overall complex—unemployment was related to lower levels of satisfaction but unrelated to changes in satisfaction. Seemingly positive events (e.g., buying a house, getting a job) were also related to lower levels of satisfaction. Results for each MLE will be discussed in line with additional qualitative data on single people’s perceptions of change. Oxford University Press 2022-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9765876/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.123 Text en © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Abstracts Oh, Jeewon Chopik, William NAVIGATING LIFE UNCOUPLED: CHANGES IN SINGLEHOOD SATISFACTION IN RESPONSE TO MAJOR LIFE EVENTS |
title | NAVIGATING LIFE UNCOUPLED: CHANGES IN SINGLEHOOD SATISFACTION IN RESPONSE TO MAJOR LIFE EVENTS |
title_full | NAVIGATING LIFE UNCOUPLED: CHANGES IN SINGLEHOOD SATISFACTION IN RESPONSE TO MAJOR LIFE EVENTS |
title_fullStr | NAVIGATING LIFE UNCOUPLED: CHANGES IN SINGLEHOOD SATISFACTION IN RESPONSE TO MAJOR LIFE EVENTS |
title_full_unstemmed | NAVIGATING LIFE UNCOUPLED: CHANGES IN SINGLEHOOD SATISFACTION IN RESPONSE TO MAJOR LIFE EVENTS |
title_short | NAVIGATING LIFE UNCOUPLED: CHANGES IN SINGLEHOOD SATISFACTION IN RESPONSE TO MAJOR LIFE EVENTS |
title_sort | navigating life uncoupled: changes in singlehood satisfaction in response to major life events |
topic | Abstracts |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9765876/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.123 |
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