Welche Rolle spielen Oma und Opa für die Betreuung von Kindern in Deutschland? Und hat sich daran im Zuge des Kita-Ausbaus der vergangenen Jahres etwas geändert? Diesen und vielen weiteren Fragen in diesem Zusammenhang ist ein Forschungsprojekt des Bundesinstituts für Bevölkerungsforschung (BiB) und des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin) in den vergangenen ...
A large body of empirical evidence has accumulated showing that the experience of old age is “younger,” more “agentic,” and “happier” than ever before. However, it is not yet known whether historical improvements in well-being, control beliefs, cognitive functioning, and other outcomes generalize to individuals’ views on their own aging process. To examine historical changes in such views on aging, ...
We estimate the effect of parental separation on the risk and trust attitudes of German adolescents using a large household survey dataset, which allows us to match respondents to their siblings and parents. Our results indicate that adolescents from separated families are less trusting but have the same risk tolerance as adolescents from non-separated families, even after conditioning on the attitudes ...
Flexibly using different emotion-regulation (ER) strategies in different situational contexts, such as domains, has been argued to promote effective emotion regulation. Additionally, emotion regulation processes may change with age as narrowing time horizons shift emotion-regulation preferences. The purpose of the present study was to examine the occurrence and effectiveness of flexible emotion regulation ...
Background: Previous research suggests that romantic relationships play a crucial role for perceived control. However, we know surprisingly little about changes in perceived control before and after the end of romantic relationships. Methods: Based on data from the Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), a nationally representative household panel study from Germany, we examined changes of perceived control ...
Die Mehrheit der Deutschen kann in der Krise nicht sparen und 40 Prozent konnten es schon vorher nicht: Die Politik muss handeln, sonst zerbricht der Sozialstaat. 60 Prozent der Deutschen können in dieser Krise nicht sparen – so die erstaunliche Zahl, die diese Woche viel Aufmerksamkeit erregt hat. Dabei ist dieser Befund gar nicht überraschend, haben doch fast 40 Prozent der ...
Background: The transition to parenthood is characterized by far-reaching changes in life. However, little prospective-longitudinal evidence from general population samples exists on changes of general physical and mental health in the years around the birth of a child among mothers and fathers. Methods: Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), this study examined continuous and ...