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Institutional rearing is associated with lower general life satisfaction in adulthood

Richter, David and Lemola, Sakari. (2013) Institutional rearing is associated with lower general life satisfaction in adulthood. Journal of research in personality, Vol. 48, H. 1. pp. 93-97.

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Abstract

We analyzed whether individuals reared in institutions differ in their general life satisfaction from people raised in their families. The data comprised of 19,210 German adults (51.5% female) aged from 17 to 101 years and were provided by the SOEP, an ongoing, nationally representative longitudinal study in Germany. Compared to people raised in families, individuals reared in institutions reported lower general life satisfaction in the manner of a dose response relationship controlling their parents' education and occupational prestige. The association was moderated by participants' age such that with increasing age the association between institutional rearing and lower general life satisfaction decreased. Further, the relationship was partly mediated by the individuals own education/socio-economic attainment in adulthood, physical health, and relationship status.
Faculties and Departments:07 Faculty of Psychology > Departement Psychologie > Ehemalige Einheiten Psychologie > Persönlichkeits- und Entwicklungspsychologie (Lemola)
07 Faculty of Psychology > Departement Psychologie > Society & Choice > Entwicklungs- und Persönlichkeitspsychologie (Grob)
UniBasel Contributors:Lemola, Sakari
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Academic Press
ISSN:0092-6566
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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