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Gender differences in self-concept and psychological well-being in old age
— a meta analysis | | Author(s) | Martin Pinquart, Silvia Sörensen |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 56B, no 4, July 2001 |
| Pages | pp P195-P213 |
| Keywords | Well being ; Attitude ; Older men ; Older women ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Because of women's higher risk of being widowed, having health problems, and needing care, one might expect them to have a more negative self-concept and lower subjective well-being (SWB). However, women may also have access to sources of SWB (e.g. adult children) and may engage in processes to protect the self (e.g. lower aspirations). Meta-analysis was used to synthesise findings from 300 empirical studies on gender differences in life satisfaction, happiness, self-esteem, loneliness, subjective health, and subjective age in late adulthood. Older women reported lower SWB and less positive self-concept than men on all measures, except subjective age, although gender accounted for less than 1% of variance in well-being and self-concept. Smaller gender differences in SWB were found in younger than older groups. Statistically controlling for gender differences in widowhood, health and socioeconomic status decreased gender differences in SWB. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010814201 A |
| Classmark | D:F:5HH: DP: BC: BD: 3F: 7T |
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