HDFS 105 1st Edition Lecture 20 Outline of Last Lecture I. A broad age rangeII. Baby boomers reach middle ageIII. Physical changesIV. Menopause in womenV. Later motherhoodVI. Men’s midlife changeVII. SexualityVIII. HealthIX. Health and personality typeX. Cognitive developmentXI. Socio-emotional changesXII. Divorce in middle ageXIII. Leisure timeXIV. Life satisfactionXV. Family violenceXVI. Families with adolescentsXVII. Family at midlife: children leave homeXVIII. Family in later lifeXIX. Middle adulthood terms to know Outline of Current Lecture I. Middle-age: How family, children, and aging parents affect healthII. Changing patterns of marriage, divorce, etc. Current LectureI. Middle-age: how family, children and aging parents affect healtha.Examined how marital status, parental status, and child status affect wellbeing/healthi.Looked at 4 measures of health1. Physical2.Negative mentality (sadness, depression, etc.)3. Positive mentality4.Generativity (mentoring, helping, etc.)a. Marital Status in Middle Age (40-59) and healthi.No differences on physical health vs divorced/single peopleThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.ii.Non-cohabiting formerly married men and women had more negative affect onmental status than couples in their first marriageiii.Remarried men experienced more negative feelings than first married meniv. Midlife women who had non-traditional marital careers experienced greater generativity than first married womena. Middle Age Parenthoodi.Men are more likely to have younger children than women ii. Women are more likely to have depressioniii.Women with a child less than 5 years old are about twice as likely to be depressed than meniv.Men with children have better psychological wellbeing than womenv. Men with children have greater generativity vs womena.Children and Marital Satisfactioni. From ages 43 to 54 marital satisfaction increases with an empty nest and decreases with a full nesta. Middle age and status of parentsi.About 30% of parents of man and woman are deadii. More likely to have mom alive than dad alivea.Aging Parents Impact on their Adult Childreni. Unhealthy parents1.Particularly unhealthy sole surviving mothers have negative effects on their adult children. (Worse for women)i.Early death of both parents…? a. General summary of Midlife and the Family's Impact on Wellbeingi.Marital Status1. Some modest effects on wellbeing; single men and women are less happy. Stepmothers may experience more generativityi. Parent Status1.Kids stressed out their moms and make their dads happy2. Kids leaving the nest improves marital satisfaction3.Own parents poor healtha. Can reduce wellbeingII. Changing Patterns of Marriage, Divorce, etc.a. Marriage Patternsi.Age at which young people are getting married1. Women: 262.Men: 28i. Cohabitation1.50% of couples cohabitate before marriagei. Age at which couples are having children?1.Mid to late 20s a. Divorcei.Divorce rate is falling for the past 50 yearsii. Divorce rate for couples over 50 is risingiii.Divorce rate for couples over 65 is risingiv. Most unmarried Persons 45-63 are divorceda.Marital Satisfaction over the lifespani. Happiest when they get marriedii.Happiness slowly declines over timeiii. (Data based on those married from '73-'82)iv.Why?1. Boredom2.Identity crisis3. Children, particularly teensa.Why adolescent years may be hard on marriagesi. Parental midlife difficultiesii.Spouse conflictiii. Possible separationiv.Adolescent