HDFS 105 1st Edition Lecture 20 Outline of Last Lecture I A broad age range II Baby boomers reach middle age III Physical changes IV Menopause in women V Later motherhood VI Men s midlife change VII Sexuality VIII Health IX Health and personality type X Cognitive development XI Socio emotional changes XII Divorce in middle age XIII Leisure time XIV Life satisfaction XV Family violence XVI Families with adolescents XVII Family at midlife children leave home XVIII Family in later life XIX Middle adulthood terms to know Outline of Current Lecture I Middle age How family children and aging parents affect health II Changing patterns of marriage divorce etc Current Lecture I Middle age how family children and aging parents affect health a Examined how marital status parental status and child status affect wellbeing health i Looked at 4 measures of health 1 Physical 2 Negative mentality sadness depression etc 3 Positive mentality 4 Generativity mentoring helping etc a Marital Status in Middle Age 40 59 and health i No differences on physical health vs divorced single people These 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 II Non cohabiting formerly married men and women had more negative affect on mental status than couples in their first marriage iii Remarried men experienced more negative feelings than first married men iv Midlife women who had non traditional marital careers experienced greater generativity than first married women a Middle Age Parenthood i Men are more likely to have younger children than women ii Women are more likely to have depression iii Women with a child less than 5 years old are about twice as likely to be depressed than men iv Men with children have better psychological wellbeing than women v Men with children have greater generativity vs women a Children and Marital Satisfaction i From ages 43 to 54 marital satisfaction increases with an empty nest and decreases with a full nest a Middle age and status of parents i About 30 of parents of man and woman are dead ii More likely to have mom alive than dad alive a Aging Parents Impact on their Adult Children i Unhealthy parents 1 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 Wellbeing i Marital Status 1 Some modest effects on wellbeing single men and women are less happy Stepmothers may experience more generativity i Parent Status 1 Kids stressed out their moms and make their dads happy 2 Kids leaving the nest improves marital satisfaction 3 Own parents poor health a Can reduce wellbeing Changing Patterns of Marriage Divorce etc a Marriage Patterns i Age at which young people are getting married 1 Women 26 2 Men 28 i Cohabitation 1 50 of couples cohabitate before marriage i Age at which couples are having children 1 Mid to late 20s a Divorce i Divorce rate is falling for the past 50 years ii Divorce rate for couples over 50 is rising a a iii Divorce rate for couples over 65 is rising iv Most unmarried Persons 45 63 are divorced Marital Satisfaction over the lifespan i Happiest when they get married ii Happiness slowly declines over time iii Data based on those married from 73 82 iv Why 1 Boredom 2 Identity crisis 3 Children particularly teens Why adolescent years may be hard on marriages i Parental midlife difficulties ii Spouse conflict iii Possible separation iv Adolescent difficulties