子どもをもたない中年期有配偶者の世代性と幸福感―ジェンダーと就労形態による分析―

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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between generative acts, generative concern, and well-being in middle-aged married people with no children, from the perspective of gender and employment type. An online survey was conducted with 196 males and 461 females from 45 to 60 years of age. Structural equation modeling indicated that generative acts predicted higher levels of generative concern and in turn, generative concern predicted higher levels of well-being regardless of gender and employment type. At the same time, it was also suggested that the pattern of these associations varied according employment type in females: while psychological well-being, such as "purpose in life" and "personal growth", correlated with generative concern regardless of employment type, subjective well-being correlated with generative concern in full-time and part-time workers. Moreover, "interaction with the subsequent generation" correlated with generative concern regardless of employment type, whereas "generative acts outside work" in full-time workers and "generative acts at work" in part-time workers correlated with generative concern, respectively.