Why are Middle-Aged People so Depressed? Evidence from West Germany

Does happiness vary with age? The evidence is inconclusive. Some studies show happiness to increase with age (Diener et al. 1999; Argyle 2001). Others hold that the association is U-shaped with either highest depression rates (Mroczek and Christian 1998; Blanchflower and Oswald 2008) or highest happ...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Social indicators research 2010-05, Vol.97 (1), p.23-42
1. Verfasser:	Brockmann, Hilke
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Age Differences Aged Aging (Individuals) Baby Boomers Children Decisions Depression (Psychology) Evidence Experience Federal Republic of Germany Foreign Countries Gender Gender Differences Gender studies Gene expression Genetics Germany Happiness Human Geography Individual Characteristics Infants Investment Life cycles Longitudinal studies Men Mental depression Microeconomics Middle age Middle Aged Adults Middle aged people Multidimensional analysis Offspring Older Adults Older people Personality Personality traits Psychological Studies Psychologists Public Health Quality of life Quality of Life Research Resistance (Psychology) Risk Social Capital Social Indicators Social Networks Social psychology Social research Social Sciences Social Status Sociology Studies Unemployment Wellbeing West Germany Working women
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