Love, life and happiness: a study of partner relationships and well-being in young adulthood

J.P.M. Soons

Love, life and happiness: a study of partner relationships and well-being in young adulthood

J.P.M. Soons

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Love, life and happiness are the key elements of this dissertation. The long-term development of happiness, or more precisely, subjective well-being, and its determinants are studied in a young adult sample. That is where "life" comes in. When crossing the bridge from childhood to adulthood, people experience many transitions, for instance in their living arrangements and occupational activity. In studying the consequences of these transitions, a life-course perspective is taken, which implies atttention to the combination of different events and to the long-term effects of events. With respect to these events, the focus is on the relationship domain, because many events happen in this domain in young adulthood. Based on analyses with the longitudinal Panel Study on Social Integration in the Netherlands and the European Social Survey, empirical findings show the importance of relationships for a young adult's level of well-being, and the extent to which the effects are lasting. The study shows how both individual and country characteristics have an impact on these effects.

Originele taal-2	Niet gedefinieerd
Kwalificatie	Doctor of Philosophy
Toekennende instantie	Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam
Begeleider(s)/adviseur	Liefbroer, A.C. (Aat), Promotor Kalmijn, M. (Matthijs), Promotor
Datum van toekenning	10 nov. 2009
Plaats van publicatie	Amsterdam
Uitgever	Aksant
Gedrukte ISBN's	978 90 6984 596 8
Status	Gepubliceerd - 2009

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