Having a child at this age has an effect on happiness in adulthood

The major survival question for many adults is whether the parenting actually contributes to their long -term welfare.

A study published in the journal Psychology and old age Following people from his youth following this question until adulthood affects their happiness in the medium period to understand whether adulthood in their twenty -seventh condition.

The effects of nurturing on happiness in adulthood

In the study, 562 participants were adhered to their twenty -nine years to the forty -fifth year and the fifties for men. He revealed that adults, parents or not, knew the well-well-known trajectory. However, those who had given great importance to paternity in their youth, but they did not achieve it, they experienced significant cuts in their mental, emotional and cognitive welfare in adulthood.

The results have shown that people who adjusted their expectations after not having children have seen an increase in their life’s satisfaction. This adaptation played an important role in the management of long -term welfare. This enhances the importance of flexibility in our life objectives and the impact of disappointment on our personal happiness.

Effect of adjustment of objectives for life satisfaction

Those who have changed their priorities by going away from the will of parenting have shown better life satisfaction with age. This type of adjustment seems particularly important for those who do not have children because they help reduce the feeling of loss of goal. On the other hand, those who have not changed this purpose, though failed to become parents faced a high level of loneliness and discomfort.

In addition, a significant difference between styles has been observed. The father has reported low loneliness as he is at age compared to mothers and children, suggesting that paternity can provide unique social benefits.