Family support, family income, and happiness : a 10-year perspective

This study with 274 married adults examined the relative contributions of family income and family support to happiness across a 10-year period. Family income showed a small, positive association with concurrent happiness, whereas family support showed a substantial, positive association with concurrent happiness. The positive association between income and happiness grew weaker as income increased. Furthermore, family income moderated the association between family support and concurrent happiness; family support was more strongly associated with happiness when family income was low than when family income was high. In addition, change in family support was positively related to change in happiness, while change in family income was unrelated to change in happiness. These findings suggest that happiness can change and underscore the importance of exploring more deeply the role that family relationships play in facilitating such change.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor

University of Texas at Austin

Year dc:date.issued

2007

Author dc:creator

• North, Rebecca Jeanne

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Holahan, Charles J.

• Married adults
• Happiness
• Family income

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright © is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Identifier

doi:10.15781/T2028PP4Z

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/47463