Gender differences in self-concept and psychological well-being in old age: a meta-analysis.

By M. Pinquart, S. Sörensen. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2001

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Subfields: Health, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Social Psychology

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Loneliness in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: Cross-sectional results from the COVID-19 Psychological Wellbeing Study (2020, result): “Findings on gender differences have also been mixed, with some studies reporting higher loneliness in females [23] and others finding no effect of gender [7,8,10].”
Gendered experiences in midlife: Implications for age identity (2005, methodology): “However, a significant difference is revealed when health is controlled; consistent with prior research (Pinquart & Sorensen, 2001), women report feeling significantly younger than do men of the same chronological age.”
Bienestar Psicológico, Apoyo Social Percibido y Percepción de Salud en Adultos Mayores (2012, background): “…MayOres mayores niveles de bienestar en las mujeres, lo cual podría explicarse por su mayor estabilidad emocional con el aumento de la edad, y la comparación social que realiza la persona en la evaluación de las circunstancias objetivas que vive (Hicks et al., 2001; Pinguart & Sorensen, 2001).”
New Ways of Theorizing and Conducting Research in the Field of Loneliness and Social Isolation (2018, background): “Persons living alone have smaller networks than those living with a partner (Pinquart & Sörensen, 2001).”
Living conditions and life satisfaction of older Europeans living alone: a gender and cross-country analysis (2010, background): “Yet despite these less favourable conditions, older women report only slightly lower life satisfaction, happiness and self-esteem (Inglehart 2002; Pinquart and Sörensen 2001).”
Loneliness among older European adults: results from the survey of health, aging and retirement in Europe (2018, background): “This self-reported measure has been commonly applied to determine levels of loneliness among older individuals, as it is easily comprehended (Victor et al. 2009) and concurs with the results of other multi-item scales (Pinquart and Sorensen 2001b).”
Gender differences in caregiver stressors, social resources, and health: an updated meta-analysis. (2006, background): “Similarly, another meta-analysis on samples not specific to caregiving found that women had significantly lower levels of SWB and of perceived physical health than did men (Pinquart & Sörensen, 2001).”
The contribution of temperament, popularity, and physical appearance to children’s happiness (2008, background): “…(e.g., Cheng and Furnham 2001; Csikszenmihalyi and Hunter 2003; Diener and Fujita 1995; Huebner and Dew 1996; Lu and Lin 1998; Myers 2000; Pinquart and Sorensen 2001) and the adolescent literature (e.g., Gilman et al. 2000; Grob et al. 1999) that reports that age, gender, and…”