Cultural contexts differentially shape parents’ loneliness and wellbeing during the empty nest period

• Main Authors: HARTANTO, Andree, SIM, Lester Wei Xiang, LEE, Davelle Jing Yi, MAJEED, Naydanna M., YONG, Jose C.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• Subjects: Human behaviour; sociology; Family, Life Course, and Society; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4086; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/5345/viewcontent/s44271_024_00156_8_5.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The coming decades will see a substantial increase in the population of older adults, accompanied by significant demographic and family structure changes worldwide. As a result, the empty nest period—the postparental phase in parents’ lives when their children have left home and they are no longer e...