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The benefits of believing in chance or fate : external locus of control as a protective factor for coping with the death of a spouse

Specht, Jule; Egloff, Boris; Schmukle, Stefan Christian - 2010 - Former version

The death of a spouse is an extremely stressful life event that consequently causes a large drop in life satisfaction. Reactivity to the loss, however, varies markedly, a phenomenon that is currently not well understood. Because lack of controllability essentially contributes to the stressful...

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Pollution exposure and infant health : evidence from Germany

Coneus, Katja; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2010

years in Germany. We use representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), combined with five air pollution …

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Spite and cognitive skills in preschoolers

Bügelmayer, Elisabeth; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2011

Although spiteful preferences play a crucial role in the development of human large-scale cooperation, there is little evidence on spiteful behavior and its determinants in children. We investigate the relationship between children's cognitive skills and spiteful behavior in a sample of 214...

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Examining mechanisms of personality maturation : the impact of life satisfaction on the development of Big Five personality traits

Specht, Jule; Egloff, Boris; Schmukle, Stefan Christian - 2012

Individuals are expected to mature with increasing age, but it is not yet fully understood which factors contribute to this maturation process. Using data of a representative sample of Germans (N = 14,718) who gave information about their Big Five personality traits twice over a period of 4...

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Familien in Deutschland : FiD; enhancing research on families in Germany

Schröder, Mathis; Siegers, Rainer; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2013

Deutschland (FiD)" was initiated. FiD is one of the "related studies" of the SOEP, i.e. a data collection effort closely related …

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Parental leave benefits and breastfeeding in Germany : effects of the 2007 reform

Kottwitz, Anita; Oppermann, Anja; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2014

this conflict. In 2007, Germany put into effect a new parental leave benefit (Elterngeld). The related reform increased the … duration in Germany. We draw on representative survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) from 2002 through …

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Local day-care quality and maternal employment : evidence from East and West Germany

Schober, Pia S.; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2014

provided differentiated analyses by the youngest child's age and for West and East Germany to examine moderating influences of … Germany'-Study for 2010 and 2011 (N=3,301 mothers) with regional structural quality data. We used regression models of … employment status and work hours changes, respectively. In East Germany, mothers with a child aged under three years who lived in …

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The bigger the children, the bigger the worries : are preschoolers and adolescents affected differently by family instability with regard to non-cognitive skills?

Peter, Frauke; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2011 - This version: 13 March 2011

Substantial research on the relationship between family structures and child outcomes represents a considerable part of the literature. However, family structure provides a rather static view of the relationship of children's living arrangements and their well-being, revealing hardly anything...

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Personality maturation and personality relaxation: differences of the Big Five personality traits in the years around the beginning and ending of working life

Asselmann, Eva; Specht, Jule - 2021

Objective: At work, people are confronted with clear behavioral expectations. In line with the Social Investment Principle, the beginning and ending of working life might thus promote changes in personality traits that are relevant at work (e.g., Conscientiousness). Method: Based on the data...

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Everything under control? : the effects of age, gender, and education on trajectories of perceived control in a nationally representative German sample

Specht, Jule; Egloff, Boris; Schmukle, Stefan Christian - 2012

Perceived control is an important variable for various demands involved in successful aging. However, perceived control is not set in stone, but rather changes throughout the life course. The aim of this study was to identify cross-sectional age differences and longitudinal mean-level changes as...

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