THE WELL-BEING OF OLDER PEOPLE IN ANHUI PROVINCE CHINA

中国安徽省老年人的福祉

• 批准号: 6530085
• 负责人: Merril D. Silverstein
• 金额: $ 2.17万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-09-30 至 2004-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6530085
• 关键词: China; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; family structure /dynamics; functional ability; generation difference; human middle age (35-64); human old age (65+); human population study; human subject; locus of control; longitudinal human study; psychological aspect of aging; quality of life; social change; young adult human (21-34)

The goal of this research is to investigate the effects of social change on family functioning and its consequence for the physical and psychological health of elderly people living in Anhui Province, China. As it makes the transition to a free-market economy, China is undergoing rapid economic development and unprecedented rural-to-urban migration. Since a large majority of migrants are young working-age adults, there is fear that the elderly are being left to fend for themselves in rural areas a violation of the strong familial role (usually occupied by the son) in caring for older relatives in Chinese families. Accompanying economic change and geographic mobility is the weakening of filial piety long a cornerstone of Chinese society that mandated profound respect and responsibility for older citizens. These changes are of particular concern for the welfare of the aged, as China does not have universal social security or health care available for its older citizens. This project seeks to answer the question of whether economic, structural, and normative changes in China have put the elderly at-risk of psychological distress and physical impairment. The project will consist of a longitudinal study of 3,000 randomly selected elderly (60+) Chinese living in Anhui Province a largely rural province, but one that has experienced unprecedented out- migration from its rural areas. Surveys will be conducted at two time periods, 18 months apart, to identify how household and family structure, intergenerational transfers of social and economic support, and norms of filial piety among the elderly influence their psychological being (depression, affect balance, locus of control and morale) and physical well-being (functional health, self-assessed health, disease states). After the second wave of data is collected, longitudinal analyses will identify whether social and family deficits cause change in the well-being of the elderly. The longitudinal design of the research is crucial for understanding the dynamic process by which family support affects the quality of life of older people. This research brings together a scholar from the Andrus Gerontology Center, at the University of Southern California (with extensive experience studying intergenerational relationships among the elderly in the United States) and a scholar from the Population Research Institute of Anhui University (who has performed studies on population aging and family life in China). This investigation will capitalize on the historical contingency of rapid social and economic change in contemporary China, enhancing the Principle Investigator s funded research to study the effects of social changes on family functioning and well-being of older people in the United States. The speed with which economic change is occurring in China make it an excellent laboratory for capturing the effects of social change within a relatively small window of time and within an older population experiencing the erosion of filial piety and radical change in family structure and function.

这项研究的目的是调查社会变革对家庭功能的影响及其对居住在中国安海省的老年人的身体和心理健康的影响。 由于它使其过渡到自由市场经济，因此中国正在经历快速的经济发展和前所未有的农村迁移。 由于绝大多数移民是年轻的工作年龄成年人，因此担心在农村地区，老年人被留下来侵犯自己的强大家族角色（通常由儿子占领）在照顾中国的老年亲戚家庭。伴随经济变化和地理流动性的是，Y型虔诚的弱化是中国社会的基石，该基石要求对老年人进行深刻的尊重和责任。 这些变化特别关注老年人的福利，因为中国没有普遍的社会保障或医疗保健。 该项目旨在回答中国经济，结构性和规范性变化的问题是否使老年人的心理困扰和身体障碍造成。 该项目将包括一项纵向研究，对3,000名随机选择的老年人（60岁以上）居住在安海省是一个很大的乡村省，但该省经历了从农村地区迁移前所未有的迁移。 调查将在相隔18个月的两个时间段内进行，以确定家庭和家庭结构，社会和经济支持的代际转移以及老年人之间的孝顺规范影响他们的心理存在（抑郁，影响平衡，控制权的平衡，控制的基因和士气）和身体健康（功能健康，自我评估的健康，疾病状态）。 收集第二波数据后，纵向分析将确定社会和家庭缺陷是否导致老年人福祉的变化。 研究的纵向设计对于理解家庭支持影响老年人生活质量的动态过程至关重要。 这项研究汇集了南加州大学安德鲁斯老年学中心的一名学者（在美国老年人之间研究了代际关系的丰富经验）和一位来自安海大学人口研究所的学者（他已经从事了有关研究的研究。中国的人口衰老和家庭生活）。 这项调查将利用当代中国快速社会和经济变化的历史偶然性，增强了原则研究者资助的研究，以研究社会变革对美国老年人家庭功能和福祉的影响。 中国发生经济变化的速度使其成为捕捉社会变革在相对较小的时间之窗和老年人内的效果的绝佳实验室，经历了纯粹的虔诚和家庭结构和功能的根本性变化。

项目成果

Out-migration of Young Adults and Gender Division of Intergenerational Support in Rural China.

中国农村青壮年外出与代际支持的性别分工。

• DOI: 10.1177/0164027511436321
• 发表时间: 2012
• 期刊: Research on aging
• 影响因子: 2.6
• 作者: Song,Lu;Li,Shuzhuo;Feldman,MarcusW
• 通讯作者: Feldman,MarcusW

Intergenerational Emotional Cohesion and Psychological Well-Being of Older Adults in Rural China: A Moderated Mediation Model of Loneliness and Friendship Ties.

中国农村老年人的代际情感凝聚力和心理健康：孤独感和友谊纽带的有调节中介模型。

• DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbab122
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences
• 作者: Zhang,Xiaoyan;Silverstein,Merril
• 通讯作者: Silverstein,Merril

Older Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren in Rural China: Cohort Change in Resources and Deficits Across 17 Years.

中国农村的年长祖父母照顾孙辈：17 年来资源和赤字的群体变化。

• DOI: 10.1093/ppar/prac012
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: The Public policy and aging report
• 作者: Silverstein,Merril;Xu,Ying
• 通讯作者: Xu,Ying

Parental status and late-life well-being in rural China: the benefits of having multiple children.

• DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2013.799117
• 发表时间: 2014
• 期刊: Aging & mental health
• 影响因子: 3.4
• 作者: Guo M

Grandparents' Financial Contributions to Grandchildren in Rural China: The Role of Remittances, Household Structure, and Patrilineal Culture.

• DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbz009
• 发表时间: 2019-01
• 期刊: The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences
• 作者: M. Silverstein;Wencheng Zhang