A Longitudinal Study of Generations and Mental Health

几代人与心理健康的纵向研究

• 批准号: 7002682
• 负责人: Merril D. Silverstein
• 金额: $ 71.48万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-08-01 至 2008-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7002682
• 关键词: behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; conflict; divorce /separation; employment of women; family structure /dynamics; generation difference; health behavior; human data; human subject; longevity; longitudinal human study; mental health; personality; psychological stressor; psychological values; quality of life; questionnaires; social change; socioeconomics

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This study examines changes in family solidarity and mutual influence across generations during the last several decades. It addresses the important question of whether family solidarity and support is declining as a consequence of macro-social trends such as population aging, divorce and remarriage, higher female labor force participation, changes in work and the economy, and possible weakening of family norms of obligation. The study also examines how intergenerational relationships influence individuals' well being as they transition across the life course from early to middle to late adulthood. The proposed grant will extend the Longitudinal Study of Generations into its eighth and ninth waves of three-year data collection. This will allow the first fully elaborated generation-sequential design that is, comparing sets of aging parents and children at the same stage of life but during different historical periods--and allow investigation of three specific aims: (1) the effects of social change on inter-generational solidarity or conflict across 35 years and four generations; (2) the effects of social change on the ability of families to buffer stressful life transitions; (3) the effects of social change on the transmission of values, resources, and behaviors across generations. These issues have important implications for health care and social policy: if the functions of the family have declined, then the burden on public services to the elderly will likely increase.

描述（由申请人提供）：本研究研究了过去几十年来家庭团结和互相影响的变化。它解决了一个重要的问题，即由于人口老龄化，离婚和再婚，较高的女性劳动力参与，工作和经济的变化以及家庭义务规范的可能削弱，家庭团结和支持是否正在下降。 该研究还研究了代际关系如何影响个体在整个生命过程中从早期到中期到晚期的过渡。拟议的赠款将把世代的纵向研究扩展到其三年数据收集的第八波和第九波。这将允许第一个完全阐述的一代序列设计，即比较生活的同一生活阶段的老龄父母和子女的集合，但在不同的历史时期，并允许研究三个具体目标：（1）社会变革对35年和四代四代人之间的代际团结或冲突的影响； （2）社会变革对家庭缓冲压力生活过渡的能力的影响； （3）社会变革对世代相传价值，资源和行为的传播的影响。 这些问题对医疗保健和社会政策具有重要意义：如果家庭的职能下降，那么对老年人的公共服务负担可能会增加。