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Support From Migrant Children and Depressive Symptoms Among Chinese Older Adults in Transnational Families
International migration creates important consequences both for migrants and the family members they leave behind. Prior research has noted not only the adverse effects of children’s migration on parents’ mental health but also the fact that family ties and closeness can persist because of supportiv...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6050608/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30035196 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333721418778187 |
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author | Liu, Jinyu Guo, Man Mao, Weiyu Xu, Ling Huang, Xiaoning Chi, Iris |
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description | International migration creates important consequences both for migrants and the family members they leave behind. Prior research has noted not only the adverse effects of children’s migration on parents’ mental health but also the fact that family ties and closeness can persist because of supportive exchange despite geographical distances. This study examined the associations between economic and emotional support from migrant children living abroad and depressive symptoms among Chinese elders in transnational families and whether such associations were moderated by the elders’ physical health status and the presence of children remaining in China. The data were collected from a cross-sectional survey of 293 older Chinese in transnational families in Beijing, China. The results of linear regression show that more emotional support from migrant children was associated with lower depressive symptoms among these elders. The association between emotional support and depressive symptoms was stronger among the elders who did not have children remaining in China and who had functional limitations. The findings suggest that maintaining emotionally supportive relationships with their migrant children abroad may help to prevent depressive symptoms among these elders, especially among the older adults who have functional limitations and who have no children remaining in the home country. |
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spelling | pubmed-60506082018-07-20 Support From Migrant Children and Depressive Symptoms Among Chinese Older Adults in Transnational Families Liu, Jinyu Guo, Man Mao, Weiyu Xu, Ling Huang, Xiaoning Chi, Iris Gerontol Geriatr Med PINE Study - Psychological Wellbeing International migration creates important consequences both for migrants and the family members they leave behind. Prior research has noted not only the adverse effects of children’s migration on parents’ mental health but also the fact that family ties and closeness can persist because of supportive exchange despite geographical distances. This study examined the associations between economic and emotional support from migrant children living abroad and depressive symptoms among Chinese elders in transnational families and whether such associations were moderated by the elders’ physical health status and the presence of children remaining in China. The data were collected from a cross-sectional survey of 293 older Chinese in transnational families in Beijing, China. The results of linear regression show that more emotional support from migrant children was associated with lower depressive symptoms among these elders. The association between emotional support and depressive symptoms was stronger among the elders who did not have children remaining in China and who had functional limitations. The findings suggest that maintaining emotionally supportive relationships with their migrant children abroad may help to prevent depressive symptoms among these elders, especially among the older adults who have functional limitations and who have no children remaining in the home country. SAGE Publications 2018-07-17 /pmc/articles/PMC6050608/ /pubmed/30035196 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333721418778187 Text en © 2018 The Author(s) http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | PINE Study - Psychological Wellbeing Liu, Jinyu Guo, Man Mao, Weiyu Xu, Ling Huang, Xiaoning Chi, Iris Support From Migrant Children and Depressive Symptoms Among Chinese Older Adults in Transnational Families |
title | Support From Migrant Children and Depressive Symptoms Among Chinese Older Adults in Transnational Families |
title_full | Support From Migrant Children and Depressive Symptoms Among Chinese Older Adults in Transnational Families |
title_fullStr | Support From Migrant Children and Depressive Symptoms Among Chinese Older Adults in Transnational Families |
title_full_unstemmed | Support From Migrant Children and Depressive Symptoms Among Chinese Older Adults in Transnational Families |
title_short | Support From Migrant Children and Depressive Symptoms Among Chinese Older Adults in Transnational Families |
title_sort | support from migrant children and depressive symptoms among chinese older adults in transnational families |
topic | PINE Study - Psychological Wellbeing |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6050608/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30035196 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333721418778187 |
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