Grandchild Caring and Late-Life Depression: A Comparative Longitudinal Study in China and Europe
Grandchild Caring and Late-Life Depression: A Comparative Longitudinal Study in China and Europe
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DOI：
10.1093/geroni/igab046.1519
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发表时间：
2021-12-17
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Yang Y
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Yang Y
祖父母养育子女对祖父母健康的影响研究相对不足，国际比较可以为祖父母和决策者提供有用的经验教训。本研究使用2010年至2015年收集的纵向协调CHARLS和SHARE数据，研究了意大利、西班牙、中国、丹麦和瑞典的孙辈护理对祖父母抑郁症影响的国家差异。控制2011年祖父母的抑郁症，2013年在中国，瑞典和丹麦提供非密集祖父母护理的祖父母在2015年报告抑郁症的可能性低于那些在2013年没有提供任何护理的人。这种影响在祖母中比在祖父中更为明显。结果表明，中国的孙子照顾对祖父母抑郁的影响与丹麦和瑞典相当。未来的研究可以集中在确定祖父母养育和福祉之间的因果关系，以及这些途径对全球老年人福祉的影响。
The impact of grandparenting on the grandparents’ health has been relatively under-studied, and international comparisons can provide useful lessons for grandparents and policymakers. This study examined country differences in the effects of grandchild care provision on the grandparents’ depression in Italy, Spain, China, Denmark and Sweden using the longitudinal Harmonised CHARLS and SHARE data collected between 2010-5. Controlling for the grandparents’ depression in 2011, grandparents providing non-intensive grandparental care in China, Sweden and Denmark in 2013 were less likely to report depression in 2015 compared to those who did not provide any care in 2013. Such effects were more pronounced among grandmothers compared to grandfathers. The results indicate that the effects of grandchild caring on the grandparents’ depression in China was comparable to Denmark and Sweden. Future research can focus on identifying the causal pathways between grandparenting and wellbeing, and the implications of such pathways for older persons’ wellbeing worldwide.