When parents matter to their adult children: Filial reliance associated with parents' depressive symptoms
When parents matter to their adult children: Filial reliance associated with parents' depressive symptoms
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DOI：
10.1093/geronb/63.1.p33
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发表时间：
2008-01-01
影响因子：
6.2
通讯作者：
Kasl, Stanislav V.
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作者：
Byers, Amy L.;Levy, Becca R.;Kasl, Stanislav V.
在老年抑郁症的研究中，一个被忽视的话题是亲子关系的潜在作用。在这项研究中，我们调查了成年子女是否报告依赖父母的工具性和表达性支持与父母的抑郁症状有关。样本包括304对父母（年龄在50-72岁之间），与来自南加州大学世代纵向研究的随机选择的成年子女相匹配。我们使用流行病学研究中心抑郁量表在基线和3年和6年后测量父母的抑郁症状。最后的纵向分析显示，当我们调整了包括年龄、性别、收入、自评健康状况和儿童抑郁症状在内的相关变量后，成年子女对工具支持的依赖与较少的父母抑郁症状相关（p = 0.036）。表达性支持没有显示出相同的模式。因此，成年子女对工具性支持的依赖可能有助于其父母的心理健康。
A neglected topic in aging depression research is the potential role of the parent-adult child relationship. In this study we examined whether adult children's reports of having relied upon parents for instrumental and expressive support are associated with parents' depressive symptoms. The sample included 304 parents (aged 50-72 years), matched to a randomly selected adult offspring, from the University of Southern California Longitudinal Study of Generations. We measured parents' depressive symptoms by using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale at baseline and 3 and 6 years later. The final longitudinal analysis showed that, when we adjusted for relevant variables including age, gender, income, self-rated health, and child's depressive symptoms, the adult child's reliance on instrumental support was associated with fewer parental depressive symptoms (p = .036). Expressive support did not show the same pattern. Thus, adult children's reliance on instrumental support might contribute to their parents' mental health.