The impact of grandchild care provision on grandparents’ depressive symptoms across Europe using multi-level analysis: do the grandchild caring patterns and the country’s economy matter?
The impact of grandchild care provision on grandparents’ depressive symptoms across Europe using multi-level analysis: do the grandchild caring patterns and the country’s economy matter?
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使用多层次分析，孙辈照顾服务对欧洲祖父母抑郁症状的影响：孙辈照顾模式和国家经济重要吗？
作者：
Yazhen Yang;M. Evandrou;A. Vlachantoni
很少有研究探讨了跨国差异的影响，孙辈照顾提供祖父母的抑郁症，考虑到宏观和微观层面的因素。本研究使用一个独特的孙辈照顾模式变量，以检查在欧洲国家的孙辈照顾的强度的变化对祖父母的抑郁症状的影响，以及祖父母的国家水平的经济是否影响这种效果。来自2010-2018年欧洲健康、老龄化和退休调查的纵向数据涵盖了13个国家和24，656名年龄在50-90岁之间的祖父母。采用REML估计的多水平线性回归分析。这项研究发现，在低收入和高收入国家，提供孙子照顾对祖父母的抑郁症状都有保护作用。此外，在低收入国家，提供更密集的孙辈护理在更大程度上减少了祖父母的抑郁症状。此外，祖母比祖父从照顾孙子中受益更多，在欧洲低收入国家，照顾孙子对抑郁症状的影响方面的性别差距比高收入国家更大。未来的研究可以进一步研究这些结果背后的机制。研究结果可用于制定有针对性的干预措施，针对祖父母提供不同强度的儿童保育。
Little research has examined the cross-national differences in the impact of grandchild care provision on the grandparents’ depression, by taking into account of both macro- and micro-level factors. This study used a unique grandchild caring pattern variable in order to examine the effect of the changes in the intensity of grandchild caring on the grandparents’ depressive symptoms in European countries, and whether the grandparents’ country level economy influenced such effect. Longitudinal data derived from the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe 2010–2018 covered 13 countries and 24,656 grandparents aged 50–90. Multi-level linear regression analyses with REML estimation were used. This study found that providing grandchild care had a protective effect against grandparents’ depressive symptoms in both lower and higher income countries. Moreover, providing more intensive grandchild care reduced the grandparents’ depressive symptoms to a greater extent in lower income countries than higher income countries. In addition, grandmothers benefited more from grandchild caring than grandfathers, and the gender gap in the effects of grandchild care provision on one’s depressive symptoms was wider in lower income countries than higher income countries in Europe. Future research can further investigate the mechanisms behind such results. The research findings can be used to develop targeted interventions aimed at grandparents providing childcare of different intensity.
影响因子：
5.7
作者：
Burton, LC;Zdaniuk, B;Hirsch, C
通讯作者：
Hirsch, C
影响因子：
2.5
作者：
Missinne, Sarah;Vandeviver, Christophe;Bracke, Piet
通讯作者：
Bracke, Piet