INTERGENERATIONAL CONNECTIONS, ETHNICITY AND THE ELDERLY

这个项目旨在扩大我们目前对自然界的理解 以及老年父母与成年子女之间的关系和 祖孙之间的纽带。特别是，将努力实现 开发和研究一个理论模型，试图解释(1) 代际团结的各个层面，(2)原因 团结各方面之间的联系，以及(3)其因果影响 关于老年人的情绪健康。建议的模型构建 并在首席调查员先前工作的基础上进行了扩展。这个 这项研究借鉴了现有的三项关于三代相连的调查 家庭，所有三个数据集代表正常的社区居住 居民。每项调查都有不同的民族重点(墨西哥人、盎格鲁人和 美国黑人)和两个纵向(墨西哥和英美)。 因此，研究计划将用以下方法检验理论模型 关于种族和关于两代人之间的二元 涉及老年人(年迈的父母-成年子女和 祖父母-孙子)。因此，该设计允许有机会 跨种族、时间和代际二元组进行比较， 代际维度的异同 团结，团结各方面之间的因果联系，以及 团结对老年人情绪健康的影响。通过 系统地检查测量和因果规范，它将 有可能填补一些现有的差距并提供方向 对于未来关于代际之间相互影响的研究 联系、种族和老年人的情感福祉。

This project aims to extend our current understanding about the nature and consequences of the elderly parent-adult child bond and the grandparent-grandchild bond. In particular, efforts will be made to develop and examine a theoretical model which attempts to explicate (1) various dimensions of intergenerational solidarity, (2) the causal linkages among the dimensions of solidarity, and (3) their causal impact on the emotional well-being of the elderly. The proposed model builds and expands upon previous work of the principal investigator. The research draws upon three existing surveys of linked three-generation families, with all three data sets representing normal community-dwelling residents. Each survey has a different ethnic focus (Mexican, Anglo, and Black American) and two are longitudinal (Mexican and Anglo American). Accordingly, the research program will examine the theoretical model with regard to ethnicity and with regard to two intergenerational dyads involving the elderly (elderly parent-adult child and grandparent-grandchild). Thus, the design permits the opportunity to compare across ethnic groups, time, and intergenerational dyads, similarities and differences about the dimensions of intergenerational solidarity, the causal linkages among the dimensions of solidarity, and the effects of solidarity on the emotional well-being of the elderly. By systematically examining measurement and causal specifications, it will be possible to fill in some of the existing gaps and provide direction for future research concerning the interplay among intergenerational connections, ethnicity, and the emotional well-being of the elderly.