THE WELL-BEING OF OLDER PEOPLE IN ANHUI PROVINCE CHINA

中国安徽省老年人的福祉

• 批准号: 6530085
• 负责人: Merril D. Silverstein
• 金额: $ 2.17万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-09-30 至 2004-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6530085
• 关键词: China; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; family structure /dynamics; functional ability; generation difference; human middle age (35-64); human old age (65+); human population study; human subject; locus of control; longitudinal human study; psychological aspect of aging; quality of life; social change; young adult human (21-34)

The goal of this research is to investigate the effects of social change on family functioning and its consequence for the physical and psychological health of elderly people living in Anhui Province, China. As it makes the transition to a free-market economy, China is undergoing rapid economic development and unprecedented rural-to-urban migration. Since a large majority of migrants are young working-age adults, there is fear that the elderly are being left to fend for themselves in rural areas a violation of the strong familial role (usually occupied by the son) in caring for older relatives in Chinese families. Accompanying economic change and geographic mobility is the weakening of filial piety long a cornerstone of Chinese society that mandated profound respect and responsibility for older citizens. These changes are of particular concern for the welfare of the aged, as China does not have universal social security or health care available for its older citizens. This project seeks to answer the question of whether economic, structural, and normative changes in China have put the elderly at-risk of psychological distress and physical impairment. The project will consist of a longitudinal study of 3,000 randomly selected elderly (60+) Chinese living in Anhui Province a largely rural province, but one that has experienced unprecedented out- migration from its rural areas. Surveys will be conducted at two time periods, 18 months apart, to identify how household and family structure, intergenerational transfers of social and economic support, and norms of filial piety among the elderly influence their psychological being (depression, affect balance, locus of control and morale) and physical well-being (functional health, self-assessed health, disease states). After the second wave of data is collected, longitudinal analyses will identify whether social and family deficits cause change in the well-being of the elderly. The longitudinal design of the research is crucial for understanding the dynamic process by which family support affects the quality of life of older people. This research brings together a scholar from the Andrus Gerontology Center, at the University of Southern California (with extensive experience studying intergenerational relationships among the elderly in the United States) and a scholar from the Population Research Institute of Anhui University (who has performed studies on population aging and family life in China). This investigation will capitalize on the historical contingency of rapid social and economic change in contemporary China, enhancing the Principle Investigator s funded research to study the effects of social changes on family functioning and well-being of older people in the United States. The speed with which economic change is occurring in China make it an excellent laboratory for capturing the effects of social change within a relatively small window of time and within an older population experiencing the erosion of filial piety and radical change in family structure and function.

摘要本研究旨在探讨社会变迁对家庭功能的影响及其对安徽省老年人身心健康的影响。随着中国向自由市场经济转型，中国正经历着经济的快速发展和前所未有的农村向城市迁移。由于绝大多数农民工都是处于工作年龄的年轻人，因此人们担心，在农村地区，老年人会被留下来自谋生路，这违反了中国家庭中照顾年长亲属的强大家庭角色（通常由儿子承担）。伴随经济变化和地域流动而来的是孝道的弱化，孝道长期以来是中国社会的基石，要求人们对老年人给予深刻的尊重和责任。这些变化对老年人的福利尤其重要，因为中国并没有为老年人提供普遍的社会保障或医疗保健。本项目旨在回答中国的经济、结构和规范变化是否使老年人面临心理困扰和身体损伤的风险。该项目将包括对3000名随机选择的60岁以上老年人进行纵向研究，这些老年人居住在安徽省。安徽省是一个以农村为主的省份，但经历了前所未有的农村人口外流。将在间隔18个月的两个时期进行调查，以确定家庭和家庭结构、社会和经济支持的代际转移以及老年人的孝道规范如何影响他们的心理状态（抑郁、影响平衡、控制点和士气）和身体健康（功能健康、自我评估健康、疾病状况）。在收集第二波数据后，纵向分析将确定社会和家庭赤字是否会导致老年人福祉的变化。研究的纵向设计对于理解家庭支持影响老年人生活质量的动态过程至关重要。这项研究汇集了一位来自南加州大学安德鲁斯老年学中心的学者（在美国老年人代际关系研究方面有丰富的经验）和一位来自安徽大学人口研究所的学者（在中国从事人口老龄化和家庭生活研究）。本研究将利用当代中国快速社会和经济变化的历史偶然性，加强主要研究者资助的研究，研究社会变化对美国老年人家庭功能和福祉的影响。中国经济变化的速度使其成为一个极好的实验室，可以在相对较短的时间内，在经历孝道侵蚀和家庭结构和功能急剧变化的老年人口中，捕捉社会变化的影响。

项目成果

Out-migration of Young Adults and Gender Division of Intergenerational Support in Rural China.

中国农村青壮年外出与代际支持的性别分工。

• DOI: 10.1177/0164027511436321
• 发表时间: 2012
• 期刊: Research on aging
• 影响因子: 2.6
• 作者: Song,Lu;Li,Shuzhuo;Feldman,MarcusW
• 通讯作者: Feldman,MarcusW

Intergenerational Emotional Cohesion and Psychological Well-Being of Older Adults in Rural China: A Moderated Mediation Model of Loneliness and Friendship Ties.

中国农村老年人的代际情感凝聚力和心理健康：孤独感和友谊纽带的有调节中介模型。

• DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbab122
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences
• 作者: Zhang,Xiaoyan;Silverstein,Merril
• 通讯作者: Silverstein,Merril

Older Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren in Rural China: Cohort Change in Resources and Deficits Across 17 Years.

中国农村的年长祖父母照顾孙辈：17 年来资源和赤字的群体变化。

• DOI: 10.1093/ppar/prac012
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: The Public policy and aging report
• 作者: Silverstein,Merril;Xu,Ying
• 通讯作者: Xu,Ying

Parental status and late-life well-being in rural China: the benefits of having multiple children.

• DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2013.799117
• 发表时间: 2014
• 期刊: Aging & mental health
• 影响因子: 3.4
• 作者: Guo M

Grandparents' Financial Contributions to Grandchildren in Rural China: The Role of Remittances, Household Structure, and Patrilineal Culture.

• DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbz009
• 发表时间: 2019-01
• 期刊: The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences
• 作者: M. Silverstein;Wencheng Zhang