TY - JOUR
T1 - The Association between Intergenerational Support and Self-Rated Health among Chinese Older Adults
T2 - Do Resilience and Gender Matter?
AU - Liu, Sizhe
AU - Zhang, Wei
AU - Zhang, Keqing
AU - Wu, Bei
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was supported by a research grant from the Rory Meyers College of Nursing at New York University
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PY - 2023/1
Y1 - 2023/1
N2 - This study aims to examine the association between intergenerational support and self-rated health (SRH) levels using data collected from Chinese older adults residing in Honolulu, United States (N = 329). We also investigated the mediating role of resilience and the moderating role of gender in the association. We found that receiving emotional support was significantly and positively associated with better SRH for the whole sample. The positive effect of receiving emotional support on health was significant among older women only. In contrast, the beneficial effect of providing economic support on health was significant among older men only. We found that resilience significantly mediated the positive effect of received emotional support on SRH, and this effect was found for the whole sample and among older women. However, resilience did not mediate the positive effect of the economic support provided on SRH among older men.
AB - This study aims to examine the association between intergenerational support and self-rated health (SRH) levels using data collected from Chinese older adults residing in Honolulu, United States (N = 329). We also investigated the mediating role of resilience and the moderating role of gender in the association. We found that receiving emotional support was significantly and positively associated with better SRH for the whole sample. The positive effect of receiving emotional support on health was significant among older women only. In contrast, the beneficial effect of providing economic support on health was significant among older men only. We found that resilience significantly mediated the positive effect of received emotional support on SRH, and this effect was found for the whole sample and among older women. However, resilience did not mediate the positive effect of the economic support provided on SRH among older men.
KW - Chinese older adults
KW - intergenerational support
KW - resilience
KW - self-rated health
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U2 - 10.1177/07334648221127882
DO - 10.1177/07334648221127882
M3 - Article
C2 - 36204775
AN - SCOPUS:85139498392
SN - 0733-4648
VL - 42
SP - 111
EP - 120
JO - Journal of Applied Gerontology
JF - Journal of Applied Gerontology
IS - 1
ER -