Department of Social Work & Social Administration, Sau Po Centre on Ageing, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2013 Jul;68(4):599-608. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbt040. Epub 2013 Jun 4.
This study tested the relationship between grandparent-grandchild family capital and self-rated health of older rural Chinese adults and the mediating role of the grandparent-parent relationship in terms of grandparent-grandchild family capital and self-rated health.
Data were derived from a random sample of 1,027 adults aged 60 and older who were interviewed in the rural Chaohu region in 2009. Structural equation modeling was used to examine the direct effect of grandparent-grandchild family capital in terms of relations with the first child's family on self-rated health among respondents, as well as the mediating effect of the grandparent-parent relationship.
The results showed the direct effect of grandparent-grandchild family capital on self-rated health of older rural Chinese adults. The grandparent-parent relationship had a partial mediation effect on the relationship between grandparent-grandchild family capital and self-rated health of respondents.
Grandparent-grandchild family capital had a unique direct effect on the self-rated health of older rural Chinese adults, enriching our theoretical understanding of sources of family capital and their impacts in a collectivist cultural context that emphasizes intergenerational interaction and exchange. The findings also highlighted the mediation effects of grandparent-parent relationships on the relationship between grandparent-grandchild family capital and self-rated health of older rural Chinese adults, supporting the "grandchild-as-linkage" hypothesis in understanding the social determination of self-rated health in China.
本研究检验了祖孙家庭资本与中国农村老年人自评健康之间的关系，以及祖孙关系在祖孙家庭资本与自评健康之间的中介作用。
数据来自于 2009 年在巢湖农村地区随机抽取的 1027 名 60 岁及以上的成年人的访谈。结构方程模型用于检验祖孙家庭资本（与第一个孩子家庭的关系）对受访者自评健康的直接影响，以及祖孙关系的中介作用。
结果表明，祖孙家庭资本对中国农村老年人的自评健康有直接影响。祖孙关系对祖孙家庭资本与受访者自评健康之间的关系具有部分中介效应。
祖孙家庭资本对中国农村老年人的自评健康有独特的直接影响，丰富了我们在强调代际互动和交流的集体主义文化背景下对家庭资本来源及其影响的理论认识。研究结果还强调了祖孙关系对祖孙家庭资本与中国农村老年人自评健康之间关系的中介作用，支持了“孙辈作为联系”假说，即在中国理解自评健康的社会决定因素。
