Department of Sociology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2017 Dec 15;73(1):160-170. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbx022.
This study employs a novel approach to mediation analysis to clarify the influence of interrelated indicators of life course socioeconomic status (SES) on later life psychological well-being in India. Contrary to traditional approaches (i.e., use of product and difference-in-coefficients), we recognize the role of confounders in the estimation of total, direct, and indirect effects of parental education on respondents' psychological well-being.
Drawing from the first wave (2007-2010) of the Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) and adopting a counterfactual approach, we estimate both natural direct and indirect effects of parental education through individual educational attainment (secondarily, through household assets as an additional mediator) on respondents' life-satisfaction and quality of life (QOL).
Findings document a statistically not significant positive total effect of parental education on life satisfaction and QOL. While lower for women, significant indirect effects suggest that the positive influence of parental education operates primarily through the individual's education. Notably, we found negative direct effect of parental education on psychological well-being outcomes.
Contrary to prior literature, we found no positive direct influence of parental education on later life psychological well-being, but established its influence through socioeconomic positioning over the life course.
本研究采用一种新的中介分析方法来阐明印度生命历程社会经济地位（SES）相关指标对晚年心理健康的影响。与传统方法（即使用乘积和系数差异）不同，我们认识到在估计父母教育对受访者心理健康的总效应、直接效应和间接效应时，混杂因素的作用。
本研究基于全球老龄化与成人健康研究（SAGE）的第一波（2007-2010 年）数据，采用反事实方法，通过个体受教育程度（其次是通过家庭资产作为额外的中介变量）来估计父母教育对受访者生活满意度和生活质量（QOL）的直接和间接效应。
研究结果表明，父母教育对生活满意度和 QOL 的总效应在统计学上没有显著意义。虽然对女性的影响较小，但显著的间接效应表明，父母教育的积极影响主要通过个体的教育来实现。值得注意的是，我们发现父母教育对心理健康结果有负向的直接效应。
与先前的文献相比，我们没有发现父母教育对晚年心理健康有直接的积极影响，但通过生命历程中的社会经济地位确立了其影响。
