Pei Yaolin, Cong Zhen, Wu Bei
5894 Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, NY, USA.
6177 School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington, TX, USA.
Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2020 Apr;90(3):255-280. doi: 10.1177/0091415019836099. Epub 2019 Mar 21.
The study examined gender differences in the impact of living alone and intergenerational support on depressive symptoms among Mexican American older adults. The sample included 335 parent-adult child pairs which are nested within 92 Mexican American respondents, because each respondent reported their specific relationships with each child. Clustered regression analysis showed gender differences in the impact of living alone and intergenerational support on depressive symptoms among Mexican American older adults. In general, older men provided and received less intergenerational support than older women, but their depressive symptoms were more susceptible to living alone and different types of intergenerational support. Factors such as living alone, receiving instrumental support were associated with more depressive symptoms in older men than inolder women, whereas older men benefited more from the emotional closeness with children than older women. The findings highlight the need for a gender-specific approach to future research on this topic.
该研究调查了独居和代际支持对墨西哥裔美国老年人抑郁症状影响中的性别差异。样本包括嵌套在92名墨西哥裔美国受访者中的335对父母与成年子女，因为每位受访者都报告了他们与每个孩子的具体关系。聚类回归分析显示，独居和代际支持对墨西哥裔美国老年人抑郁症状的影响存在性别差异。总体而言，老年男性提供和接受的代际支持比老年女性少，但他们的抑郁症状更容易受到独居和不同类型代际支持的影响。与老年女性相比，独居、接受工具性支持等因素与老年男性更多的抑郁症状相关，而老年男性从与子女的情感亲密中受益比老年女性更多。研究结果强调了在该主题未来研究中采用针对性别方法的必要性。
