Department of Social Welfare and Risk Management, School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Department of Sociology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
J Elder Abuse Negl. 2021 Nov-Dec;33(5):351-367. doi: 10.1080/08946566.2021.1980171. Epub 2021 Sep 16.
Elder mistreatment is a risk factor in the life satisfaction of older adults, yet understanding of its underlying mechanisms remains limited. This study investigates the mediating role of emotional closeness and loneliness in the association between elder mistreatment and life satisfaction. A sample of 8,717 Chinese older adults is obtained from the 2018 China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey. Results reveal that emotional mistreatment has a negative effect on the life satisfaction of older adults. Moreover, emotional mistreatment is associated with a low level of emotional closeness and a high degree of loneliness, which further decreases life satisfaction. However, emotional closeness with children did not significantly mediate the association between physical mistreatment and life satisfaction. This study advances the comprehension of the influencing path on how elder mistreatment affects the life satisfaction of older adults. Implications for policy and intervention programs are discussed.
虐待老人是影响老年人生活满意度的一个风险因素，但对其潜在机制的理解仍很有限。本研究调查了情感亲密和孤独感在虐待老人与生活满意度之间的关系中所起的中介作用。研究的数据来源于 2018 年中国纵向老龄化社会调查，样本包含了 8717 名中国老年人。结果表明，情感虐待对老年人的生活满意度有负面影响。此外，情感虐待与情感亲密程度低和孤独感程度高有关，而这两者又会进一步降低生活满意度。然而，与子女的情感亲密感并不能显著中介身体虐待与生活满意度之间的关系。本研究增进了对虐待老人如何影响老年人生活满意度的影响路径的理解。讨论了相关政策和干预计划的意义。
