Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan
Biographic Data
| ID | 122406 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bussarawan |
| FAMILY NAME | Teerawichitchainan |
| SIGNATURE | TEERAWICHITCHAINAN B |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Singapore |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6177-3213 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 47 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 181 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 41 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 6 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Navigating aging and health with limited family ties across societies
Childlessness and advance care planning in midlife and late adulthood
Advance care planning (ACP) is critical for ensuring high-quality, cost-effective end-of-life care and is typically facilitated by spouses and adult children. Yet, the growing number of older adults without children has been overlooked in ACP research. This study employs a mixed-methods approach to examine ACP practices and perceptions among childless adults aged 50+ in Singapore, a rapidly aging society with one of the world's highest childlessn…
How Parents’ Marital Quality Influences Intergenerational Support Between Older Adults and Their Children
With Asia’s rapid population aging, intergenerational exchanges between older adults and children are becoming increasingly important for old-age support. However, the relationship between older adults’ marital quality and intergenerational support remains underexplored, particularly in multi-ethnic and developing settings. To address this, we examine a subsample of currently married older adults (60+) with at least one child (n = 1575) from Wave…
The effect of marital transition on body weight changes among Indonesian adults
This research investigated the effect of marital transition on body weight changes among Indonesian adults aged 20 year old or older. It hypothesized that transition from unmarried to married adults significantly increased the body weight. We analyzed 26,386 adults from Indonesian Family Life Survey waves 4 and 5 using multiple linear regression with wide form of longitudinal data. The analysis was modelled based on sex (male and female) and gene…
Family diversity and dynamics among older adults in the 21st century
Childlessness and Mental Health Among U.S. Older Adults
Objectives An estimated 17% of U.S. adults ages 55+ are childless, a fraction that has increased across recent cohorts. Most studies find no or negligible mental health consequences of childlessness for older adults, yet studies typically compare broad categories of childless persons and parents, neglecting potentially important sources of heterogeneity. We evaluate associations between parental status (childless, biological children, stepchildre…
Patterns of productive aging among Vietnamese war survivors
Objectives War disrupts millions of lives, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where armed conflicts are most frequent. Although war has received extensive research attention, its long-term impact on productive aging remains unclear. This study investigates how early-life war exposure affects productive aging among older Vietnamese war survivors and examines the moderating role of past military service and gender. Methods Da…
Filial Closeness and Attitudes on Intergenerational Familial Care in Lebanon
Objectives Population aging, as well as the rise in chronic health conditions and economic hardships, in Lebanon has led to a greater significance of the role of family in caring for older adults. This study examined attitudes and beliefs toward family- and state-based care in Lebanon among midlife and older adults, and their association with filial closeness. Methods We used data from the Family Ties and Aging Study (2009) collected in Beirut, L…
Intergenerational Solidarity and Mental Health in Chinese American Families
Objectives Existing family and caregiving studies have primarily focused on the mental health of either older adults or adult children. Less is known about the effect of intergenerational relations on the mental health of both generations. This study examined the association between intergenerational solidarity and mental health among older Chinese Americans and their adult children using a dyadic analysis, considering the gendered nature of thes…
Family Size Across the Life Course and Cognitive Decline in Older Mexican Adults
Objectives A growing body of research has identified associations between family size and cognition in older adults. These studies largely focus on older adults’ own fertility history instead of sibship size, defined as one’s number of siblings. Sibship size may affect cognitive development during early childhood, creating differences that may persist into late life. Using a gendered life course framework, this study evaluates how family size acr…
Religious Affiliation and Fertility in Vietnam
The authors investigate the relationship between reported religious affiliation and fertility among reproductive-age women in Vietnam using the nationally representative 2014 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey. Fertility includes (1) desire for additional children and (2) the hazard of having the next birth on the basis of actual fertility. The results of probit regression and survival analysis show that Christian women have a higher desire for ad…
Social and psychological implications of actual and defacto childlessness among older persons in East and Southeast Asia
We examine how ageing without children is linked to older adults’ social participation and psychological distress in selected East and Southeast Asian countries (South Korea, China, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar). Recognizing the nuances of such ageing experiences, we distinguish between actual childlessness (older persons without children) and defacto childlessness (older persons whose children all lived far away). We harmonize and analyze rece…
Childlessness, Social Network Profiles in Midlife and Late Adulthood, and Their Implications for Subjective Well-Being
Results underscore the importance of differentiating network types among the childless, particularly when assessing their well-being. Contrary to the notion of associating later-life childlessness with social isolation and vulnerabilities, many childless Singaporeans manage to construct non-child-based networks equipped with various supportive relations that cater to their needs. Nevertheless, persistent vulnerabilities among restricted network m…
Gendered Marital Power, Depression, and Cognition Among Older Adults in Mexico
Objectives As Mexico rapidly ages, population-level cognitive issues and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia are projected to increase. Limited social welfare positions family members—especially spouses—as the main support resource. Although past research suggests marital power imbalances relate with increased depression among Mexican older adults, how marital power imbalance relates with cognition and gender differences therein remains unde…
Living Apart Together and Older Adults’ Mental Health in the United Kingdom
Objectives Living apart together (LAT)—intimate partners living in separate households—is a common partnership type among older adults. Although the mental health benefits of intimate partnerships are widely documented, how LAT relates to older adults’ mental health remains understudied. Methods Analyzing Waves 3–13 (2011–2023) of the United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Study, we use fixed effects models to examine (a) how older adults’ mental …
Later-life social network profiles of male war survivors in Vietnam
Cognitive function following early life war-time stress exposure in a cohort of Vietnamese older adults
Remarriage in Thailand
Thailand's marriage system has been undergoing a significant transformation. Past research has often focused on the declining marriage rates, delays in marital timing, and the rise in marital dissolution. Much less attention is paid to remarriage trends and consequences. Addressing this pertinent gap, we analyze multiple nationally representative surveys to examine recent trends, correlates, and potential implications of remarriage among Thai rep…
Childlessness and sibling positioning in upward intergenerational support
ObjectiveThis brief report aims to explore the role of childlessness and its interaction with sibling positioning (i.e., birth order and gender) in upward intergenerational support within the context of Asian familial and patrilineal values.BackgroundDespite the increasing rates of childlessness in Asia, little is known about how childless individuals deviate from or adhere to the patrilineal gendered practices of supporting their older parents. …
Risk Attitudes in Late Adulthood
How older persons react to high-stakes decisions concerning their finance and healthcare depends a great deal on their orientation towards risk-taking. This study examines the associations between parenthood status, family size, and risk attitudes in late adulthood based on nationally-representative data from the Singapore Life Panel. Multivariate analyses are employed to estimate how older adults’ willingness to take risks in the general, financ…
Understanding Asia’s revolutionary fertility change through Gavin W. Jones’ work
10.1080/17441730.2023.2267221
In memoriam
10.1080/17441730.2022.2127198
Respiratory Health Among Older Adults in Vietnam
ObjectiveWe explore how earlier-life military roles and war trauma associate with later-life respiratory health in Vietnam. Method: The population-based sample aged 60+ is from the 2018 Vietnam Health and Aging Study. Poisson and binary logistic regressions investigate correlates of overall lung health, measured as total number of four conditions, and individual conditions, with focus on earlier-life wartime experiences. Results: Exposure is asso…
Parental migration and care for left‐behind children in Myanmar's Dry Zone
Myanmar's population has been on the move at an unprecedented level since 2011. Given the country's lack of data infrastructure, little is known about how parental migration affects children in Myanmar's migration‐source areas. Based on the 2017 Dry Zone Migration Impact Survey, this study examines the extent to which parental migration is associated with the frequency of care provision for left‐behind children and the likelihood that their care …
Expansion of Thailand’s social pension policy and its implications for family support for older persons
Thailand is among the few developing countries that provide social pension for a significant majority of its older adults. In 2009, the government amended the Old‐Age Allowance (OAA) scheme from a means‐tested to a near‐universal social pension program. Analyzing nationally representative data from the Surveys of Older Persons in Thailand, we found significant changes over the last decade in the patterns of old‐age income sources and filial econo…
How do living arrangements and intergenerational support matter for psychological health of elderly parents? Evidence from Myanmar, Vietnam, and Thailand
Cultural and Socioeconomic Influences on Divorce During Modernization
The conventional model of a rising divorce rate during the process of modernization is a staple element of the sociological theory of the family. This generalization is challenged, however, by traditional high-divorce societies, primarily in Islamic Southeast Asia, which have experienced a decline in divorce with modernization. In this study, based on micro-level survey data, the authors explore the social roots of marital disruption in Indonesia…
Productive aging in developing Southeast Asia
Living Arrangements and Psychological Well-Being of the Older Adults After the Economic Transition in Vietnam
Changes in living arrangements induced by differences in labor market opportunities in neighboring regions have resulted in significant differences in psychological well-being among the older adults. The findings point to the need for attention to the mental health of elderly parents left behind in less economically developed regions
What does living alone really mean for older persons? A comparative study of Myanmar, Vietnam, and Thailand
Rapid development and social change in Asia have led many to assume that the proportion of elderly people living alone is rising and that they tend to live in destitute situations. These assumptions often lack empirical validation
The long-term impact of war on health and wellbeing in Northern Vietnam
The situation and well-being of custodial grandparents in Myanmar
Is war hard on the heart? Gender, wartime stress and late life cardiovascular conditions in a population of Vietnamese older adults
Trends in Military Service in Northern Vietnam, 1950––1995
Prior studies usually "guesstimated" the extent of the Vietnamese population's involvement in the armed forces during the Vietnamese War. Using a sociodemographic approach, this study analyzes innovative and regionally representative data from the Vietnam Longitudinal Survey to examine the prevalence of military experience among successive cohorts of men in the Red River Delta, and to assess how their military experiences varied across the period…
Ethnic differentials in parental health seeking for childhood illness in Vietnam
The Gender Division of Household Labor in Vietnam
This study addresses the extent of change and region al differences in gender roles in the Vietnamese family based on innovative surveys in northern and southern Vietnam. The similarities and differences in political, economic, and social histories between northern and southern Vietnam provide a compelling setting to investigate the impact of socialist policies and the recent shift from a centrally planned to a market economy on gender stratifica…
Economic Status and Old-Age Health in Poverty-Stricken Myanmar
Findings support a global theory of economic gradients in health regardless of level of societal poverty. Modest efforts to improve the standard of living among elderly may improve not only their material well-being but also their health
Tradition and Change in Marriage Payments in Vietnam, 1963–2000
Trends and determinants of marriage payments have rarely been examined at the population level despite their plausible implications for the welfare of family and the distribution of wealth across families and generations. In this study, we analyze population-based data from the Vietnam Study of Family Change to document prevalence and directions of marriage payments in Vietnam from 1963 to 2000. We investigate the extent to which structural and p…
Expansion of Thailand’s social pension policy and its implications for family support for older persons
Thailand is among the few developing countries that provide social pension for a significant majority of its older adults. In 2009, the government amended the Old‐Age Allowance (OAA) scheme from a means‐tested to a near‐universal social pension program. Analyzing nationally representative data from the Surveys of Older Persons in Thailand, we found significant changes over the last decade in the patterns of old‐age income sources and filial econo…
Living Apart Together and Older Adults’ Mental Health in the United Kingdom
Objectives Living apart together (LAT)—intimate partners living in separate households—is a common partnership type among older adults. Although the mental health benefits of intimate partnerships are widely documented, how LAT relates to older adults’ mental health remains understudied. Methods Analyzing Waves 3–13 (2011–2023) of the United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Study, we use fixed effects models to examine (a) how older adults’ mental …
Cognitive function following early life war-time stress exposure in a cohort of Vietnamese older adults
Early-Life War Exposure and Later-Life Frailty Among Older Adults in Vietnam
War trauma hastens aging and warrants greater attention toward long-term implications of war on health among vast postconflict populations across the globe
Caring for Thai Older Persons With Long-Term Care Needs
Thailand is experiencing acute population aging but empirical evidence to support LTC needs remains lacking. This analysis helps close the gap
Long-Term Care Needs in the Context of Poverty and Population Aging
Childlessness and Mental Health Among U.S. Older Adults
Objectives An estimated 17% of U.S. adults ages 55+ are childless, a fraction that has increased across recent cohorts. Most studies find no or negligible mental health consequences of childlessness for older adults, yet studies typically compare broad categories of childless persons and parents, neglecting potentially important sources of heterogeneity. We evaluate associations between parental status (childless, biological children, stepchildre…
Intergenerational Solidarity and Mental Health in Chinese American Families
Objectives Existing family and caregiving studies have primarily focused on the mental health of either older adults or adult children. Less is known about the effect of intergenerational relations on the mental health of both generations. This study examined the association between intergenerational solidarity and mental health among older Chinese Americans and their adult children using a dyadic analysis, considering the gendered nature of thes…
Family Size Across the Life Course and Cognitive Decline in Older Mexican Adults
Objectives A growing body of research has identified associations between family size and cognition in older adults. These studies largely focus on older adults’ own fertility history instead of sibship size, defined as one’s number of siblings. Sibship size may affect cognitive development during early childhood, creating differences that may persist into late life. Using a gendered life course framework, this study evaluates how family size acr…
Social and psychological implications of actual and defacto childlessness among older persons in East and Southeast Asia
We examine how ageing without children is linked to older adults’ social participation and psychological distress in selected East and Southeast Asian countries (South Korea, China, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar). Recognizing the nuances of such ageing experiences, we distinguish between actual childlessness (older persons without children) and defacto childlessness (older persons whose children all lived far away). We harmonize and analyze rece…
Childlessness, Social Network Profiles in Midlife and Late Adulthood, and Their Implications for Subjective Well-Being
Results underscore the importance of differentiating network types among the childless, particularly when assessing their well-being. Contrary to the notion of associating later-life childlessness with social isolation and vulnerabilities, many childless Singaporeans manage to construct non-child-based networks equipped with various supportive relations that cater to their needs. Nevertheless, persistent vulnerabilities among restricted network m…
Respiratory Health Among Older Adults in Vietnam
ObjectiveWe explore how earlier-life military roles and war trauma associate with later-life respiratory health in Vietnam. Method: The population-based sample aged 60+ is from the 2018 Vietnam Health and Aging Study. Poisson and binary logistic regressions investigate correlates of overall lung health, measured as total number of four conditions, and individual conditions, with focus on earlier-life wartime experiences. Results: Exposure is asso…
Cultural and Socioeconomic Influences on Divorce During Modernization
The conventional model of a rising divorce rate during the process of modernization is a staple element of the sociological theory of the family. This generalization is challenged, however, by traditional high-divorce societies, primarily in Islamic Southeast Asia, which have experienced a decline in divorce with modernization. In this study, based on micro-level survey data, the authors explore the social roots of marital disruption in Indonesia…
Ethnic differentials in parental health seeking for childhood illness in Vietnam
Trends in Military Service in Northern Vietnam, 1950––1995
Prior studies usually "guesstimated" the extent of the Vietnamese population's involvement in the armed forces during the Vietnamese War. Using a sociodemographic approach, this study analyzes innovative and regionally representative data from the Vietnam Longitudinal Survey to examine the prevalence of military experience among successive cohorts of men in the Red River Delta, and to assess how their military experiences varied across the period…
The Role of Abortion in the Last Stage of Fertility Decline in Vietnam
The Gender Division of Household Labor in Vietnam
This study addresses the extent of change and region al differences in gender roles in the Vietnamese family based on innovative surveys in northern and southern Vietnam. The similarities and differences in political, economic, and social histories between northern and southern Vietnam provide a compelling setting to investigate the impact of socialist policies and the recent shift from a centrally planned to a market economy on gender stratifica…
Tradition and Change in Marriage Payments in Vietnam, 1963–2000
Trends and determinants of marriage payments have rarely been examined at the population level despite their plausible implications for the welfare of family and the distribution of wealth across families and generations. In this study, we analyze population-based data from the Vietnam Study of Family Change to document prevalence and directions of marriage payments in Vietnam from 1963 to 2000. We investigate the extent to which structural and p…
The long-term impact of war on health and wellbeing in Northern Vietnam
Military Service, Exposure to Trauma, and Health in Older Adulthood
Objectives. We sought to better understand the association between early life exposure to war and trauma and older adult health status in a developing setting. Methods. We analyzed data of 405 Vietnamese men and women in 1 northern Vietnam commune who entered early adulthood during the Vietnam War and who are now entering late adulthood (i.e., ages 55 years and older in 2010). Results. The toll of war’s trauma in the aging northern Vietnamese pop…
Economic Status and Old-Age Health in Poverty-Stricken Myanmar
Findings support a global theory of economic gradients in health regardless of level of societal poverty. Modest efforts to improve the standard of living among elderly may improve not only their material well-being but also their health
Living Arrangements and Psychological Well-Being of the Older Adults After the Economic Transition in Vietnam
Changes in living arrangements induced by differences in labor market opportunities in neighboring regions have resulted in significant differences in psychological well-being among the older adults. The findings point to the need for attention to the mental health of elderly parents left behind in less economically developed regions
How do living arrangements and intergenerational support matter for psychological health of elderly parents? Evidence from Myanmar, Vietnam, and Thailand
What does living alone really mean for older persons? A comparative study of Myanmar, Vietnam, and Thailand
Rapid development and social change in Asia have led many to assume that the proportion of elderly people living alone is rising and that they tend to live in destitute situations. These assumptions often lack empirical validation
Physical and Mental Health Consequences of War-related Stressors Among Older Adults
Our study provides insights into the burden of conflict upon health among populations of the global south that survived war and are now entering older adulthood. The pattern of results, indicating greatest suffering among those who inflicted or failed to prevent bodily harm or loss of life, is consistent with the concept of moral injury
Caring for Thai Older Persons With Long-Term Care Needs
Thailand is experiencing acute population aging but empirical evidence to support LTC needs remains lacking. This analysis helps close the gap
Long-Term Care Needs in the Context of Poverty and Population Aging
Design and measurement in a study of war exposure, health, and aging
Future VHAS investigations will examine dynamic linkages between war exposure, mortality and morbidity, while taking into account the selective nature of each of these processes. Longitudinal analyses will examine late-life health transitions and war-related resiliency
Productive aging in developing Southeast Asia
Older persons in Thailand
ASIAN POPULATION STUDIES
Is war hard on the heart? Gender, wartime stress and late life cardiovascular conditions in a population of Vietnamese older adults
Expansion of Thailand’s social pension policy and its implications for family support for older persons
Thailand is among the few developing countries that provide social pension for a significant majority of its older adults. In 2009, the government amended the Old‐Age Allowance (OAA) scheme from a means‐tested to a near‐universal social pension program. Analyzing nationally representative data from the Surveys of Older Persons in Thailand, we found significant changes over the last decade in the patterns of old‐age income sources and filial econo…
Early-Life War Exposure and Later-Life Frailty Among Older Adults in Vietnam
War trauma hastens aging and warrants greater attention toward long-term implications of war on health among vast postconflict populations across the globe
The situation and well-being of custodial grandparents in Myanmar
The Impact of Early Life War Exposure on Mental Health among Older Adults in Northern and Central Vietnam
Most Vietnamese young adults who experienced the American War were exposed to war-related violence, which can exert a lifelong impact. We analyze survey data collected among northern and central Vietnamese older adults in the 2018 Vietnam Health and Aging Study (N = 2,447) to examine the association between various war traumas, psychological distress, and suicidal ideation. Informed by life course and stress process perspectives, we use structura…
In memoriam
10.1080/17441730.2022.2127198
Respiratory Health Among Older Adults in Vietnam
ObjectiveWe explore how earlier-life military roles and war trauma associate with later-life respiratory health in Vietnam. Method: The population-based sample aged 60+ is from the 2018 Vietnam Health and Aging Study. Poisson and binary logistic regressions investigate correlates of overall lung health, measured as total number of four conditions, and individual conditions, with focus on earlier-life wartime experiences. Results: Exposure is asso…
Psychology (34 works) · Medicine (26 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (25 works) · Sociology (25 works) · Population (23 works) · Demography (22 works) · Gerontology (21 works) · Demography (20 works) · Economics (18 works) · Economic growth (15 works)