Zhen Cong
Biographic Data
| ID | 170230 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zhen Cong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zhen |
| FAMILY NAME | Cong |
| SIGNATURE | CONG Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | (Social Sciences Section) |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1949-056X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 74 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 401 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 43 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Multigenerational social mobility and depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older Chinese
This study underscores the disadvantaged status of individuals with rural hukou and slow multigenerational upward mobility, calling for more targeted mental health support for them
Resilience Trajectories Among Older Adults With Disabilities: A Longitudinal Study in Anhui, China
This study applied Richardson’s Resiliency Model to measure resilience in depressive symptoms among older adults with disabilities in rural China and examined its association with age-related and cohort-specific temporal effects using the Growth Curve Model to analyze resilience trajectories. We innovatively used propensity score matching to address confounding variables when calculating the resilience score. Data were derived from the Longitudin…
Internet altruistic behaviors and affective well-being among family caregivers: A natural language processing approach
By extending the NLP approach to analyzing interactions among family caregivers of people living with dementia, this study contributes to a deeper understanding of how digital altruism is associated with affective well-being. Findings support the design of IAB-enhancing mechanisms that facilitate emotional support, guidance, and knowledge-sharing for family caregivers
Marital dynamics and daily memory among aging same-sex and different-sex couples
Objectives In older adulthood, a spouse is often the closest relationship and a key source of support for health. Although prior research emphasizes the importance of marital dynamics for cognition, it predominantly focuses on different-sex couples. This leaves a critical gap in understanding how these processes might differ for aging same-sex couples. To address this gap, we examine how marital support and strain are associated with daily memory…
Paradoxical well-being: Time use, psychological distress, and subjective well-being in informal caregiving
Our study highlighted the importance of recognizing diverse time-use patterns among caregivers and tailoring support measures accordingly. Policies must also consider cultural values in societies where intensive family caregiving may persist despite accessible public services. Because caregivers may experience both distress and fulfilment, caregiver support should be a critical policy priority
Resource or crisis? Cognitive functioning after widowhood and why paid work status matters
Paid work may serve as a cognitive resource after widowhood. However, the way in which it acts depends on gender, while being retired at the time of widowhood acts as a protection for both men and women
Intergenerational Coresidence With Children and Grandchildren and Maternal Sleep Duration at Midlife
Objectives Mothers with young children tend to have shorter sleep durations than childfree women, but previous research has not considered heterogeneity in sleep duration among midlife mothers who have varying coresidential patterns with their adult, minor, and grandchildren. We examine the distribution of sleep duration across mothers’ different intergenerational coresidential contexts (living without any children, living with any minor children…
Childlessness and Depressive Symptoms Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in China: Examining the Role of Partnership Trajectories
Objective Although previous studies have recognized the potential connection between childlessness and increased mental health risks in later life, the diverse pathways leading to childlessness remain unclear. This study thus sought to explore the association between patterns of partnership trajectories and depressive symptoms among childless middle-aged and older adults in China. Method Utilizing sequence analysis, this research identified disti…
A Tale of Two Societies: Social Engagement, Marital Satisfaction, and Depressive Symptoms Among Couples in Rural and Urban China
Objectives Previous research on social activity engagement in later life predominantly employed an individual-focused approach, restricting our understanding of how engagement in social activities as a couple can influence both relational and individual outcomes. This study examines the relationship between couples’ combination of social engagement and husbands’ and wives’ marital satisfaction, and subsequently, their depressive symptoms. Methods…
Offspring Educational Disadvantage and Parents’ Dementia Onset: Does the Educational Success of One Child Moderate the Educational Disadvantage of Another
Objectives A growing body of research examines how adult children’s education influences older parents’ cognitive health. Whereas prior studies tend to focus on educational advantage, this study seeks to understand how various measures of educational disadvantage are associated with parents’ dementia likelihood. In addition, we ask how the risks associated with one child’s educational disadvantage are shaped by a sibling’s educational success. Me…
Family Caregiving and Disaster Preparedness Information‐Seeking Behaviors: In the Contexts of Community‐Level Social Vulnerabilities
Objectives This study aimed to investigate how community‐level social vulnerability factors moderated the relationship between family caregiving and three types of disaster preparedness information‐seeking behaviors (i.e., attend a meeting, talk with community members, and independently seek information). Methods Data from FEMA's 2020 National Household Survey were matched with the 2020 Social Vulnerability Index. Two‐level multinomial logistic r…
Grandparenting and coresidence preferences in Shanghai, China: The Influence of Grandparenting Beliefs, Experiences, and Intensity
Objectives This study aims to examine the living arrangement preferences of older adults in Shanghai, China, with a focus on grandparenting as a shaping factor. Methods This study utilizes data from the 2022 Lifelong Education for Aging Productively in Shanghai survey, which included 1,707 older adults aged 55–85. Since this study focuses on grandparenting, respondents without grandchildren were excluded, resulting in an analytical sample of 1,25…
Longitudinal Dyadic Associations Between Internet Use and Mental Health Among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Couples: An Actor–Partner Interdependence Approach
Objectives Internet use is usually considered to have beneficial effects on depressive symptoms. However, researchers rarely examine whether individual internet use might affect his/her spouse’s depressive symptoms. The present study aimed to explore the longitudinal dyadic interdependence of the association between internet use and depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older couples. Methods Data for this study came from the 2018 and 2020 wa…
The impacts of age and preparation information on perceived and actual preparedness for a pandemic: A latent class analysis
Mother–Child Closeness and Adult Children’s Time and Financial Assistance
Mother-child closeness is a continuously evolving process. Although mother-child bond formed during adolescence has no direct influence on help to mothers later in life, it shapes the progression of mother-child interactions over time that eventuates in support
Comparing Neighbors and Friends in Age-Related Network Changes
In the nonkin part of older adults' networks, proximity eventually becomes dominant. This finding is interpreted in terms of rising needs, greater opportunity for local contact, and friend mortality risks, all favoring the neighbor segment of the network
Impact and Heterogeneity of Self-reported Hearing on Trajectories of Cognitive Function in Middle-Aged and Older Couples
Objectives Hearing status is identified as a significant predictor of cognitive function. The life course principle of linked lives posits that the lives of couples often become increasingly interconnected or embedded over time, thereby cumulatively intensifying their influence on spouse’s health and well-being. We aim to examine the impact of self-reported hearing on cognitive function among married couples across adulthood and whether there is …
Internet Use and Loneliness Among Urban and Non-Urban Chinese Older Adults: The Roles of Family Support, Friend Support, and Social Participation
This study shed light on our understanding of the relationship between internet use and loneliness among older adults in the Chinese context. Also, these findings suggested that digital interventions for loneliness should pay special attention to the different characteristics of urban and non-urban dwelling older Chinese adults
Perceived Discrimination and Incident Dementia Among Older Adults in the United States: The Buffering Role of Social Relationships
Our findings imply that intimate partnership plays a critical role in coping with discrimination and, consequently, influencing the cognitive health of older adults. Although perceived discrimination is a significant risk factor for the incidence of dementia, better partnership quality may attenuate this association. Policies that eliminate discrimination and interventions that strengthen intimate partnerships may facilitate better cognitive heal…
Childhood Adversities and Caregiving for Older Parents: Building Capacity for a Caring Society
The factors associated with informal caregiving can be traced back to early-life experiences. To address the shortage of informal care supply, it is crucial to foster a caring culture from the very beginning of human development
An Intersectional Approach to Understanding the Psychological Health Effects of Combining Work and Parental Caregiving
Accounting for intersectionality is imperative to research on family caregiving, work, and psychological health
Marital Status and Advance Care Planning Among Older Adults: Do Gendered Patterns Vary by Age
Healthcare providers can better guide end-of-life consultations if they understand how men's and women's family relationships change with advancing age
Support for Family Caregivers: Implications of Work Strain and Its Intersections With Formal and Informal Help
The findings suggest that informal support, exemplified by the number of additional caregivers, corresponds with reduced emotional distress among employed caregivers and can mitigate the negative impacts of work strain. However, positive associations between formal support and male and female caregiver distress suggest that the context of formal services may offer limited or untimely support. This study is expected to broaden our understanding of…
Age Differences in Perceived Preparedness for the Continuation of Covid-19 Pandemic: Important Role of Social Support
This study examined the age differences in perceived preparedness for the continuation of COVID-19 pandemic; and tested the moderating effects of three types of social support, i.e., emotional, financial and instrumental support. Using a sample of 450 adults in Texas, USA from the research project ‘Vulnerability and Resilience to Disasters’ (October 2020 to January 2021), results of multiple linear regressions showed that compared with people age…
Age differences in experiencing negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic: A latent class analysis
Intergenerational Transfers and Living Arrangements of Older People in Rural China: Consequences for Psychological Well-Being
These results suggest that traditional family arrangements are beneficial in rural Chinese society as they represent the fulfillment of a cultural ideal. We discuss implications in the context of the corporate Chinese family, characterized by mutual aid and interdependence across generations, and its adaptation to social change
Intergenerational Support and Depression Among Elders in Rural China: Do Daughters-In-Law Matter
This study examined the influence of intergenerational assistance with household chores and personal care from sons, daughters, and daughters-in-law on the depressive symptoms of older adults in rural China. The sample derived from rural Anhui Province, a region with a strong hierarchy of support preferences that leads with sons and their families. We used data from a random sample of 1,281 adults aged 60 and over, who were interviewed in 2001 an…
Intergenerational Exchange Between Parents and Migrant and Nonmigrant Sons in Rural China
This investigation examined whether intergenerational exchanges of time and money resources between older parents and their adult sons in rural China were conditioned on sons' migration status. Data derived from 2001 and 2003 waves of a longitudinal study of 1,126 parents, aged 60 and older, living in rural areas of Anhui Province, China, and their 2,724 adult sons. Random-effects regression analysis showed that marginal financial returns to pare…
Caring for grandchildren and intergenerational support in rural China: A gendered extended family perspective
This investigation examines how support from adult children is affected by their parents' involvement in grandchild care. Instead of focusing on dyadic interactions, we adopt a gendered extended family perspective to examine how financial and emotional support from children was influenced when their siblings received help with child care from their elder parents. The data were from a two-wave (2001, 2003) longitudinal study of 4,791 parent–child …
The Graying of Divorce: A Half Century of Change
Our study illustrates the graying of divorce over the past half century. Nowadays, 36% of U.S. adults getting divorced are aged 50 or older. The only age group with an increasing divorce rate is adults aged 65 and older, raising new questions about how they will navigate old age
Parents' preferred care-givers in rural China: Gender, migration and intergenerational exchanges
This study examines how intergenerational exchanges affect elders' choice of preferred care-givers in the case of sickness among adult children in rural China. The sample derived from a four-wave longitudinal study in Anhui Province, China, based on which we constructed three time intervals ( i.e. 2001–2003, 2003–2006 and 2006–2009) and stacked them. Our working sample included 10,181 observations from these three stacked intervals, representing …
A Vignette Study on Gendered Filial Expectations of Elders in Rural China
This investigation integrated vignette and survey design to study how sons' reduced availability and daughters' increased contributions to parents influenced Chinese rural elders' gendered filial expectations, measured with their beliefs about obligations of a vignette daughter and a vignette son to their postsurgery parent. The sample included 802 elders from 2001, 2003, and 2006 waves of a longitudinal study on rural elders in Anhui Province, C…
Education, adult children's education, and depressive symptoms among older adults in rural China
Parents' depressive symptoms and support from sons and daughters in rural China
This investigation examined how initial levels of elder parents' depressive symptoms influenced financial, instrumental, and emotional support from sons and from daughters in rural China. Data derived from a two-wave (2001, 2003) longitudinal survey of 1,324 parents aged 60 and over living in rural areas of Anhui Province, China. Structural Equation Modeling with latent difference score was used to estimate the reciprocal relatioships between chi…
Individual relocation decisions after tornadoes: A Multi-Level Analysis
This study examines how multi-level factors affected individuals' relocation decisions after EF4 and EF5 (Enhanced Fujita Tornado Intensity Scale) tornadoes struck the United States in 2013. A telephone survey was conducted with 536 respondents, including oversampled older adults, one year after these two disaster events. Respondents' addresses were used to associate individual information with block group-level variables recorded by the American…
Intergenerational Relationships Across Multiple Children and Older Parents’ Depressive Symptoms in China—A Resource Contingency Perspective
These findings highlight the importance of adopting a systematic view for studies regarding intergenerational relationships. The impacts of a single parent-child relationship on parents can be influenced by other parent-child relationships. Moreover, in the context of the dramatic and uneven social changes throughout China, the interactive features of intergenerational relationships have revealed an emerging strong preference for all-round relati…
Perceived Disaster Preparedness between Asian Americans and Other Races: Mediating Roles of Information Seeking and Self-Efficacy
This study aimed to examine the differences in perceived disaster preparedness between Asian Americans and other major races in the USA, namely, Whites, African Americans and Native Americans, and how information-seeking behaviours and self-efficacy (i.e. perceived ability in conducting preparedness behaviours) mediated these racial differences. Data used were from the 2017 National Household Survey conducted by US Federal Emergency Management Ag…
Support Now to Care Later: Intergenerational Support Exchanges and Older Parents’ Care Receipt and Expectations
This study distinguished different types of support to examine unique pathways to received and expected care within families. Taking the older parent's perspective, these findings endorse previous studies that emphasize continuity in the transition from receiving tangible support to receiving and expecting care from adult children. The findings also suggest the importance of older parents' childcare support given to adult children, highlighting r…
Older Adults’ Internal Migration Toward Faraway Siblings
As declines in fertility broadly reflect people's decisions to have fewer children or forego having families, siblings might emerge as more active players in the family networks of older adults. Our research indicates that siblings can be a destination for migration and, therefore, should be considered as important members of social networks of older adults, especially those who do not have partners and/or adult children available
Bereavement From Covid-19, Gender, and Reports of Depression Among Older Adults in Europe
Objectives The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has left older adults around the world bereaved by the sudden death of relatives and friends. We examine if COVID-19 bereavement corresponds with older adults’ reporting depression in 27 countries and test for variations by gender and country context. Method We analyze the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe COVID-19 data collected between June and August 2020 from 51,383 o…
Neighborhood Built Environment and Late-Life Depression: A Multilevel Path Analysis in a Chinese Society
Our findings have implications for the ecological model of aging. The mediating effects of SA and FA underscore the importance of promoting active social lifestyles and maintaining FA for older adults' mental health in high-density cities. Policy implications on how to build age-friendly communities are discussed
A Vignette Study of Older Adults’ Preferences for Intergenerational Transfers in the Context of Competition Between Grandparents and Grandchildren in Rural China
Findings support the altruistic perspective on filial support and the corporate group/mutual aid model of family functioning, within the family system that differentiates patrilineal from matrilineal lines of descent. Under budget constraints, selective children are considered to have legitimate claims on the resources of the middle generation, tempering filial piety toward aging parents. Lack of personal resources plays a role in whether self-in…
A Brief Report on Living Arrangements Following Gray Divorce
After divorce, older adults reside in a range of living arrangements, some of which are more stable than others. Future work should address whether and how these arrangements and their durability are related to postdivorce adjustment
Gray Divorce During the Covid-19 Pandemic
The gray divorce rate now mirrors the overall trend of modest decline in U.S. divorce patterns. Whether the gray divorce rate continues to shrink as society transitions to a postpandemic environment awaits future research
Changes in Grandparental Childcare During the Pandemic and Mental Health: Evidence From England
While measures to limit physical contact and shield older people were necessary to reduce the spread of COVID-19, policymakers should acknowledge potential adverse consequences for mental health among grandparents who experienced changes in their roles as grandchild caregivers
Better Together: Social Contact and Loneliness Among U.S. Older Adults During Covid-19
Results suggest that ICTs may not decrease loneliness among older adults. This article discusses potential reasons and barriers, including digital exclusion, and provides recommendations to mitigate the negative effects of social isolation through technology for older adults
Effect of older adults in the family on the sandwich generation's pursuit of entrepreneurship: Evidence from China
Household entrepreneurship is a basic unit of entrepreneurial activity, and a crucial aspect of connecting personal and social wellbeing. This study examines the relationship between the proportion of elderly family members and household entrepreneurship. This study also assesses the mediating effect of the middle-aged generation's support to their parents and the moderating effect of the parents’ support with respect to the proportion of elderly…
Catastrophic Health Expenditure and Mental Health in the Older Chinese Population: The Moderating Role of Social Health Insurance
Our findings provide empirical evidence that encourages the integration of psychologically informed approaches in health services. We also urge governments in low- and middle-income countries to consider more generous health financing mechanisms for older people with greater health care needs
Intergenerational ambivalence among Mexican American families
This study examined correlates of Mexican American older parents’ ambivalent feelings toward each of their child. Especially we investigated how children’s characteristics including their gender, social achievements measured by education and marital status, as well as intergenerational solidarity measured by contact and financial exchanges with their older parents, were associated with intergenerational ambivalence. The sample included 341 parent…
Grandparenting and coresidence preferences in Shanghai, China: The Influence of Grandparenting Beliefs, Experiences, and Intensity
Objectives This study aims to examine the living arrangement preferences of older adults in Shanghai, China, with a focus on grandparenting as a shaping factor. Methods This study utilizes data from the 2022 Lifelong Education for Aging Productively in Shanghai survey, which included 1,707 older adults aged 55–85. Since this study focuses on grandparenting, respondents without grandchildren were excluded, resulting in an analytical sample of 1,25…
Intergenerational Transfers and Living Arrangements of Older People in Rural China: Consequences for Psychological Well-Being
These results suggest that traditional family arrangements are beneficial in rural Chinese society as they represent the fulfillment of a cultural ideal. We discuss implications in the context of the corporate Chinese family, characterized by mutual aid and interdependence across generations, and its adaptation to social change
Intergenerational Time-for-Money Exchanges in Rural China: Does Reciprocity Reduce Depressive Symptoms of Older Grandparents?
In this study, we examined how children's financial support influenced the depressive symptoms of older parents in rural China. The mutual aid model of the Chinese family suggests that the psychological benefits of economic receipts would be contingent on whether older parents provided child care for the offspring of their migrant children. The sample we analyzed consisted of 1,027 parents, aged 60 and older, living in the rural village of Anhui …
Intergenerational Support and Depression Among Elders in Rural China: Do Daughters-In-Law Matter
This study examined the influence of intergenerational assistance with household chores and personal care from sons, daughters, and daughters-in-law on the depressive symptoms of older adults in rural China. The sample derived from rural Anhui Province, a region with a strong hierarchy of support preferences that leads with sons and their families. We used data from a random sample of 1,281 adults aged 60 and over, who were interviewed in 2001 an…
Parents' depressive symptoms and support from sons and daughters in rural China
This investigation examined how initial levels of elder parents' depressive symptoms influenced financial, instrumental, and emotional support from sons and from daughters in rural China. Data derived from a two-wave (2001, 2003) longitudinal survey of 1,324 parents aged 60 and over living in rural areas of Anhui Province, China. Structural Equation Modeling with latent difference score was used to estimate the reciprocal relatioships between chi…
Intergenerational Exchange Between Parents and Migrant and Nonmigrant Sons in Rural China
This investigation examined whether intergenerational exchanges of time and money resources between older parents and their adult sons in rural China were conditioned on sons' migration status. Data derived from 2001 and 2003 waves of a longitudinal study of 1,126 parents, aged 60 and older, living in rural areas of Anhui Province, China, and their 2,724 adult sons. Random-effects regression analysis showed that marginal financial returns to pare…
Caring for grandchildren and intergenerational support in rural China: A gendered extended family perspective
This investigation examines how support from adult children is affected by their parents' involvement in grandchild care. Instead of focusing on dyadic interactions, we adopt a gendered extended family perspective to examine how financial and emotional support from children was influenced when their siblings received help with child care from their elder parents. The data were from a two-wave (2001, 2003) longitudinal study of 4,791 parent–child …
A Vignette Study on Gendered Filial Expectations of Elders in Rural China
This investigation integrated vignette and survey design to study how sons' reduced availability and daughters' increased contributions to parents influenced Chinese rural elders' gendered filial expectations, measured with their beliefs about obligations of a vignette daughter and a vignette son to their postsurgery parent. The sample included 802 elders from 2001, 2003, and 2006 waves of a longitudinal study on rural elders in Anhui Province, C…
Parents' preferred care-givers in rural China: Gender, migration and intergenerational exchanges
This study examines how intergenerational exchanges affect elders' choice of preferred care-givers in the case of sickness among adult children in rural China. The sample derived from a four-wave longitudinal study in Anhui Province, China, based on which we constructed three time intervals ( i.e. 2001–2003, 2003–2006 and 2006–2009) and stacked them. Our working sample included 10,181 observations from these three stacked intervals, representing …
Intergenerational ambivalence among Mexican American families
This study examined correlates of Mexican American older parents’ ambivalent feelings toward each of their child. Especially we investigated how children’s characteristics including their gender, social achievements measured by education and marital status, as well as intergenerational solidarity measured by contact and financial exchanges with their older parents, were associated with intergenerational ambivalence. The sample included 341 parent…
Emotional flexibility: Development and application of a scale in adolescent earthquake survivors
The Emotional Flexibility Scale provides a brief, reliable, and valid measure of emotion regulation ability of adolescents faced with disasters. (PsycINFO Database Record
A Vignette Study of Older Adults’ Preferences for Intergenerational Transfers in the Context of Competition Between Grandparents and Grandchildren in Rural China
Findings support the altruistic perspective on filial support and the corporate group/mutual aid model of family functioning, within the family system that differentiates patrilineal from matrilineal lines of descent. Under budget constraints, selective children are considered to have legitimate claims on the resources of the middle generation, tempering filial piety toward aging parents. Lack of personal resources plays a role in whether self-in…
Individual relocation decisions after tornadoes: A Multi-Level Analysis
This study examines how multi-level factors affected individuals' relocation decisions after EF4 and EF5 (Enhanced Fujita Tornado Intensity Scale) tornadoes struck the United States in 2013. A telephone survey was conducted with 536 respondents, including oversampled older adults, one year after these two disaster events. Respondents' addresses were used to associate individual information with block group-level variables recorded by the American…
Risk and Resiliency in the Relationship Between Widowhood and Depressive Symptoms Among Older Mexican Americans
Grandparenting and Depressive Symptoms among Mexican American Older Adults: Examining the Moderating Effects of Financial and Emotional Support
The study aims to examine the moderating effects of financial and emotional support on the association between grandparenting and depressive symptoms among Mexican Americans older adults. Older adults of Mexican American origin were recruited from two adult day centers in Texas in 2010. In-person interviews were conducted with 99 older adults on depressive symptoms, grandparenting experiences, financial support both from and to the adult children…
Drivers of post-disaster relocations: The case of Moore and Hattiesburg tornados
City Government’s Adoption of Housing Adaptation Policy Innovation for Older Adults: Evidence From China
Policy innovation and diffusion theory provide a useful framework for this study. That is, the Chinese city government's adoption of housing adaptation policy for older adults is initially driven by local needs and then accelerated by interactions among neighboring governments
Children's education and their financial transfers to ageing parents in rural China: Mothers and fathers’ strategic advantages in enforcing reciprocity
This investigation examined the impact of children's education on their financial support to older parents in rural China based on a theoretical framework that regards financial transfers from adult children as motivated by parents’ earlier investments on children's education, and mothers and fathers having different strategic advantages to enforce reciprocity. The sample derived from six waves of panel data from the Longitudinal Study of Older A…
Education, adult children's education, and depressive symptoms among older adults in rural China
Barriers to preparing for disasters: Age differences and caregiving responsibilities
Improving Care for Older Adults in China: Development of Long-Term Care Policy and System
This special issue covers several important topics related to long-term care (LTC) systems and policy development in China. It provides a good contextual background on the development of the LTC system in China as well as the needs and preferences of LTC from family and older adults’ perspectives. In addition, this issue covers the topic of evaluation of a recently developed long-term care nursing insurance and provides an example of family careg…
Catastrophic Health Expenditure and Mental Health in the Older Chinese Population: The Moderating Role of Social Health Insurance
Our findings provide empirical evidence that encourages the integration of psychologically informed approaches in health services. We also urge governments in low- and middle-income countries to consider more generous health financing mechanisms for older people with greater health care needs
Bereavement From Covid-19, Gender, and Reports of Depression Among Older Adults in Europe
Objectives The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has left older adults around the world bereaved by the sudden death of relatives and friends. We examine if COVID-19 bereavement corresponds with older adults’ reporting depression in 27 countries and test for variations by gender and country context. Method We analyze the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe COVID-19 data collected between June and August 2020 from 51,383 o…
Neighborhood Built Environment and Late-Life Depression: A Multilevel Path Analysis in a Chinese Society
Our findings have implications for the ecological model of aging. The mediating effects of SA and FA underscore the importance of promoting active social lifestyles and maintaining FA for older adults' mental health in high-density cities. Policy implications on how to build age-friendly communities are discussed
Depressive Symptoms Among Rural “Left-Behind” Older Adults: A Test of the High Outmigration Penalty Hypothesis
Rural outmigration may have deepened existing intercommunity health disparities among older adults. Policies should be developed to address community-level factors negatively associated with the well-being of older Chinese adults living in high outmigration and less wealthy rural communities
Income-Related Inequalities in Informal Care: Evidence From the Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey in China
Lower household income is associated with lower intensity of informal care received, particularly for older people with more functional limitations. Policies are required to support low-income older people with more functional limitations
Psychology (68 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (48 works) · Medicine (45 works) · Developmental psychology (36 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (30 works) · Gerontology (27 works) · Political science (27 works) · Psychiatry (26 works) · Sociology (23 works) · China (22 works)