Functional limitation and happiness among older adults: the multiple mediating role of intergenerational support and intergenerational relationship
ObjectivesThis study aimed to investigate the relationship between the functional limitation and happiness among Chinese older people and examined the multiple mediating effects of intergenerational support (instrumental support and financial support) and intergenerational relationship.MethodData wa...
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| author | Angdi Zhou Angdi Zhou Yiwen Song Xinru Li Bingqin Hu Yitong Chen Peiyao Cui Jinghua Li |
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| description | ObjectivesThis study aimed to investigate the relationship between the functional limitation and happiness among Chinese older people and examined the multiple mediating effects of intergenerational support (instrumental support and financial support) and intergenerational relationship.MethodData was drawn from the Chinese Family Panel Survey (CFPS) 2018 and 2020. Structural equation modeling was adopted to analyze the association among functional limitations, intergenerational support, intergenerational relationship, and the older adults happiness.ResultsThere was a significant association between the functional limitations and the lower happiness levels among the older adults. The instrumental support from adult children positively mediated the relationship between the functional limitation and the happiness. However, intergenerational relationships were reduced due to the dysfunction of the older adults, and played a negatively mediated role between the functional limitation and the happiness. In addition, instrumental and financial support play chain-mediating roles between functional limitation and happiness in older adults through intergenerational relationships.ConclusionIntergenerational relationships and instrumental support enhance the happiness of older adults with functional impairments, but their role is limited by the changing structure of modern families. Long-term care programs combined with the intergenerational support from families for people with functional impairments in old age would be more effective to reduce the burden on adult children and maintain the quality of life of the older adults. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-54cb4d4472cb4d909440702bcba0c8482023-10-13T14:59:15ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652023-10-011110.3389/fpubh.2023.12492161249216Functional limitation and happiness among older adults: the multiple mediating role of intergenerational support and intergenerational relationshipAngdi Zhou0Angdi Zhou1Yiwen Song2Xinru Li3Bingqin Hu4Yitong Chen5Peiyao Cui6Jinghua Li7School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, ChinaFifth School of Clinical Medicine of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (Huzhou Central Hospital), Huzhou, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, ChinaObjectivesThis study aimed to investigate the relationship between the functional limitation and happiness among Chinese older people and examined the multiple mediating effects of intergenerational support (instrumental support and financial support) and intergenerational relationship.MethodData was drawn from the Chinese Family Panel Survey (CFPS) 2018 and 2020. Structural equation modeling was adopted to analyze the association among functional limitations, intergenerational support, intergenerational relationship, and the older adults happiness.ResultsThere was a significant association between the functional limitations and the lower happiness levels among the older adults. The instrumental support from adult children positively mediated the relationship between the functional limitation and the happiness. However, intergenerational relationships were reduced due to the dysfunction of the older adults, and played a negatively mediated role between the functional limitation and the happiness. In addition, instrumental and financial support play chain-mediating roles between functional limitation and happiness in older adults through intergenerational relationships.ConclusionIntergenerational relationships and instrumental support enhance the happiness of older adults with functional impairments, but their role is limited by the changing structure of modern families. Long-term care programs combined with the intergenerational support from families for people with functional impairments in old age would be more effective to reduce the burden on adult children and maintain the quality of life of the older adults.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1249216/fullolder adultshappinessintergenerational supportintergenerational relationshipinstrumental activity of daily living |
| spellingShingle | Angdi Zhou Angdi Zhou Yiwen Song Xinru Li Bingqin Hu Yitong Chen Peiyao Cui Jinghua Li Functional limitation and happiness among older adults: the multiple mediating role of intergenerational support and intergenerational relationship Frontiers in Public Health older adults happiness intergenerational support intergenerational relationship instrumental activity of daily living |
| title | Functional limitation and happiness among older adults: the multiple mediating role of intergenerational support and intergenerational relationship |
| title_full | Functional limitation and happiness among older adults: the multiple mediating role of intergenerational support and intergenerational relationship |
| title_fullStr | Functional limitation and happiness among older adults: the multiple mediating role of intergenerational support and intergenerational relationship |
| title_full_unstemmed | Functional limitation and happiness among older adults: the multiple mediating role of intergenerational support and intergenerational relationship |
| title_short | Functional limitation and happiness among older adults: the multiple mediating role of intergenerational support and intergenerational relationship |
| title_sort | functional limitation and happiness among older adults the multiple mediating role of intergenerational support and intergenerational relationship |
| topic | older adults happiness intergenerational support intergenerational relationship instrumental activity of daily living |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1249216/full |
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