Intergenerational Social Support and the Psychological Well-Being of Older Parents in China

By Xuan Chen, M. Silverstein. 2000

434 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: General Health Professions, Health, Sociology and Political Science

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In General Health Professions

1. O. Siu
2. P. Brough
3. Melanie D Sereny
4. M. O’driscoll
5. Cary L. Cooper
6. Keming Yang
7. Paul E. Spector
8. Tammy D. Allen

In Health

1. Melanie D Sereny
2. Keming Yang
3. P. Brough
4. Shangyi Mao
5. Tammy D. Allen
6. Cary L. Cooper
7. Paul E. Spector
8. Christina Victor

In Sociology and Political Science

1. M. O’driscoll
2. P. Brough
3. O. Siu
4. L. Lapierre
5. Tammy D. Allen
6. Cary L. Cooper
7. S. Poelmans
8. Paul E. Spector

Citations in the corpus

• The impact of out-migration on the inter-generational support and psychological wellbeing of older adults in rural China (2009, background): “…involvement of the remaining parents in farm work, household chores and grandparenting, in the absence of their migrant children, may provide older people with continuing status and roles, and thus enhance rather than impair their wellbeing (Becker et al. 2003; Chen and Silverstein 2000).”
• Living Arrangements of Older Adults in China: The Interplay Among Preferences, Realities, and Health (2011, methodology): “Several prior studies have found that subjective well-being is better for those who live with family members (F. Chen and Short 2008; X. Chen and Silverstein 2000).”
• The Determinants of Happiness of China’s Elderly Population (2012, background): “As a result, declining trends in the elderly’s coresidence with their children have appeared, elderly Chinese parents are more likely to live apart from their children than at any time in the past (see Chen and Silverstein 2000; Zeng and Wang 2003).”
• The prevalence of and risk factors for loneliness among older people in China (2008, background): “Research on the components of the quality of life in old age in China is emerging, as on psychological wellbeing (Chen and Silverstein 2000; Chen, Copeland and Wei 1999; Wu and Schimmele 2006), social security (Du and Tu 2000), income (Raymo and Xie 2000), socio-political status (Sher 1984), and…”
• CROSS-NATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN RELATIONSHIPS OF WORK DEMANDS, JOB SATISFACTION, AND TURNOVER INTENTIONS WITH WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT (2007, background): “In collectivist countries it may be important to provide supports that focus on the care and economic support of elderly parents, which is a more important issue ( Chen & Silverstein, 2000 ).”