This study empirically examines whether child characteristics mitigate the negative impact of widowhood on the elderly’s mental health using follow-up survey data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Stu...This study empirically examines whether child characteristics mitigate the negative impact of widowhood on the elderly’s mental health using follow-up survey data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study(CHARLS).A total of 5,326 older adults aged 60 years and older are selected from three waves of panel data(2013,2015,and 2018).Thefindings suggest that respondents who experienced widowhood exhibit an increase in depressive symptoms.However,the higher income of children and frequent face-to-face emotional interactions improve the mental health of the widowed elderly.Moreover,heterogeneity analyses show that the buffering effect of higher child income is more significant among men and the Midwestern widowed elderly,and frequent face-to-face emotional interactions are more effective in improving the psychological status of women and the Midwes-tern widowed elderly.In the special social and cultural background of China,family members remain the main support for the elderly,and the current social pension system is still imperfect.Therefore,children should strengthen emotional communication with their parents while increasing their economic income.In that way,widowhood can achieve both material and spiritual prosperity.The government should identify the vulnerable groups among the elderly widows and introduce policies aimed at improving their mental health and reducing the disparity in mental health status.展开更多
The support rights and interests of the elderly is one of the core issues of an aging society.Judging from the judgment documents on support dispute cases in recent years,maintenance disputes mainly occur in the kinsh...The support rights and interests of the elderly is one of the core issues of an aging society.Judging from the judgment documents on support dispute cases in recent years,maintenance disputes mainly occur in the kinship structure of parents and children,the support obligators are mainly men,the content of support is mainly material appeals.In the judicial process,there are some characteristics worth studying,such as lawyers,intervention,judges,thinking,reasoning and expression.In view of this,the current development direction of the judicial protection of elderly’s rights and interests in China should be carried out around the goal of"restorative justice"and efforts should be made,such concept renewal,system improvement and spiritual support prospect.展开更多
This article presents the research protocol of an interpretative phenomenological study that aims to understand the lived experiences of coercion and human rights-based practices in psychiatry from the perspectives of...This article presents the research protocol of an interpretative phenomenological study that aims to understand the lived experiences of coercion and human rights-based practices in psychiatry from the perspectives of people living with mental health problems during involuntary hospitalization or treatment.This qualitative study used an interpretative phenomenological analysis design.In-depth,one-on-one interviews along with a socio-demographic questionnaire were conducted with approximately 10 participants.Data analysis was followed by an iterative and hermeneutic emergence coding process.By centering human rights-based practices on the lived experiences of people living with mental health problems who encountered coercion,this study highlighted the contributing and limiting factors to the recognition of human rights in nursing practices.This study also promoted the development of nursing knowledge and practices that can significantly contribute to an individual’s recovery process.展开更多
目的了解南充市公寓老人的心理健康状况与社会支持的关系。方法 2014年8—10月采用整群抽样方法随机抽取南充市公寓养老60岁以上老人85人作为调查对象,采用老年心理健康调查问卷(elderly mental health questionnaire,EMHQ)和社会支持...目的了解南充市公寓老人的心理健康状况与社会支持的关系。方法 2014年8—10月采用整群抽样方法随机抽取南充市公寓养老60岁以上老人85人作为调查对象,采用老年心理健康调查问卷(elderly mental health questionnaire,EMHQ)和社会支持评定量表(social support rate scale,SSRS)进行调查。计量资料采用t检验和方差分析,P<0.05为差异有统计学意义。结果南充市公寓养老老人心理健康状况与总体社会支持显著相关,并与主观支持、客观支持和支持的利用度显著相关。老年心理健康与性别、年龄、自理能力、收入状况、慢性病、婚姻状况和家庭支持呈显著相关。结论南充市公寓老人心理健康状况较好,提高公寓养老老年人的社会支持是进一步改善其心理健康状况的关键。展开更多
基金supported by the National Social Science Fund of China under Grant No.17BJL044。
文摘This study empirically examines whether child characteristics mitigate the negative impact of widowhood on the elderly’s mental health using follow-up survey data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study(CHARLS).A total of 5,326 older adults aged 60 years and older are selected from three waves of panel data(2013,2015,and 2018).Thefindings suggest that respondents who experienced widowhood exhibit an increase in depressive symptoms.However,the higher income of children and frequent face-to-face emotional interactions improve the mental health of the widowed elderly.Moreover,heterogeneity analyses show that the buffering effect of higher child income is more significant among men and the Midwestern widowed elderly,and frequent face-to-face emotional interactions are more effective in improving the psychological status of women and the Midwes-tern widowed elderly.In the special social and cultural background of China,family members remain the main support for the elderly,and the current social pension system is still imperfect.Therefore,children should strengthen emotional communication with their parents while increasing their economic income.In that way,widowhood can achieve both material and spiritual prosperity.The government should identify the vulnerable groups among the elderly widows and introduce policies aimed at improving their mental health and reducing the disparity in mental health status.
文摘The support rights and interests of the elderly is one of the core issues of an aging society.Judging from the judgment documents on support dispute cases in recent years,maintenance disputes mainly occur in the kinship structure of parents and children,the support obligators are mainly men,the content of support is mainly material appeals.In the judicial process,there are some characteristics worth studying,such as lawyers,intervention,judges,thinking,reasoning and expression.In view of this,the current development direction of the judicial protection of elderly’s rights and interests in China should be carried out around the goal of"restorative justice"and efforts should be made,such concept renewal,system improvement and spiritual support prospect.
基金This research project was funded by the Human Sciences Research Council and the Montreal Research Center on Social Inequalities,Discrimination,and Alternative Citizenship Practices.
文摘This article presents the research protocol of an interpretative phenomenological study that aims to understand the lived experiences of coercion and human rights-based practices in psychiatry from the perspectives of people living with mental health problems during involuntary hospitalization or treatment.This qualitative study used an interpretative phenomenological analysis design.In-depth,one-on-one interviews along with a socio-demographic questionnaire were conducted with approximately 10 participants.Data analysis was followed by an iterative and hermeneutic emergence coding process.By centering human rights-based practices on the lived experiences of people living with mental health problems who encountered coercion,this study highlighted the contributing and limiting factors to the recognition of human rights in nursing practices.This study also promoted the development of nursing knowledge and practices that can significantly contribute to an individual’s recovery process.
文摘目的了解南充市公寓老人的心理健康状况与社会支持的关系。方法 2014年8—10月采用整群抽样方法随机抽取南充市公寓养老60岁以上老人85人作为调查对象,采用老年心理健康调查问卷(elderly mental health questionnaire,EMHQ)和社会支持评定量表(social support rate scale,SSRS)进行调查。计量资料采用t检验和方差分析,P<0.05为差异有统计学意义。结果南充市公寓养老老人心理健康状况与总体社会支持显著相关,并与主观支持、客观支持和支持的利用度显著相关。老年心理健康与性别、年龄、自理能力、收入状况、慢性病、婚姻状况和家庭支持呈显著相关。结论南充市公寓老人心理健康状况较好,提高公寓养老老年人的社会支持是进一步改善其心理健康状况的关键。
