Psychological Development and Education ›› 2010, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (6): 627-633.

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The Intergenerational Social Support and Its Impact on Depression in the Empty Nest Aged among Urban and Rural Areas

PENG Hua-mao, YIN Shu-fei   

  1. Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
  • Online:2010-11-15 Published:2010-11-15

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Abstract: The present study applied Parents-Adult Children Social Support Scale and Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale(CES-D) to 196 elderly.Results showed that:regarded the non-empty nester from urban areas,the empty nester from urban areas,the non-empty nester from rural areas and the empty nester from rural areas four groups of people,(1) the social support receiving from adult children matched the giving;(2) in respect of the social support receiving from adult children,service support was the mostly,and emotional and economic support were the secondly.No significant difference between empty nester and non-empty nester was found on the specific dimensions of receiving social support.So did that between urban and rural areas.(3) in respect of the social support giving to adult children,emotional and service support were more than economic support.Empty and non-empty nester gave the same social support to adult children on the specific dimensions of it.The urban aged gave more than the rural on each dimension of giving social support.(4) the rural aged were more depressed than the rural ones.(5) the influence factors on depression were different.For urban non-empty nester,the emotional support they gave to adult children could negatively predict their depression level;for urban empty nester,the more emotional support and the less economic support they gave to adult children,the lower depression level they would have;while for rural non-empty nester,the service support they received from adult children was a significant inverse predictor on their depression level;for rural empty nester,social support didn't affect their depression level.

Key words: intergenerational social support, depression, empty nest, urban and rural elderly

CLC Number: 

  • B844.3
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