Psychological Development and Education ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (2): 249-256.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2020.02.14

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Parent-child Support and Elders' Depression: Roles of Sense of Security and Emotional Expression

ZHOU Wei1, HONG Zijing1, HU Rongrong1, ZHU Tingting1, LIU Shen2, ZHANG Lin1   

  1. 1. Department and Institute of Psychology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211;
    2. School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230022
  • Published:2020-03-19

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Abstract: In the current study, 362 elderly people were recruited to investigate the relationship between parent-child support and elders' depression through questionnaires, and to explore the mediating role of security and the moderating role of emotional expression. The results showed that:(1) Parent-child support significantly negatively predicted elders' depression; (2) Sense of security partially mediated the relationship between parent-child support and elders' depression; (3) Emotional expression moderated the relationship between parent-child support and elders' sense of security. In particular, elders with low emotional expression ability were more susceptible to parent-child support than elders with high emotional expression ability. The findings of the current study indicated that elevating the level of elders' sense of security and emotional expression contributes to alleviating depression in old age and maintaining elders' mental health.

Key words: parent-child support, depressive symptoms, sense of security, emotional expression, elders

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