Depressive Symptoms Among Adult Children Aged 55 Years or Older: The Effects of Support Provided to Their Older Parents

Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2019 Dec;89(4):372-386. doi: 10.1177/0091415018822064. Epub 2019 Jan 3.

Authors

Xiang Gao^{1

2}, Qiuju Guo^{1

2}, Fei Sun³, David R Hodge^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ School of Sociology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
² Elder Service Research Center, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
³ School of Social Work, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
⁴ School of Social Work, Arizona State University, ‎Tempe, AZ, USA.
⁵ University of Pennsylvania's Program for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

PMID: 30604621
DOI: 10.1177/0091415018822064

No abstract available

Keywords: depression; elder care; frequent visits; in-kind support; monetary support; social support.

MeSH terms

Adult Children / ethnology*
Aged
China / ethnology
Depression / ethnology*
Female
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Middle Aged
Parent-Child Relations / ethnology*
Social Support*