ArticleFrontiers in public health2024
The effect of intergenerational support from children on loneliness among older adults-the moderating effect of internet usage and intergenerational distance.
Article in Frontiers in public health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- The association between intergenerational support and depressive symptoms in older adults: a chain mediation analysis of life satisfaction and well-being.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The mechanism of digital feedback on health information anxiety among older adults: information processing self-efficacy as a mediating variable.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Does internet use promote the health of empty-nest older adults in rural China? The mediating role of social participation using a propensity score matching approach.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- The impact of the development level of rural e-commerce on the depressive symptoms among rural older adult individuals.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Peer effects of health behaviors and the moderating role of Internet use among middle-aged and older adults: a nationally representative cross-sectional survey in China.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
Objective: Loneliness is a key social and public health issue, mainly affecting the mental health of older adults. The article aimed to explore the influence of intergenerational support from children on loneliness among older adults. Meanwhile, the article also analyzed the moderating effects of internet usage and intergenerational distance in this process. Methods: Based on the data received from 2018 China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey (CLASS), the ordinary least square (OLS) regression model was used to analyze the influence of intergenerational support from children on loneliness among older adults. Furthermore, the Bootstrap method was used to test the moderating effect of internet usage and intergenerational distance on the relationship between intergenerational support from children on loneliness among older adults. Results: Baseline regression showed that economic support ( Conclusion: The article demonstrates that family support, particularly intergenerational support from children plays a pivotal role in alleviating loneliness among older adults, so the government should further regulate the behavior of children's alimony support, improve the digital infrastructure, these measures help to reduce loneliness among older adults and expand the depth and breadth of family care of older adults.
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