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Psychological well-being of Chinese Immigrant adult-child caregivers: how do filial expectation, self-rated filial performance, and filial discrepancy matter?

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Liu, J; Wu, B; Dong, X
Published in: Aging & mental health
March 2020

Background: Given the importance of ethnic culture in family caregiving and recent Chinese immigrant population growth, this study explored effects of multiple filial piety traits-filial expectation, self-rated filial performance, and filial discrepancy-on psychological well-being of Chinese immigrants who care for older parents (adult-child caregivers) in the United States.Methods: This study used cross-sectional data from 393 Chinese immigrant adult-child caregivers in the Greater Chicago area from the 2012-2014 Piety study. Multivariate negative binomial and linear regression analyses tested effects of filial expectation, self-rated filial performance, overall filial discrepancy, and discrepancies in six filial domains (respect, bringing happiness, care, greeting, obedience, and financial support) on psychological well-being indicators: depressive symptoms and stress.Results: Adult-child caregivers reported high filial expectation and self-rated performance, and expectation was higher than performance. High filial expectation and self-rated performance were significantly associated with better psychological well-being; Overall filial discrepancy and two emotional-support domain discrepancies (respect, greeting) were associated with poor psychological well-being.Conclusions: Findings suggest that filial expectation, self-rated filial performance, and filial discrepancy are important in shaping Chinese adult-child caregivers' psychological well-being. Researchers and practitioners should incorporate these aspects of filial piety in future research and intervention development for this population.

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Published In

Aging & mental health

DOI

EISSN

1364-6915

ISSN

1360-7863

Publication Date

March 2020

Volume

24

Issue

3

Start / End Page

489 / 496

Related Subject Headings

  • Parent-Child Relations
  • Motivation
  • Mental Health
  • Humans
  • Geriatrics
  • Emigrants and Immigrants
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • China
  • Chicago
  • Caregivers
 

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Liu, J., Wu, B., & Dong, X. (2020). Psychological well-being of Chinese Immigrant adult-child caregivers: how do filial expectation, self-rated filial performance, and filial discrepancy matter? Aging & Mental Health, 24(3), 489–496. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2018.1544210
Liu, Jinyu, Bei Wu, and Xinqi Dong. “Psychological well-being of Chinese Immigrant adult-child caregivers: how do filial expectation, self-rated filial performance, and filial discrepancy matter?Aging & Mental Health 24, no. 3 (March 2020): 489–96. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2018.1544210.
Liu, Jinyu, et al. “Psychological well-being of Chinese Immigrant adult-child caregivers: how do filial expectation, self-rated filial performance, and filial discrepancy matter?Aging & Mental Health, vol. 24, no. 3, Mar. 2020, pp. 489–96. Epmc, doi:10.1080/13607863.2018.1544210.

Published In

Aging & mental health

DOI

EISSN

1364-6915

ISSN

1360-7863

Publication Date

March 2020

Volume

24

Issue

3

Start / End Page

489 / 496

Related Subject Headings

  • Parent-Child Relations
  • Motivation
  • Mental Health
  • Humans
  • Geriatrics
  • Emigrants and Immigrants
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • China
  • Chicago
  • Caregivers