Skip to main content
Journal cover image

Parent-Child Relationships and Aging Parents' Sleep Quality: A Comparison of One-Child and Multiple-Children Families in China.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Wang, H; Kim, K; Burr, JA; Wu, B
Published in: Journal of aging and health
December 2020

Objectives: This study examined the associations between parent-child relationships and sleep difficulty among older parents in the context of Chinese multiple-children and one-child families. Methods: Using the 2014 China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey, this study analyzed older parents' (N = 8,450) reports of sleep quality and relationships with each of children. Results: Results from multivariate logistic regression models showed that living alone, greater variations in children's financial transfers and emotional closeness, and more instrumental support from children were associated with higher risks of sleep difficulty for Chinese older parents with multiple children. The maximum levels of financial transfers and emotional closeness from all children were related to lower risks of sleep difficulty for parents from multiple-children families, while greater instrumental support from children was associated with higher risks of sleep difficulty for parents from one-child families. Discussion: Findings have implications for support programs for Chinese aging population with sleep problems.

Duke Scholars

Published In

Journal of aging and health

DOI

EISSN

1552-6887

ISSN

0898-2643

Publication Date

December 2020

Volume

32

Issue

10

Start / End Page

1602 / 1613

Related Subject Headings

  • Sleep
  • Parents
  • Parent-Child Relations
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Gerontology
  • Female
  • Family Characteristics
  • China
  • Aged
 

Citation

APA
Chicago
ICMJE
MLA
NLM
Wang, H., Kim, K., Burr, J. A., & Wu, B. (2020). Parent-Child Relationships and Aging Parents' Sleep Quality: A Comparison of One-Child and Multiple-Children Families in China. Journal of Aging and Health, 32(10), 1602–1613. https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264320947304
Wang, Haowei, Kyungmin Kim, Jeffrey A. Burr, and Bei Wu. “Parent-Child Relationships and Aging Parents' Sleep Quality: A Comparison of One-Child and Multiple-Children Families in China.Journal of Aging and Health 32, no. 10 (December 2020): 1602–13. https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264320947304.
Wang H, Kim K, Burr JA, Wu B. Parent-Child Relationships and Aging Parents' Sleep Quality: A Comparison of One-Child and Multiple-Children Families in China. Journal of aging and health. 2020 Dec;32(10):1602–13.
Wang, Haowei, et al. “Parent-Child Relationships and Aging Parents' Sleep Quality: A Comparison of One-Child and Multiple-Children Families in China.Journal of Aging and Health, vol. 32, no. 10, Dec. 2020, pp. 1602–13. Epmc, doi:10.1177/0898264320947304.
Wang H, Kim K, Burr JA, Wu B. Parent-Child Relationships and Aging Parents' Sleep Quality: A Comparison of One-Child and Multiple-Children Families in China. Journal of aging and health. 2020 Dec;32(10):1602–1613.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of aging and health

DOI

EISSN

1552-6887

ISSN

0898-2643

Publication Date

December 2020

Volume

32

Issue

10

Start / End Page

1602 / 1613

Related Subject Headings

  • Sleep
  • Parents
  • Parent-Child Relations
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Gerontology
  • Female
  • Family Characteristics
  • China
  • Aged