Widowhood and Health Status Among Chinese Older Adults: The Mediation Effects of Different Types of Support

Although many studies have suggested that widowhood is related to worse health conditions among older adults, few have examined the mediation effects of social support between widowhood and health. Employing mediation analysis to a sample of data from the 2014 wave of China Longitudinal Aging Social...

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Autores principales:	Yu Guo, Tingshuai Ge, Li Mei, Lina Wang, Jingbo Li
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	widowhood social support health mediation effects older adults Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d670ba1e61fd414496331c0b93b0bc532021-11-17T04:53:12ZWidowhood and Health Status Among Chinese Older Adults: The Mediation Effects of Different Types of Support2296-256510.3389/fpubh.2021.745073https://doaj.org/article/d670ba1e61fd414496331c0b93b0bc532021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.745073/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2296-2565Although many studies have suggested that widowhood is related to worse health conditions among older adults, few have examined the mediation effects of social support between widowhood and health. Employing mediation analysis to a sample of data from the 2014 wave of China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey (CLASS), this study examined the mediation effects of social support, including emotional support, instrumental support, and companionship, in the widowhood-health association among older adults. The results indicated that the negative effect of widowhood on older adults' health was in part attributable to decreased emotional support and companionship. Specifically, emotional support exerted a significant role in the widowhood-mental health association, and companionship exerted a significant role in widowhood-physical health and widowhood-mental health associations. In the subsample analysis, the mediation effects were only significant among female older adults, and among rural older adults. Our findings highlight the importance of emotional support and companionship in maintaining health among widowed older adults and strategies should pay more attention to female and rural widowed older adults.Yu GuoTingshuai GeLi MeiLina WangJingbo LiFrontiers Media S.A.articlewidowhoodsocial supporthealthmediation effectsolder adultsPublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENFrontiers in Public Health, Vol 9 (2021)
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spellingShingle	widowhood social support health mediation effects older adults Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Yu Guo Tingshuai Ge Li Mei Lina Wang Jingbo Li Widowhood and Health Status Among Chinese Older Adults: The Mediation Effects of Different Types of Support
description	Although many studies have suggested that widowhood is related to worse health conditions among older adults, few have examined the mediation effects of social support between widowhood and health. Employing mediation analysis to a sample of data from the 2014 wave of China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey (CLASS), this study examined the mediation effects of social support, including emotional support, instrumental support, and companionship, in the widowhood-health association among older adults. The results indicated that the negative effect of widowhood on older adults' health was in part attributable to decreased emotional support and companionship. Specifically, emotional support exerted a significant role in the widowhood-mental health association, and companionship exerted a significant role in widowhood-physical health and widowhood-mental health associations. In the subsample analysis, the mediation effects were only significant among female older adults, and among rural older adults. Our findings highlight the importance of emotional support and companionship in maintaining health among widowed older adults and strategies should pay more attention to female and rural widowed older adults.
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title	Widowhood and Health Status Among Chinese Older Adults: The Mediation Effects of Different Types of Support
title_short	Widowhood and Health Status Among Chinese Older Adults: The Mediation Effects of Different Types of Support
title_full	Widowhood and Health Status Among Chinese Older Adults: The Mediation Effects of Different Types of Support
title_fullStr	Widowhood and Health Status Among Chinese Older Adults: The Mediation Effects of Different Types of Support
title_full_unstemmed	Widowhood and Health Status Among Chinese Older Adults: The Mediation Effects of Different Types of Support
title_sort	widowhood and health status among chinese older adults: the mediation effects of different types of support
publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/d670ba1e61fd414496331c0b93b0bc53
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Widowhood and Health Status Among Chinese Older Adults: The Mediation Effects of Different Types of Support

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