Receiving Instrumental Support in Late Parent-Child Relationships and Parental Depression.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study investigates the role of gender, functional limitations, and social interaction in the association between instrumental support from adult children and parental depression. We apply self-determination theory to hypothesize about the role of physical needs and social resources on parental depression in a European context.

Method

A sample of 6,268 parents older than 65 who have nonresident children from the first wave of Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (2004) is analyzed. We estimate logistic regression models to test for the association between instrumental support and depression. Physical needs, gender, and social interaction are used as moderators.

Results

Net of core factors that contribute to depression, including previous hi

SUBMITTER: Djundeva M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4794614 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature