Adult Children's Education and Physiological Dysregulation Among Older Parents.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Despite growing awareness that children's education benefits the health of older parents, the underlying mechanisms of this relationship are not well-understood. We investigated (a) the associations between children's education and biological functioning of parents, (b) psychosocial and behavioral factors that explain the associations, and (c) gendered patterns in the associations.

Methods

Using longitudinal data from a nationally representative sample of older Taiwanese, we performed mediation analysis of the association between adult children's education and physiological dysregulation of their parents.

Results

Offspring's schooling is inversely associated with parental inflammation after controlling for parental socioeconomic status and baseline health.

SUBMITTER: Lee C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6093314 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature