How Healthy Aging and Contact With Children Are Associated With Satisfaction in Middle-Aged and Older Parents in China: A Mediation Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aims to examine the mediation role of satisfaction with children on the association between contact with children (CCT) and healthy aging among middle-aged and older parents in China.

Methods

Data from 9,575 parents over 45 years old were obtained from the 2018 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey. A multinomial logistic regression model was applied to measure the association between contact, satisfaction, and healthy aging with potential confounders controlled. We used the Sobel-Goodman Mediation test to analyze the mediation role of satisfaction on the association between types of CCT and healthy aging.

Results

Parents with contact with adult children had higher satisfaction with children [for contact weekly (satisfied/unsatisfied):

SUBMITTER: Chen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8963940 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature