Impact of adult sons' marriage squeeze on the mental health of parents in rural China / Impacto do casamento dos filhos adultos na saúde mental dos pais na China rural

ABSTRACT: Studying the influencing factors and interventions of mental health in rural China has important practical significance for promoting personal development and social progress. Using the 2016 waves of the China Family Panel Studies data, this paper examined the effect of adult sons' marriage squeeze on parents' mental health in rural China and its corresponding mechanisms. Our study showed a significant negative association between adult sons' marriage squeeze and the mental health status of rural parents. Moreover, the negative association of adult sons' marriage squeeze with mental health is larger for female parents, parents who are less than 60 years old and parents living with children. In addition, we investigated possible mechanisms of the effect, including intergenerational support, intergenerational relationship and neighborhood relationship, and that adult sons' marriage squeeze mainly damages the mental health of rural parents by increasing the downstream intergenerational support of rural parents and worsening intergenerational and neighborhood relationships.

RESUMO: O estudo dos fatores e intervenções de saúde mental na China rural tem um significado prático importante para promover o desenvolvimento pessoal e o progresso social. Usando dados de 2016 provenientes do China Family Panel Studies (CFPS), este artigo estudou o efeito do "aperto do casamento" de um filho adulto, na saúde mental dos pais, na zona rural da China e seus mecanismos correspondentes. O termo aperto do casamento refere-se a um desequilíbrio entre o número de homens e mulheres disponíveis para se casar em uma determinada sociedade. Nesse estudo evidencia-se uma associação significativamente negativa entre o "aperto no casamento" do filho adulto e o estado de saúde mental dos pais rurais. Além disso, a associação negativa do "aperto do casamento" de um filho adulto com a saúde mental é maior para mães, pais com menos de 60 anos e pais que vivem com filhos. Além disso, investigamos possíveis efeitos, incluindo apoio intergeracional, relacionamento intergeracional e relacionamento de vizinhança, e descobrimos que o aperto do casamento do filho adulto prejudica principalmente a saúde mental dos pais rurais, aumentando o apoio intergeracional e piorando relações intergeracionais e de vizinhança.

The influence actors of the ability of theory of mind on rural parent-absent children aged 8-10 year-old / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ObjectiveTo explore the influence of gender,age and types of peer acceptance on the ability of theory of mind among rural parent-absent children.Methods 312 rural parent-absent children participated in the study (including 162 boys,150 girls; 102 members of 8 year-old,119 members of 9 year-old,and 91 members of 10 year-old).Their ability of theory of mind and types of peer acceptance were examined by the 2nd-order False-beliefs Tasks and Peer nomination.The date were analyzed by Multivariate analysis of variance (ANOVA),LSD checkout and Simple effect analysis.ResultsThere were statistically significant effects on ages in theory of mind,types of peer acceptance ( F=4.57,P=0.011 ; F =3.82,P =0.005 ) and the interaction among gender,ages and types of peer acceptance(F=3.20,P =0.042; F =2.50,P =0.043 ).The least significant different(LSD) assay of the ability of theory of mind age and types of peer acceptance shows:there were statistically significant lies in the divergence of age 8 and age 9 group,and also in age 9 and age 10 group,(I-J =-0.51,P =0.016;I-J =- 0.90,P =0.000 ).In the same way,there were also statistically significant lies in the divergence of the ability of theory of mind performance-popular and rejected ( I-J =1.05,P =0.001 ) ; popular and neglected ( I-J =0.84,P =0.003 ) ; popular and controversial( I-J =1.03,P =0.002) ; rejected and average ( I-J =- 0.66,P =0.02 ) ; controversial and average ( I-J =- 0.64,P=0.034).Results of simple effect shows:there were statistically significant lies in the gender divergence of the 9 age group (F =4.98,P =0.026),the age divergence of girls (F =7.50,P =0.001 ),the gender divergence of controversial groups (F=5.76,P =0.017 ),the peer acceptance divergence of boys(F=4.97,P =0.001),and also the peer acceptance divergence of girls(F =2.54,P =0.04).Conclusion There is substantial connection between the ability of theory of mind of rural parent-absent children and ages and types of peer acceptance.