Journal article
Psychological resilience and mental health among older Tekun men in long-term care facilities in rural China
Journal of ethnic & cultural diversity in social work, Vol.34(2), pp.92-104
03/2025
DOI: 10.1080/15313204.2024.2335883
Abstract
This study examines age differences in the association of psychological resilience with mental health among older Tekun (socially and economically vulnerable) men. It analyzed the 2019 data from 718 Tekun men (>= 60 years) residing in rural long-term care (LTC) facilities in Anhui Province, China. Results indicated that the oldest-old (>= 80 years) reported significantly lower levels of psychological resilience than the other age groups (the young-old: 60-69 years and the middle-old: 70-79 years). Hierarchical logistic regression analyses revealed a significant negative association between psychological resilience and poor mental health among the middle-old (OR = 0.95, 95% CI: 0.93-0.98) and the oldest-old (OR = 0.93, 95% CI: 0.88-0.98) groups. Psychological resilience plays a more crucial role in maintaining mental health among the oldest-old participants compared to the young-old and middle-old participants. Implications for social work practice were discussed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Psychological resilience and mental health among older Tekun men in long-term care facilities in rural China
- Creators
- Ying Ma - University of HoustonPatrick Leung - University of HoustonYi Wang - University of IowaMonit Cheung - University of HoustonXin Chen - Soochow UniversityXiaowei Sun - VA Boston Healthcare System
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of ethnic & cultural diversity in social work, Vol.34(2), pp.92-104
- DOI
- 10.1080/15313204.2024.2335883
- ISSN
- 1531-3204
- eISSN
- 1531-3212
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 13
- Grant note
- name: The authors received no financial support
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 04/01/2024
- Date published
- 03/2025
- Academic Unit
- School of Social Work
- Record Identifier
- 9984583732702771
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