Journal article
Typology of Family Relationship and Elder Mistreatment in a US Chinese Population
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS), Vol.67(S3), pp.S493-S498
08/01/2019
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.15892
PMCID: PMC8626164
PMID: 31403200
Abstract
OBJECTIVES To examine the associations between typology of family relationship and risk of elder mistreatment (EM). DESIGN Population-based epidemiological cross-sectional study. SETTING Community-dwelling older adults in the greater Chicago area. PARTICIPANTS A total of 3157 US older Chinese immigrants. MEASUREMENTS EM was measured by a brief screening tool. Latent class analysis was used to construct typologies of family relationship from eight indicators, evaluating the structural, associational, functional, affectual, and normative aspects of family relationship. Logistic regression models were used to test the associations between typology of family relationship and EM. RESULTS Unobligated ambivalent type (44.77%) was the most common family type among US older Chinese immigrants. The prevalence of EM was around 15%, with 475 participants reporting experience of EM. Unobligated ambivalent (odds ratio [OR] = 1.90; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.54-2.34) and detached (OR = 1.78; 95% CI = 1.32-2.42) family types were associated with greater risk of EM; tight-knit (OR = .34; 95% CI = .27-.44) family type was associated with lower risk of EM. The relationship between commanding conflicted family type and EM was not significant. CONCLUSION Unobligated ambivalent family type, featured by high emotional closeness and high family conflict, was prevalent among US Chinese families and associated with EM consequences. Culturally customized social services are suggested to reduce intergenerational ambivalence and promote family harmony for immigrant families. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:S493-S498, 2019.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Typology of Family Relationship and Elder Mistreatment in a US Chinese Population
- Creators
- Mengting Li - Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyMan Guo - University of IowaMeredith Stensland - University of IowaMerril Silverstein - Syracuse UniversityXinQi Dong - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS), Vol.67(S3), pp.S493-S498
- DOI
- 10.1111/jgs.15892
- PMID
- 31403200
- PMCID
- PMC8626164
- NLM abbreviation
- J Am Geriatr Soc
- ISSN
- 0002-8614
- eISSN
- 1532-5415
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 6
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/01/2019
- Academic Unit
- School of Social Work
- Record Identifier
- 9984307147802771
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