The protective effect of taking care of grandchildren on elders' mental health? Associations between changing patterns of intergenerational exchanges and the reduction of elders' loneliness and depression between 1993 and 2007 in Taiwan

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tsai, Feng Jen ^a   Motamed, Sandrine ^b   Rougemont, André ^b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; CES D; Depression; Elder; Intergenerational exchange; Loneliness; Mental health; Study of Health and Living Status of the Middle Aged and Elderly in Taiwan; Taiwan; Taking care of grandchildren

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TAIWAN; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TAIWAN;

EID: 84878738886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-567     Document Type: Article

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