Childhood adversity and depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older Chinese: results from China health and retirement longitudinal study

Yang, Lei; Yi, Huang; Silventoinen, Karri; Martikainen, Pekka

doi:10.1080/13607863.2019.1569589

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“…Landes et al ( 2014 ) reported that a lack of parenting and a lower social status in childhood predict more functional limitations or morbidities in older age. Traumatic events in childhood such as physical abuse, sexual abuse, parental death, and bullying victimisation have been found to be associated with older-age anxiety or depression disorder (Chou 2012 ; Draper et al 2008 ; Lund et al 2008 ; Yang et al 2019 ). Verropoulou and Serafetinidou ( 2019 ) and Weinstein ( 2016 ) found that poorer health and a lower socio-economic status are associated with more severe symptoms of affective suffering and motivation and lower functional capability.…”

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Childhood adversity and healthy ageing: a study of the Chinese older population

2021

Eur J Ageing

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This study examines the relationship between childhood adversities and healthy ageing in the Chinese older population. The data come from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey (CHARLS), a national survey that collected life history and ageing-related information on 9248 older people aged over 60 in 2014 and 2015. The analysis of healthy ageing focuses on seven indicators: IADL limitations, ADL limitations, cognitive functioning, depressive symptoms, life satisfaction, self-reported health, and chronic illness. Using k-means clustering, an unsupervised learning technique, we identified four qualitatively different groups according to their achievement in healthy ageing. We studied 17 types of childhood adversities and found that experiencing multiple childhood adversities is associated with a lower probability of achieving healthy ageing. This relationship is moderated by age and gender. Women are more vulnerable than men to the negative impacts of childhood adversities. The threat of childhood adversities to healthy ageing is greatly attenuated among people aged over 80. We argue that the policy response to healthy ageing should not be confined to those services and programmes that directly target older people. Instead, healthy ageing can be better addressed by concerted efforts in different areas of social policy.

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Childhood adversity and healthy ageing: a study of the Chinese older population

2021

Eur J Ageing

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“…It is also possible that children who experience early parental death are taken care of by other family members, a common phenomenon decades ago in China when multiple generations tended to live together [41]. This might have served as a buffering resource for health outcomes amongst Chinese adults who lost their parent(s) during childhood [42].…”

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Early-Life Conditions and Cognitive Function in Middle-and Old-Aged Chinese Adults: A Longitudinal Study

Yang

Wang

2020

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A range of previous studies have suggested that early-life conditions (ELCs) are associated with various health problems throughout life in Western societies. The aim of this study was to investigate whether, and how, early-life conditions predicted the level and trajectory of cognitive function in middle- and old-aged Chinese adults. Data were obtained from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study which comprised 16,258 adults at baseline. Cognitive function was assessed using mental intactness and episodic memory and ELCs were measured by early parental death, childhood socioeconomic status (SES), food deprivation, and childhood health. Growth curve modeling was used to examine the trajectory of cognitive function (three waves in a 6-year period)with particular attention paid to the effects of ELCs on cognition. The results show that early maternal death is associated with the baseline cognitive level among middle- and old-aged Chinese adults (β range between −0.44 and −0.35, p < 0.05), but that this association is also largely attenuated by adulthood education. Higher childhood SES predicts an enhanced level of baseline cognition in both age groups (β range between 0.08 and 1.27, p < 0.001), but only protects against cognitive decline at baseline in middle-aged adults. Participants who were less healthy during childhood tended to have lower cognitive performance than those who had enjoyed good health (β range between −0.36 and −0.14, p < 0.05). The results of this study highlight the detrimental impact of deleterious ELCs on cognitive function throughout later life.

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“…These findings confirm the importance of living in place where neighbors had close-knit relationships at childhood. Some studies found that childhood adversity had a negative effect on depression in middle and later life [ 11 , 13 , 32 ]. Different from these studies, this study focused on the association between childhood neighborhood relationship and mental health among the middle-aged and older adults.…”

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The association between childhood neighborhood relationship and mental health in middle and later life: Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study

Sun

Luo

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Arch Public Health

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Background It is unclear that whether childhood neighborhood relationship is associated with mental health among middle-aged and older adults. To overcome this research gap, this study aimed to investigate the association between childhood neighborhood relationship and mental health among the middle-aged and older adults in China. Methods The data of this study was sourced from the 2014 and 2015 waves of China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. We used ordinary least squares and logit regression models to explore the association between childhood neighborhood relationship and mental health among the middle-aged and older adults in China. Results The regression results indicate that the middle-aged and older adults who lived in place where neighbors had close-knit relationships at childhood was significantly associated with decreased odds of suffering from depressive symptoms (OR = 0.4259, p < 0.001). Furthermore, compared to the middle-aged and older adults who lived in place where neighbors were not close-knit at childhood, those who lived in place where neighbors were close-knit at childhood had a reduced CES–D score (coefficient = − 2.7822, p < 0.001). Conclusion This study demonstrates the importance of living in place where neighbors had close-knit relationships at childhood. The integrated interventions, including maintaining close-knit neighborhood relationships and strengthening the construction of community, may be useful to improve mental health.

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Childhood adversity and depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older Chinese: results from China health and retirement longitudinal study

Cited by 36 publications

References 55 publications

Childhood adversity and healthy ageing: a study of the Chinese older population

Childhood adversity and healthy ageing: a study of the Chinese older population

Early-Life Conditions and Cognitive Function in Middle-and Old-Aged Chinese Adults: A Longitudinal Study

The association between childhood neighborhood relationship and mental health in middle and later life: Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study

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