Family Relationships, Friend Network, and Worry: A Comparison Among Chinese Older Adults in Immigrant, Transnational, and Nonmigrant Families

Xu, Ling; Liu, Jinyu; Mao, Weiyu; Chi, Iris

doi:10.1080/15313204.2017.1344950

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“…However, the adult children are often too busy with their employment or their own nuclear family to provide the amount or quality of support or care that their aging parents expect. This finding does not indicate poor intergenerational support or contradict empirical quantitative studies that show that Chinese immigrants use intergenerational support and/or friends to cope with adversities in later life [41,56]. On the contrary, this qualitative study vividly depicts the desire not to be excluded from traditional family ties or support from children, which respondents would certainly have experienced had they not immigrated to the U.S., but which they realize can occur in the U.S. [41].…”

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Exploration of Social Exclusion among Older Chinese Immigrants in the USA

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et al. 2023

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Background: Older adults are vulnerable to social exclusion and its detrimental health outcomes. However, few existing studies focus on the social exclusion of older adults as immigrants and ethnic-minority individuals. To fill the gap, drawing on the conceptual framework of old-age vulnerability, this study explored the multi-dimensional experience of social exclusion for older Chinese immigrants in the U.S. and investigated how old age and immigration exacerbated older adults’ experiences of social exclusion. Method: The study included 24 in-depth face-to-face individual interviews in Los Angeles and employed thematic analysis on the qualitative data. Themes were identified until consensus was reached among the research-team members. Triangulation of multiple analysts was used to avoid analytic bias. Findings: Findings showed that older Chinese immigrants experienced social exclusion in the following dimensions: basic services; material and financial resources; social relations and activities; socio-cultural aspects; and neighborhood/territory/community. In addition to age-related factors, immigration-related factors, including changes in physical and socio-cultural environments and legal status, also contributed to older immigrants’ extra vulnerabilities to social exclusion. Conclusions: This study provides useful information and strategies for human and healthcare service providers to find ways to overcome social exclusion and enhance older Chinese immigrants’ social inclusion in the U.S.

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Exploration of Social Exclusion among Older Chinese Immigrants in the USA

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“…Outside of time-constant characteristics such as gender and education, factors that are known to aggravate the progression of chronic disease accumulation over time include the lack of social support [6] and having an unhealthy lifestyle [29,30]. In general, immigrants receive less emotional support from their surrounding networks than the native population, which has a negative impact on their mental and physical health [31,32]. Nonetheless, immigrant family ties grow stronger with the length of their stay in the receiving country [33].…”

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Healthy immigrants, unhealthy ageing? analysis of health decline among older migrants and natives across European countries

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“…Furthermore, being married may help old people to feel younger and to be more health-conscious (Wong & Waite, 2015). Family issues can also influence the emotional stability of older adults such as through enhanced anxiety, and this can affect sexual expression and function (Dang et al, 2020;Xu et al, 2017). Furthermore, as the theory of socioemotional selectivity suggests, older people invest more time and energy into the quality rather than the quantity of supportive relationships (Dai et al, 2016).…”

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What Distresses Sexual Well-Being Among Older Adults in Different Cultures? A Qualitative Study with Slovenian and Portuguese Older Adults

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Objective To analyze the perspectives of sexual unwellness (SU) of Portuguese and Slovenian older adults was the objective of this study. A qualitative research was carried out, in which these perceptions were analyzed at a cultural level. Methods The sample of this study consisted of 136 older participants, between 65 and 96 years of age. Participants were of two different nationalities and lived in the community. Participants were interviewed, and all interviews were carried out through the process of literal transcription and subsequent content analysis. ResultsEight key mutually exclusive themes emerged from the interviews: unavailability of partner; traditional values; body restrictions; low self-esteem and well-being; poor social support; dissatisfaction with physical appearance; pain during sex; and difficulties meeting new people. Unavailability of partner was the most important theme (17.9%) for the studied sample and specifically among Portuguese participants. Conversely, difficulties meeting new people were the least reported theme (6.8%) for the entire sample. For Slovenians traditional values were most relevant with respect to feeling sexually unwell. Conclusions Older adults from two different countries reported diverse sexual experiences. Eight mutual-exclusive themes were extensively illustrated. Policy Implications These findings are evidence for cultural-adapted interventions and policy making in the context of older adults' sexual well-being, particularly in terms of its relation with aging well.

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Family Relationships, Friend Network, and Worry: A Comparison Among Chinese Older Adults in Immigrant, Transnational, and Nonmigrant Families

Cited by 7 publications

References 33 publications

Exploration of Social Exclusion among Older Chinese Immigrants in the USA

Exploration of Social Exclusion among Older Chinese Immigrants in the USA

Healthy immigrants, unhealthy ageing? analysis of health decline among older migrants and natives across European countries

What Distresses Sexual Well-Being Among Older Adults in Different Cultures? A Qualitative Study with Slovenian and Portuguese Older Adults

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