Intergenerational Communication across the Pacific Rim: The Impact of Filial Piety

Gallois, C.; Giles, Howard; Ōta, Hiroshi; Pierson, Herbert D.; Ng, Sik Hung; Lim, Tae‐Seop; Maher, John C.; Somera, Lilnabeth P.; Ryan, Ellen Bouchard; Harwood, Jake

doi:10.1201/9781003077466-15

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“…A six‐item scale to measure filial piety by Gallois et al () was adopted in this research. Respondents were asked to indicate the frequency of six filial behaviours of their child or children in the past year using a 5‐point Likert scale that ranges from 1 ( very little ) to 5 ( very much ).…”

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Mediating effects of psychological resilience on life satisfaction among older adults: A cross‐sectional study in China

Zheng

Huang

2020

Health Soc Care Community

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The mediating effects of psychological resilience on quality of life among older adults were rarely examined empirically. Based on the literature on the relationship between psychological resilience and quality of life and the factors associated with psychological resilience among older adults, a theoretical model was proposed with the hypothesis that psychological resilience would mediate the relationships between both filial support and sense of community and life satisfaction among older adults. The research used a cross‐sectional design. Non‐probability sampling method was applied to recruit 418 community‐dwelling older adults in two adjacent cities in Fujian, China in 2017. A face‐to‐face structured Chinese questionnaire was adopted to collect data. The structural equation modeling showed that psychological resilience mediated the relationships between both filial support and sense of community and life satisfaction. The findings confirmed the positive impacts of psychological resilience on older adults’ life satisfaction and highlighted the importance of family and community contexts to older adults’ psychological resilience and life satisfaction. Interventions and programmes that aim to promote filial support towards older adults and enhance their sense of community would contribute to both their psychological resilience and life satisfaction.

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Mediating effects of psychological resilience on life satisfaction among older adults: A cross‐sectional study in China

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Huang

2020

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“…One component of filial piety assessed specific filial behaviours and attitudes of adult children. Filial behaviours and attitudes were measured by seven items derived from the published literature (Gallois et al ., 1997; Cheng and Chan, 2006), including financial support, daily care, pleasing, contact, obedience, respect and living distance. The financial support and daily care ( i.e.…”

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Filial piety and intergenerational ambivalence among mother–adult child dyads in rural China

Guo¹,

Gao²,

Sun

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Ageing and Society

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This study examines the relationship between filial piety (adult children's filial behaviours and attitudes as well as elderly mothers’ overall evaluation of children's filial piety) and elderly mothers’ reports of intergenerational ambivalence (positive feelings, negative feelings and combined ambivalence) in rural China. We analysed the data from a survey in 2016 covering 2,203 adult children and 802 elderly mothers in Sichuan Province using a two-level mixed-effects modelling analysis. The results indicate that most components of filial piety are associated with mothers’ ambivalence, in that less ambivalence was reported by mothers when their adult children provided more emotional support to, had less conflict with and were evaluated as more filial by their mothers. Interestingly, mothers demonstrated greater positive feelings when their children were more filial in behaviour and attitude, but they also reported greater negative feelings and ambivalence when their children were more obedient, implying that absolute obedience to elderly parents might no longer be accepted by people. These findings may provide further understanding about the correlation between the culture of filial piety and intergenerational relationships in rural China.

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“…Filial behaviour of the oldest son was measured by using the six‐item measure of filial behaviour scale developed by Gallois et al , utilised in the Pacific Rim study . With reference to the local situation, six more items were added to the current scale.…”

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Emotional regulation as a mediator between the filial behaviour of the oldest son and subjective well‐being of older parents in Pakistan

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Background: The link between the filial behaviour of an adult child and older parents' well-being is well entrenched, and theoretical evidence has indicated that it may be mediated by emotional regulation. Therefore, the current study aimed to examine whether emotional regulation (i.e. cognitive reappraisal and suppression) mediates the association between filial behaviour of the oldest son (i.e. the filial behaviour of respect and filial behaviour of daily maintenance) and subjective well-being in older parents. Methods: This correlational study recruited 400 community-dwelling older parents in Rawalpindi Pakistan through a multistage cluster random sampling technique. Subjective well-being was measured by Concise Measure of Subjective Well-being; filial behaviour was examined through receipt of 12 domains; emotional regulation was assessed by using the Emotional Regulation Questionnaire. The structural equation modelling was employed to test the mediation effects. Results: Cognitive reappraisal was found to partially mediate the relationship between filial behaviour of respect and subjective well-being (β in direct model = 0.661, P < 0.000; β in full mediational model = 0.327, P < 0.000), but it failed to mediate between filial behaviour of daily maintenance and subjective well-being (β in direct model = 0.080, P = 0.149; β in full mediational model = 0.030, P = 0.362). Moreover, suppression did not exert mediation effects in the associations between the filial behaviour of respect and subjective well-being (β = 0.003, P = 0.338); and filial behaviour of daily maintenance and subjective well-being (β = −0.004, P = 0.221). Conclusions: Taken together, the results suggest that different dimensions of the filial behaviour of the oldest son exert differential effects on emotional regulation and subjective well-being in older parents. Based on the current findings, there is a need to develop adaptive emotional regulatory capacity intervention programs for the development and enhancement of subjective well-being in older parents within their familial context.

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Intergenerational Communication across the Pacific Rim: The Impact of Filial Piety

Cited by 23 publications

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Mediating effects of psychological resilience on life satisfaction among older adults: A cross‐sectional study in China

Mediating effects of psychological resilience on life satisfaction among older adults: A cross‐sectional study in China

Filial piety and intergenerational ambivalence among mother–adult child dyads in rural China

Emotional regulation as a mediator between the filial behaviour of the oldest son and subjective well‐being of older parents in Pakistan

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