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The Role of Intergenerational Relations in the Association between Life Stressors and Depressive Symptoms

Maxine Weinstein

Georgetown University, weinstma{at}georgetown.edu

Dana A. Glei

Georgetown University

Ai Yamazaki

Georgetown University

Chang Ming-Cheng

Bureau of Health Promotion, Department of Health, Taiwan

This study investigates the association between intergenerational relations and depressive symptoms of older adults in Taiwan. Using data from two waves of the Surveys of Health and Living Status of the Elderly in Taiwan, a population-based sample of adults aged 60 and older, the links between intergenerational relations between parents and their adult children, life stressors (major life events and daily hassles), and depressive symptoms are examined. The authors find that higher reports of exposure to stressors—both daily hassles and major life events—are associated with higher levels of psychological distress. Intergenerational ties with children appear to have only a modest effect on levels of depressive symptoms that depends on both the kind of stressor and the aspect of the parent-child relationship

Key Words: intergenerational relations • stress • depression

Research on Aging, Vol. 26, No. 5, 511-530 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0164027504266463
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