To explore the relationship between intergenerational emotional support and depression of migrant elderly following children and its mechanism of action.
A total of 210 migrant elderly following children participated in this study. And they completed the Intergenerational Emotional Support Questionnaire, Flow Centre Depression Scale, Short boredom proneness scale and Seff-Rating Scale of Sleep.
(1) Intergenerational emotional support significantly and negatively predicted depression in migrant elderly following children (β=-0.354, P<0.001); (2) Boredom proneness played a mediating role between Intergenerational emotional support and depression of migrant elderly following children. The mediation effect value was -0.129 (95% Bootstrap CI=[-0.215,-0.068]), the mediating effect accounted for 36.44% of the total. (3) Sleep problem moderated the relationship between boredom proneness and depression of migrant elderly following children (β=0.137, P=0.009). Specifically, moderated mediation analysis showed that the impact of boredom proneness on depression strengthened with sleep problem getting worse among the migrant elderly following children (simple slope=0.384, 95% CI: 0.235-0.533, P<0.001). When there was mild sleep problem, the influence of boredom proneness function on depression was weaker (simple slope=0.110, 95% CI: -0.044-0.263, P=0.160).
This study highlights the mediating and moderating mechanisms linking intergenerational emotional support to depression of migrant elderly following children. More importantly, it has prominent implications for the prevention and intervention of depression among migrant elderly following children.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |