title: Mechanisms through which reciprocal filial values protect wellbeing of Chinese adult-child caregivers in the US.
abstract: In this study, we explored the role of reciprocal filial values in protecting the wellbeing of Chinese adult-child caregivers in the US. Using survey data obtained from 137 Chinese adult-child caregivers living in seven US cities, we tested a latent variable model using structural equation modeling. In this model, informed by role theory, social exchange theory and stress-coping theory, reciprocal filial values affect caregiver wellbeing in the face of caregiver role strain, both directly and indirectly through protective effects of role rewards and coping. In the final model, reciprocal filial values had both direct and indirect protective effects on caregivers' wellbeing, offering evidence to address culturally sensitive issues in family caregivers with similar filial values.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 212 Nursing Administration Building, One University Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63121-4400.
authors.forename: Kuei-Hsiang
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Hsueh
authors.forename: Jean A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Bachman
authors.forename: Lloyd I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.forename: Wen-Yung
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Rick S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010287:Parent-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012945:Social Values / Q000208:ethnology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Chinese; family caregivers; reciprocal filial values; role strain; structural equation modeling