Foster care experiences during childhood and health during older age: Evidence from China.

IF 2.7 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHIATRY

Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2024-01-15 DOI:10.1037/tra0001641

Yiwei Liu, Qiuyue Guo, Deshui Zhou, Keshan Liu

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Abstract

Objective: Improving the health of older individuals is the primary approach to dealing with the challenges of an aging population. Experiences during childhood can have a continual influence on individual health conditions. Consequently, understanding whether foster care experiences during childhood influence an individual's health during older age is relevant.

Method: Data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, 2014, were collected. The influence of foster care experiences during childhood on health during older age was analyzed using the least-squares method. The mediating effects of childhood health status, education opportunities, and nutritional level were analyzed using the Karlson-Holm-Breen (KHB) method.

Results: Foster care experience during childhood was associated with reduced self-rated health status during older age due to adverse effects on (a) childhood health status, (b) childhood education opportunities, and (c) childhood nutritional level.

Conclusions: The influences of early life factors on the health status of older adults should be analyzed from the perspective of the lifecycle to provide positive interventions for health improvement. The outcomes from such a study could help to improve the health condition of elderly citizens. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

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童年寄养经历与老年健康：来自中国的证据。

目的：改善老年人的健康状况是应对人口老龄化挑战的主要方法。童年时期的经历会持续影响个人的健康状况。因此，了解童年时期的寄养经历是否会影响个人老年时期的健康具有重要意义：方法：收集 2014 年中国健康与退休纵向研究的数据。方法：收集了 2014 年中国健康与退休纵向研究的数据，采用最小二乘法分析了童年寄养经历对老年健康的影响。采用卡尔森-霍尔姆-布林（Karlson-Holm-Breen，KHB）方法分析了童年健康状况、教育机会和营养水平的中介效应：结果：童年时期的寄养经历与老年时期自评健康状况的下降有关，这是因为（a）童年时期的健康状况、（b）童年时期的教育机会和（c）童年时期的营养水平受到了不利影响：结论：应从生命周期的角度分析早期生活因素对老年人健康状况的影响，从而为改善健康状况提供积极的干预措施。这项研究的成果有助于改善老年公民的健康状况。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, 版权所有）。

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Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy Multiple-

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427

期刊介绍： Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy publishes empirical research on the psychological effects of trauma. The journal is intended to be a forum for an interdisciplinary discussion on trauma, blending science, theory, practice, and policy. The journal publishes empirical research on a wide range of trauma-related topics, including: -Psychological treatments and effects -Promotion of education about effects of and treatment for trauma -Assessment and diagnosis of trauma -Pathophysiology of trauma reactions -Health services (delivery of services to trauma populations) -Epidemiological studies and risk factor studies -Neuroimaging studies -Trauma and cultural competence