隔代抚养与老年人抑郁水平：一项基于东西方文化背景的元分析

通过对横截面研究和病例对照研究进行meta分析探讨隔代抚养与老年人抑郁水平的关系。在三个英文数据库Web of Science、EBSCO和PubMed以及两个中文数据库CNKI和万方检索2021年6月29日前发表的横截面研究以及病例对照研究, 共纳入原始文献22篇。采用随机效应模型估计总体标准均值差(d)和95%置信区间, 东西方文化背景下d值分别为-0.05 (95% CI为-0.18, 0.08])和0.22 (95% CI为0.04, 0.40])。此外, 在东方文化背景下, 抑郁测量工具的类型、研究设计类型、性别和配偶状况, 能够显著调节两者的关系; 而在西方文化背景下, 只有抑郁测量工具的类型和研究设计类型能够显著调节两者的关系。在东方文化背景下, 隔代抚养对老年人抑郁水平没有显著作用; 在西方文化背景下, 隔代抚养对老年人抑郁水平起显著的消极作用。

The relationship between grandparenting and depression in Eastern and Western cultures: A meta-analysis

Granpareting is that grandparents take care of grandchildren and assume some or all of the responsibility for upbringing and education. Older parents often become caregivers when young couples are unable to care for their children for some reasons. Based on the researches available, effectiveness of grandparenting on grandparents' depression levels remains unclear. In addition, previous studies have ignored the influence of cultural backgrounds on the relationship between grandparenting and grandparents' depression levels. And differences of cultural background may explain why grandparents take care of their grandchildren and the consequence of grandparenting. Therefore, meta-analysis was used in this paper to explore the relationship between grandparenting and grandparents' depression levels in eastern cultures and western cultures respectively.