Yw. Ying et Xl. Zhang, MENTAL-HEALTH IN RURAL AND URBAN CHINESE FAMILIES - THE ROLE OF INTERGENERATIONAL PERSONALITY DISCREPANCY AND FAMILY SOLIDARITY, Journal of comparative family studies, 26(2), 1995, pp. 233
This study empirically examines the mental health in rural and urban C
hinese families. Parents' and adult children's depression levels were
postulated to be mediated by increasing intergenerational personality
discrepancy (as measured by level of internality and norm-abiding tend
ency), decreasing family solidarity (as measured by consensus, affect,
and support), urban residence, and decreasing social desirability. We
found the parents' depression level to be negatively mediated by perc
eived consensus and urban residence. The children's depression level w
as negatively mediated by perceived consensus and affect. For children
, increasing intergenerational personality discrepancy negatively affe
cted consensus, through which it indirectly mediated negative mental h
ealth.