Effects of family affective involvement on aging self-stereotypes: An analysis based on latent growth model

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1041.2021.01215

Abstract

Abstract:

In this study, a total of 257 older adults were followed up for one year, and the latent growth model and cross-lagged panel analysis were used to examine the developmental trajectories of family affective involvement and aging self-stereotypes in older adults and the causal relationship between the two. The results were as follows: (1) older adults’ perceptions of family affective involvement decreased linearly during the follow-up period while aging self-stereotypes increased linearly; (2) the initial level of family affective involvement negatively predicted the initial levels and increases in aging self-stereotypes; (3) the rate of decrease in family affective involvement predicted the increases of aging self-stereotypes over time; (4) cross-lagged panel analysis showed that family affective involvement negatively predicted aging self-stereotypes after six months. This study expands the existing research on family affective involvement and aging self-stereotypes. A better understanding of the causal effects of older adults’ affective involvement from family members on aging self-stereotypes can also help ameliorate intervention programs designed to reduce the internalization of aging stereotypes and improve negative aging self-stereotypes.

Key words: family affective involvement, aging self-stereotypes, developmental trajectories, latent growth modeling, cross-lagged panel analysis.

XU Ran, ZHANG Baoshan, LIN Yao. (2021). Effects of family affective involvement on aging self-stereotypes: An analysis based on latent growth model. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 53(11), 1215-1227.

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Variable		Included data (n = 257)	Excluded data (n = 418)
Sex, n (%)	male	79 (30.7%)	142 (34.0%)
	female	178 (69.3%)	276 (66.0%)
Age, M (SD)	Age	67.27 (7.55)	67.45 (7.88)
Education, n (%)	low	99 (38.5%)	171 (40.9%)
	middle	101 (39.3%)	150 (35.9%)
	high	57 (22.2%)	97 (23.2 %)
Annual income, n (%)	¥0~11, 999	44 (17.1%)	78 (18.7%)
	¥12, 000~35, 999	132 (51.3%)	200 (47.8%)
	¥36,000 and above	79 (30.7%)	140 (33.5%)
	Missing	2 (0.8%)	-
Self-rated health status, M (SD)	Self-rated health (baseline)	3.29 (0.88)	3.27(0.85)

Variable		Included data (n = 257)	Excluded data (n = 418)
Sex, n (%)	male	79 (30.7%)	142 (34.0%)
	female	178 (69.3%)	276 (66.0%)
Age, M (SD)	Age	67.27 (7.55)	67.45 (7.88)
Education, n (%)	low	99 (38.5%)	171 (40.9%)
	middle	101 (39.3%)	150 (35.9%)
	high	57 (22.2%)	97 (23.2 %)
Annual income, n (%)	¥0~11, 999	44 (17.1%)	78 (18.7%)
	¥12, 000~35, 999	132 (51.3%)	200 (47.8%)
	¥36,000 and above	79 (30.7%)	140 (33.5%)
	Missing	2 (0.8%)	-
Self-rated health status, M (SD)	Self-rated health (baseline)	3.29 (0.88)	3.27(0.85)

Variable	M (SD)	1	2	3	4	5
1. family affective involvement (T1)	15.30 (2.96)	1
2. family affective involvement (T2)	15.29 (3.18)	0.51^***	1
3. family affective involvement (T3)	14.74 (3.07)	0.32^***	0.35^***	1
4. aging self-stereotypes (T1)	19.85 (3.62)	-0.30^***	-0.21^***	-0.16^**	1
5. aging self-stereotypes (T2)	20.96 (4.66)	-0.30^***	-0.31^***	-0.21^***	0.55^***	1
6. aging self-stereotypes (T3)	21.40 (4.30)	-0.20^***	-0.24^***	-0.38^***	0.29^***	0.30^***

Variable	M (SD)	1	2	3	4	5
1. family affective involvement (T1)	15.30 (2.96)	1
2. family affective involvement (T2)	15.29 (3.18)	0.51^***	1
3. family affective involvement (T3)	14.74 (3.07)	0.32^***	0.35^***	1
4. aging self-stereotypes (T1)	19.85 (3.62)	-0.30^***	-0.21^***	-0.16^**	1
5. aging self-stereotypes (T2)	20.96 (4.66)	-0.30^***	-0.31^***	-0.21^***	0.55^***	1
6. aging self-stereotypes (T3)	21.40 (4.30)	-0.20^***	-0.24^***	-0.38^***	0.29^***	0.30^***

Model	χ²/df	p	CFI	TLI	RMSEA	SRMR
Family affective involvement	2.31	0.13	0.99	0.97	0.07	0.03
Aging self-stereotypes	1.67	0.20	0.99	0.98	0.05	0.02