Study of Chinese parents: Losing an only child is more devastating than losing a spouse
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Updated: May 07, 2021 22:21 IST
New York [US], May 7 (ANI): A new study led by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing and Fudan University suggests that Chinese parents find the loss of an only child to be approximately 1.3 times as psychologically distressing than the loss of a spouse.
The findings are published in the journal Aging & Mental Health.
Older adults in China rely heavily on family support, particularly from their adult children. Filial piety--the Confucian idea describing respect for one's parents and responsibility for adult children to care for their parents as they age--is a central value in traditional Chinese culture.