Abstract
Social support between old parent and adult child has important impact on subjective well-being of the elderly. The present study applied MUNSH Scale, UCLA Loneliness Scale, Parents-adult children Social Support Scale, Elderly Sense of Gratitude Scale and Self-esteem Scale to 288 participants from cities and countryside aged 53–87 years old. Results showed that social support between old parent and adult child had effects on the subjective well-being of the elderly through the path of influencing their loneliness, self-esteem and sense of gratitude. The more social supports receiving from adult children, the lower loneliness level, and the higher self-esteem and sense of gratitude level. Moreover, giving social supports improved sense of gratitude level on elderly.
| Keywords: | intergenerational social support; elderly; subjective well-being |
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