Effects of Altruistic Behaviors of Rural Elderly on Mental Health

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10.2991/assehr.k.200331.103How to use a DOI?

Keywords

rural elderly, altruism, mental health, endogenous

Abstract

Based on data from the China Health and Pension Tracking Survey (CHARLS) 2013, we explored the impact of altruistic behaviors on rural residents’ mental health. In order to more effectively estimate the impact of altruistic behaviors on the mental health of the elderly, the instrumental variable method is used for model estimation. The results show that after solving endogenous problems, the altruistic behavior of rural elderly has a significant positive effect on their own mental health. However, the promotion effect of the elderly in different working states is different. Specifically, the good behavior of the elderly without work can significantly affect their mental health, and the results of the elderly with work are not significant. In addition, factors such as gender and marital status also affect the mental health of the elderly. Finally, it is proposed to encourage the elderly to participate in other altruistic activities such as voluntary activities to promote their own mental health.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zihan Guo
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/04/02
TI  - Effects of Altruistic Behaviors of Rural Elderly on Mental Health
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Social Sciences and Economic Development (ICSSED 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 493
EP  - 497
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200331.103
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200331.103
ID  - Guo2020
ER  -