TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Do social ties moderate the association between childhood maltreatment and gratitude in older adults? Results from the NEIGE Study
JO  - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1  - Doi, Satomi
A1  - Koyama, Yuna
A1  - Tani, Yukako
A1  - Murayama, Hiroshi
A1  - Inoue, Shigeru
A1  - Fujiwara, Takeo
A1  - Shobugawa, Yugo
SP  - e11082
EP  - e11082
VL  - 18
IS  - 21
N2  - BACKGROUND: Childhood maltreatment can impede gratitude, yet little is known about the older population and its moderators. The aim of this study is to clarify the association between childhood maltreatment and levels of gratitude of the older population, and the moderating effect of social ties on the association. <br><br>METHODS: We analyzed the data of 524 community-dwelling older adults aged 65-84 years without functional disabilities in Tokamachi City, Niigata, Japan, collected for the Neuron to Environmental Impact across Generations (NEIGE) study in 2017. Using a questionnaire, the participants rated three types of childhood maltreatment before the age of 18 (physical abuse, emotional neglect, and psychological abuse), level of gratitude, and social ties. <br><br>RESULTS: We found an inverse association between emotional neglect and gratitude. Furthermore, emotional neglect was inversely associated with gratitude only for those with lower levels of social ties. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Promoting social ties may mitigate the adverse impact of emotional neglect on the level of gratitude.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-7827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111082
ID  - ref1
ER  -