文章根據2014年中國老年社會追蹤調查數據,通過線性回歸模型分析老年人在代際關系中的"給予"行為對心理健康的影響、以及老年人對這些支持行為的認知評價在其中的調節作用。結果發現,老年人給予子女經濟支持、家務支持對其心理健康有正向作用,但認為子女需求過多對其心理健康有負向作用。城鎮老年人的認知評價會顯著調節照顧孫子女對心理健康的影響方向,農村老年人的認知評價會顯著調節"向下"經濟支持對心理健康的影響方向,結果支持認知行為主義的ABC情緒理論。因此,在倡導積極老齡化并發揮老年人在家庭中作用的前提下,緩解城鎮老年人照顧孫子女的壓力、緩解農村老年人的經濟壓力分別是保持其良好心理健康狀況的重點。

Based on 2014 China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey,this paper explores the effects ofthe "giving" behavior by the elderly on their mental health by using linear regression models,and discusses the moderating effect of cognitive evaluation on the relationship of the support behavior andmental health.The results show that the financial support and housework support for adult children arepositively correlated with mental health of the Chinese older parents,but those supports demonstratenegative effects on their mental health if the supports are evaluated to be demanded excessively by theelderly.For the urban elderly,the evaluation of excessive demands by the elderly significantly moderatesthe effects of grandchildren caring on mental health,while for the rural elderly,the moderating role isfound to be prominent on the relationship between financial support and mental health.The results alsosupport the "ABC Emotion Theory".Therefore,in the background of active ageing and improving olderpersons role in family,it is important to alleviate the burden of grandchildren caring of the urban elderlyand the burden of financial support of the rural elderly in order to maintain their mental health.