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What Makes Chinese Adult Children Behave Differently during Parents’ End of Life: A Discriminant Analysis of Macao Chinese

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  • Wai I. Ng

    (Education Department, Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau, Macao SAR 999078, China)

  • Sok Leng Che

    (Nursing and Health Education Research Centre, Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau, Macao SAR 999078, China)

  • Xiang Li

    (Education Department, Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau, Macao SAR 999078, China)

  • Ming Xia Zhu

    (Education Department, Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau, Macao SAR 999078, China)

Abstract

The daily practice of filial piety (FP) is well prescribed under the traditional filial norms in the Chinese community. However, exploration of FP practices at the end of parents’ lives is limited. The current study explored the FP representation and good death preferences of Macao Chinese. A cross-sectional web-based survey was conducted and discriminant analysis was used to identify possible predictors of FP representation in the context of parents’ end of life. Results showed that Macao Chinese were inclined to perform most of the filial duties in the last journey of their parents. Among 705 participants, 150 (21.3%) tended to practice authoritarian FP, and 555 (78.7%) tended to practice reciprocal FP. Age, education, religion, and good death preferences were identified as predictors of different FP representation groups. The findings could help clinicians to obtain a preliminary perception of FP representation of Chinese patients and to determine the appropriate approach for end-of-life care from a family perspective.

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  • Wai I. Ng & Sok Leng Che & Xiang Li & Ming Xia Zhu, 2021. "What Makes Chinese Adult Children Behave Differently during Parents’ End of Life: A Discriminant Analysis of Macao Chinese," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(20), pages 1-11, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:20:p:10737-:d:655610
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    1. Nina Tumosa, 2023. "Using the Age-Friendly Health Systems Framework to Track Wellness and Health Promotion Priorities of Older Adults in the Global Community," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(5), pages 1-5, March.

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