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. 2017 Jun 1;72(Suppl 1):S63–S68. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glx040

Table 1.

Presence of Filial Discrepancy by Depressive Symptoms

Filial Discrepancy No Depressive Symptoms (n = 2,832) Depressive Symptoms (n = 243) p
Overall filial discrepancy, mean (SD)
 Greater filial receipt than expectations 1.58 (5.88) −0.12 (7.95) <.001
 Greater care receipt than expectations 0.33 (1.43) −0.01 (1.81) <.01
 Greater respect receipt than expectations 0.18 (1.22) 0.02 (1.59) .137
 Greater make happy receipt than expectations 0.23 (1.27) 0.02 (1.66) .060
 Greater greet receipt than expectations 0.11 (1.20) −0.26 (1.53) <.001
 Greater obey receipt than expectations 0.21 (1.22) −0.16 (1.58) <.001
 Greater financial support receipt than expectations 0.52 (1.20) 0.25 (1.50) <.01
Levels of overall filial discrepancy, N (%)
 High expectations high receipt 1,053 (33.55) 46 (1.47)
 High expectations low receipt 390 (12.42) 64 (2.04)
 Low expectations high receipt 422 (13.44) 31 (0.99)
 Low expectations low receipt 1,018 (32.43) 115 (3.66) <.001

Note: Overall filial discrepancy = filial receipt − filial expectations. Levels of overall filial discrepancy include high expectations high receipt, high expectations low receipt, low expectations high receipt, and low expectations low receipt.