ArticleHealth & place2020
Associations among neighborhood poverty, perceived neighborhood environment, and depressed mood are mediated by physical activity, perceived individual control, and loneliness.
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- Living alone and all-cause mortality in community-dwelling older adults: The moderating role of perceived neighborhood cohesion.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2023Article
- Environmental Influences on Life Satisfaction and Depressive Symptoms Among Older Adults With Multimorbidity: Path Analysis Through Loneliness in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.The Gerontologist · 2022Article
- Perceived neighborhood environment, social capital and life satisfaction among older adults in Shanghai, China.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Neighborhood Makes or Breaks Active Ageing? Findings from Cross-Sectional Path Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Perceived Neighborhood Environment Impacts on Health Behavior, Multi-Dimensional Health, and Life Satisfaction.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- The Neighborhood Environment and Hispanic/Latino Health.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2022Article
- The Influence of Emotional Health on the Activity Characteristics of the Elderly and the Selection of Environmental Quality Factors in Residential Areas.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Association between Neighborhood Environment and Perceived Control in Older Adults: Findings from HRS.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Park Proximity and Use for Physical Activity among Urban Residents: Associations with Mental Health.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
Few studies have documented the pathways through which individual level variables mediate the effects of neighborhoods on health. This study used structural equation modeling to examine if neighborhood characteristics are associated with depressive symptoms, and if so, what factors mediated these relationships. Cross-sectional data came from a sample of mostly rural, older adults in North Carolina (n = 1,558). Mediation analysis indicated that associations among neighborhood characteristics and depressive symptoms were mediated by loneliness (standardized indirect effect = -0.19, p < 0.001), physical activity (standardized indirect effect = -0.01, p = 0.003), and perceived individual control (standardized indirect effect = -0.07, p = 0.02) with loneliness emerging as the strongest mediator. Monitoring such individual mediators in formative and process evaluations may increase the precision of neighborhood-based interventions and policies.
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