ArticleFrontiers in psychology2021
Decreasing Social Isolation to Enhance Mental Health among Older Adults in China: A Mediation Analysis of Aging Attitude.
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- The Subjective Experience of Ageism: The Perceived Ageism Questionnaire (PAQ).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Social isolation and loneliness among Chinese older adults: Examining aging attitudes as mediators and moderators.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Association between social capital and depression among older adults of different genders: Evidence from Hangzhou, China.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
A large body of literature has examined the relationship between social isolation and mental health in older adults. However, only a few studies have examined the mediating effects of aging attitudes on this relationship. This study investigated the impact of objective isolation (family isolation, friend isolation, and community isolation), and subjective social isolation (perceived isolation) on the mental health of Chinese older adults, and the mediating effect of aging attitudes. Mental health was assessed through depressive symptoms, using the Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale. The research sample comprising 7,024 elderly adults (60 years old), was obtained from the nationally representative 2014 Chinese Longitudinal Aging Social Survey. The regression analysis indicated that objective social isolation and subjective social isolation are independently related to mental health among older adults. Furthermore, in the mediation analysis, aging attitude was found to play a significant mediating role between social isolation and mental health. Our study concludes that though, objective and subjective social isolation are issues affecting mental health in older people, however, aging attitude also needs to be factored in that relationship as we have shown that there is a significant mediating effect.
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