ArticleFrontiers in psychology2023
Widowhood, social networks, and mental health among Chinese older adults: The moderating effects of gender.
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- The association of social networks and depression in community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review.Systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Perceived Stress and Depressive Symptoms in Urban Chinese Women: The Buffering and Exacerbating Roles of Marital Quality.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Smartphone Addiction, Use Preferences, and Depression Among Older Adults in the Digital Context: Machine Learning Analysis of Survey Data.JMIR aging · 2026Article
- Widowhood disparities in nonaccidental mortality attributable to heat waves and ozone.Eco-Environment & Health · 2025Article
- Hotspots and Trends in Research on Mental Health of the Rural Elderly: A Bibliometric Analysis Using CiteSpace.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The relationship between ageism, loneliness, and anxiety in widowed older adults: cognitive function as a moderator in the mediated model.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Pre-widowhood social support is linked to loneliness patterns: a growth mixture model using the health and retirement study.Aging & mental health · 2024Article
- Social networks and the mental health among Chinese older adults: the mediating role of loneliness and moderating role of Internet use.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Objectives: This study aimed to examine the three-way interaction between widowhood, social ties, and gender and its effects on older adults' mental health, including depressive symptoms and life satisfaction, in the context of China. Methods: Participants were 7,601 Chinese older adults. Their social network was divided between family and friendship ties, and their mental health was measured by depressive symptoms and life satisfaction. Linear regression was employed to analyze the associations between widowhood, social networks, and mental health, as well as to explore the moderating effect of gender. Results: Widowhood is associated with more depressive symptoms, but not with life satisfaction, while family and friendship ties are associated with less depressive symptoms and greater life satisfaction. Furthermore, the lack of family ties is associated with more depressive symptoms for widowed men compared to married older men, while it is associated with lower life satisfaction for widowed women compared to married older women. Conclusion: Family ties are the most important social support resource for Chinese older adults, especially for the widowed group. The vulnerability of older widowed men who lack family ties in China deserves public concern and attention.
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