ArticleSSM - population health2023
Does social participation foster social support among the older population in Japan? A three-year follow-up study from the Japan gerontological evaluation study.
Article in SSM - population health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Mutual aid among older residents in two socially different districts of a rural municipality in Japan: a comparative qualitative study.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Classification of Social Participation and Its Association With Loneliness in Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study of the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology-Study of Geriatric Syndromes.Geriatrics & gerontology international · 2026Article
- Identifying the factors influencing long-term care utilization by older adults in China: machine learning analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Balancing quality collaborative supervision and tripartite satisfaction in elderly healthcare public-private partnerships: an evolutionary game and simulation analysis.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Participation in community gathering place and social capital: A longitudinal study of older adults.SSM - population health · 2025Article
- A systematic review and meta-analysis on association between social non-participation and falling in depressive state among the older adult people.Discover mental health · 2025Review
- Evolution of psychological distress with age and its determinants in later life: evidence from 17-wave social survey data in Japan.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Association between social support and ambulance use among older people in Japan: an empirical cross-sectional study.BMC emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Relationship between urban green space and mental health in older adults: mediating role of relative deprivation, physical activity, and social trust.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
•Whether social participation has generated new, healthier social support is unclear.•We prospectively examined whether social participation fosters social support.•Social support was dose-responsive to the number of types of social participation.•Social support was fostered by participating in some type of group at any frequency.•Support to encourage social participation may be effective to enhance social support.
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