ArticleFrontiers in public health2024
The impact of widowhood on the mental health of older adults and the buffering effect of social capital.
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- Assessing the Needs of Community Mental Health Service Users with Chronic Physical Health Conditions: A Cross-Sectional Study.Community mental health journal · 2026Article
- Life after loss: gendered changes in social networks and community participation around widowhood.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2026Article
- Aging, Faith, and Religious Coping: A Phenomenological Study of Older Adults in a Muslim Cultural Context in Turkiye.Journal of religion and health · 2026Article
- Gender Differences in the Protective Effects of Social Participation on Depressive Symptom Trajectories Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in China: A Nationwide Longitudinal Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- [Actor-Partner Interdependence Model Analysis of the Relationship Between Individual Social Capital and Depressive Symptoms Among Older Couples Across Different Socioeconomic Statuses].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2025Article
- The association between widowhood duration and depressive symptoms among Chinese older adults: mediation role of sleeping duration and dietary diversity.European journal of ageing · 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
- State, Trait Anxiety and Insomnia in Hospitalized Patients With Cardiovascular Disease.Acta informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH · 2025Article
- Living arrangements, health outcomes, and the buffering role of social capital among older adults in China.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Widowhood is one of the most serious issues affecting the mental health of older persons. China currently has tens of millions of widowed older adult, which is a huge group. It is of great significance to study the impacts of widowhood on their mental health and put forward some measures for improvement. Method: We used China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) data in 2020, which included 4,184 older adults. Linear regression is used to examine the relationship among widowhood, mental health, and social capital. Results: Both short-term and medium- and long-term widowhood lead to a significant increase in depression, which seriously affects the mental health of older people. At the same time, community-level and family-level social capital have significant buffering effects on the loss of mental health caused by widowhood, but this effect is heterogeneous, with different types of social capital playing different roles among different gender groups. Conclusion: The provision of care support by children and good neighborhood relationships can help mitigate the psychological impact of widowhood, and these are areas where social policy can make a difference.
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