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The mediating role of individual evaluation, anxiety, and depression in the association between leisure activity and cognitive function among Chinese older adults.
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- Receptive Arts Engagement Activities and Depressive Symptoms Among Older Adults: Serial Indirect Associations Through Leisure-Related Relaxation and Subjective Well-Being.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Depressive symptoms and cognitive impairment among rural Chinese older women: anxiety and poor sleep as sequential correlates-A cross-sectional analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Attitude towards aging and anxiety in the relationship between social alienation and depression in Chinese rural empty-nest older adults: a chained mediation modeling analysis.BMC public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
The purpose of this research was to investigate the association between leisure activity and cognitive function in Chinese older adults, and to explore the mediating role of individual evaluation, anxiety and depression. Using cross-sectional data from the 2018 Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS), Pearson correlation analyses were employed to examine the relationships among various indicators. A multiple mediation model was constructed to investigate the mediating pathways through which leisure activities impact cognitive function in elderly individuals. Leisure activities, individual evaluation, anxiety, and depression were significantly correlated with cognitive function (p < 0.01). Leisure activities not only directly positively impacted cognitive function in elderly individuals (effect = 0.3780; 95% CI = [0.3459, 0.4101]), but also exerted indirect effects through five pathways. Individual evaluation, anxiety, depression, they plays a mediating role in the association between leisure activity and cognitive function in older adults in China. Leisure activities can positively impact cognitive function in elderly individuals by enhancing individual evaluation and subsequently reducing anxiety and depression.
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