ArticleBMC public health2025
The impact of cultural leisure activities participation on older adults' subjective well-being: an empirical study in China.
Article in BMC public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed.
- 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
- What stole Chinese older adults' life satisfaction? Integrating medical statistics and machine learning with a life-course perspective using CHARLS data.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Cultural participation rights as a proposed pathway for internal migrant mental health: an institutional analysis from China.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- The association between physical exercise and the subjective well-being of older adults-the mediating role of three-dimensional capital.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundInvestigating the relationship between cultural leisure activities participation and subjective well-being (SWB) in older adults not only deepens our understanding of their cultural needs and leisure activities participation but also provides a scientific basis for enhancing their SWB and promoting active aging.
methodsData from the 2021 China General Social Survey (CGSS) was used in this study. An Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression model was employed to examine how participation in cultural leisure activities influences the subjective well-being of older adults.
resultsThe study revealed that cultural leisure activities participation was significantly positively associated with SWB among older adults. This conclusion remained robust even after addressing endogeneity concerns using the propensity score matching method. Heterogeneity analysis indicated that the associations between cultural leisure activities participation and SWB were most pronounced among older adults in rural areas, with lower levels of education, and living in western regions. Mediation analysis further demonstrated that cultural leisure activities participation enhanced SWB by improving self-reported health and mental health.
conclusionsIt was recommended that relevant authorities encourage older adults to participate in cultural leisure activities through favorable policies and improved cultural facilities, enhance the age-friendliness of cultural services, increase cultural investments in rural areas, and promote social engagement and community connections to boost the SWB of older adults.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.