ArticleBMC psychology2024
The influence of resilience and social support on mental health of older adults living in community: a cross-sectional study.
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- Psychosocial and economic factors related to better health among older adults in Europe - a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
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- A chain mediation model reveals the association between social capital and successful aging in older adults.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Latent profile analysis of basic psychological need satisfaction and frustration in community-dwelling older adults and its associated factors.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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- The relationship between digital health literacy and health anxiety among Chinese older adults: the role of aging attitudes and physical activity.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- Trajectories of depression across key events in later life: findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science · 2025Article
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- A Study on the Current Status and Influencing Factors of "Hollow Syndrome" Among Medical University Students.Psychology research and behavior management · 2025Article
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- Migrant older adults' perception of social support on subjective well-being: a mediating role of psychological resilience.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundMental health is an important fundamental element of health that influences different dimensions of an older individual's life. There are various factors that affect the mental health of older adults, such as resilience and social support. However, the relationship between various factors and mental health is unclear. Purposes of the study were to investigates whether resilience and social support affect the mental health of older adults and to analyze the structural equation model of mental health among the older adults with resilience as a mediating variable.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted among 964 older adults by multi-stage random sampling. The data were collected using the following questionnaires: Thai Elderly Resilience Scale, Social Support Scale, and Thai Geriatric Mental Health Assessment. Data analysis used descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation, and Path analysis.
resultsThe older adults had a high level of resilience, social support, and mental health (MH). The best model we obtained demonstrated that social support and resilience had directly statistically significant influences the MH. Social support also had statistically significant indirect effect via resilience to the MH.
conclusionUnderstanding the factors that influence mental health of older adults can be beneficial for health professionals to provide appropriate social support and resilience, including helping the older adult can join with others, be confident in life, have necessities, live with spiritual security, and be able to de-stress and management problems were recommended.
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