ArticleFrontiers in public health2025
The impact of social participation on mental health among the older adult in China: an analysis based on the mental frailty index.
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- The Impact of Social Participation on Health Outcomes Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in China: Evidence from the Chinese General Social Survey.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Social and community determinants of living arrangements among older adults: the role of social support and mental health promotion.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Digital and offline social participation configurations and depressive symptoms and life satisfaction among older adults in China.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Internet use and health among older adults in China: Indirect associations through social participation and physical activity.PloS one · 2026Article
- Fading authority, rising depression: occupational identity and mental health among China's retired danwei leaders.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Community-based multisensory environments as preventive public health interventions for mental well-being in older adults: evidence from a large-scale study in China.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- How social engagement shapes depressive symptoms in later life: uncovering gendered and asymmetric effects.Innovation in aging · 2025Article
- Digital village construction and the mental health of rural older adults: Evidence from China.Digital healthArticle
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Abstract
Objectives: Social participation and the psychological well-being of the older adult are correlated. A substantial body of research has delineated the relationship between social participation and the mental health of older adults, while the indicators for assessing the mental health of the older adult are not sufficiently systematic or comprehensive. This study aims to further explore the relationship between social participation and the mental health of older adults from the perspective of mental frailty, providing a reference for the improvement of health among the older adult population. Methods: We selected 9,208 older adults aged 60 years and older from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) 2013-2018 database. The mental frailty index was constructed, which integrates both depression and cognitive status to assess the mental health status of the older adult. By using a fixed-effects model, we analyzed the impact of social participation on the mental health of the older adult and compared gender, residence and marriage difference. Meanwhile, the instrumental variables method was used to conduct endogeneity tests. Results: Overall, 65.8% of the respondents had low social participation. Social participation had a significant enhancement effect on mental health in the older adult ( Conclusion: Social participation has a positive effect on the mental health of the older adult in China, and the effect varies for the older adult with different characteristics, which suggests that social participation may be a protective factor for the mental health of the older adult population. Targeting differentiated population characteristics, individualized policies should be developed for different groups of older persons.
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