ArticleFrontiers in public health2025
The mediating effect of self-perceived aging on social capital and depression among Chinese community-dwelling older adult: a cross-sectional study.
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- The Association Between Neighbourhood Leisure Amenities and Chinese Older Adults' Depressive Symptoms: The Mediating Role of Social Capital.The International journal of health planning and management · 2026Article
- Longitudinal associations and mechanisms linking frailty, depression, and self-perceptions of aging among community-dwelling older adults: a psychosomatic interaction perspective.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Self-perceptions of aging and associated factors among older patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis: a latent profile analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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Abstract
Background: Amid an aging society, boosting older adult social capital is crucial to meet their growing health needs. This could be an effective way to alleviate the shortage of public health resources and improve the mental health of the older adult. However, the underlying mediation pathways of how social capital affects the mental health of the older adult are not yet clear. This study aims to explore whether social capital has an impact on the depression levels of community-dwelling older adult and whether self-perceived aging mediates the relationship between social capital and depression, while providing a theoretical basis for scientifically constructing mental health intervention programs for the older adult. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted from June to December 2022 in Chengdu, China. A stratified sampling survey of 1809 community-dwelling older adult individuals was conducted. Data on sociodemographic characteristics, social capital, self-perceived aging, and depression were collected. Univariate analysis was used to compare the depression differences among community-dwelling older adult with different sociodemographic characteristics. Pearson correlation analysis was used to explore the correlations between social capital, self-perceived aging, and depression. The SPSS PROCESS macro program was used to test the mediating effect of self-perceived aging between social capital and depression. Results: The mean score of depression was 39.07 (SD 13.97). Univariate analysis showed that there were statistically significant differences in depression scores among community-dwelling older adult of different age, marital status, chronic disease, medical insurance, endowment insurance, and monthly income per capita ( Conclusion: Self-perceived aging played a partial mediating role between social capital and depression. It is recommended that relevant management agencies, communities, and families take effective measures to enhance the social capital of the older adult, help them build a positive self-perceived aging, and thereby reduce the risk of depression.
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