SOCIAL ISOLATION AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS OF OLDER CHINESE AMERICANS: THE MEDIATION EFFECT OF ACTIVITY ENGAGEMENT
Ke Li, Fengyan Tang, Soonhyung Kwon, Yanping Jiang · 2024
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Older Chinese Americans face elevated risks of isolation and depression, but isolation itself comes in two forms: being disconnected, with few ties, and feeling isolated, however many people surround you. Ke Li and three co-authors used four waves of a Chicago study of 2,075 older Chinese adults. They separated the two forms and tested whether engagement in social and cognitive activities carries their effects.
Both forms of isolation began alongside more depressive symptoms, but felt isolation oddly predicted a faster decline in symptoms over time. Activity engagement did real mediating work in both directions. Disconnected elders who stayed active started less depressed. Those who felt isolated did less, felt worse, then improved faster. The authors urge programs that build culturally fitting chances to join in, not just larger networks on paper.
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| CREATOR | Ke Li, Fengyan Tang, Soonhyung Kwon, Yanping Jiang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |