The Ripple Effect: A Serial Mediation Analysis of Multimorbidity and Depressive Symptoms Among Women in Midlife in China
Yixin Li, Jianmin Feng, Hanlin Yang, Dan Zi · 2026
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Yixin Li and colleagues trace how piling chronic diseases drag midlife Chinese women toward depression. Over four thousand women aged forty-five to sixty from a national aging survey anchor their 2026 analysis. Stress process theory frames the chain they test.
About one in ten women carried multiple chronic conditions, and over four in ten reported depressive symptoms. The statistical cascade ran through failing physical function, then poorer self-rated health, then life satisfaction. Self-rated health alone carried the largest share of the effect. Life satisfaction by itself did not mediate anything. Screening women's own health perceptions, they suggest, could interrupt the slide.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yixin Li, Jianmin Feng, Hanlin Yang, Dan Zi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 45 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |