Unpacking the association of activities of daily living on self-care ability in China’s rural empty-nest older adults: the chain mediation of social alienation and psychological resilience
Zhaoquan Jiang, Lan Zhang, Qi Sun, Zhaoxu Xu, Mingyue Zhou, Xiaoyan Zhang, Tao Liu, Shixue Zhou · 2026
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Zhaoquan Jiang's team traced how daily living ability shapes self-care in rural empty-nest elders in China, in a 2026 survey study. The team surveyed 1025 rural empty-nest older adults in Chaoyang, Liaoning, between February 2022 and March 2023, measuring daily living, social alienation, psychological resilience, and self-care ability.
Daily living scores correlated positively with social alienation and negatively with resilience and self-care. Social alienation correlated strongly and negatively with both resilience and self-care, while resilience correlated positively with self-care. Chain mediation analyses tested whether alienation and resilience carry the daily-living effect stepwise, pointing to social connection as a care lever.
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| CREATOR | Zhaoquan Jiang, Lan Zhang, Qi Sun, Zhaoxu Xu, Mingyue Zhou, Xiaoyan Zhang, Tao Liu, Shixue Zhou |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |