Receptive Arts Engagement Activities and Depressive Symptoms Among Older Adults: Serial Indirect Associations Through Leisure-Related Relaxation and Subjective Well-Being
Xu Song, Jihoon Jang · 2026
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Xu Song and Jihoon Jang studied arts activity and low mood among older adults in China, in two thousand twenty-six. They used survey data from two thousand twenty-three, covering more than two thousand adults aged sixty or older. The arts activity they tracked was receptive, such as watching or listening, rather than making art.
More frequent arts activity went with fewer signs of low mood. The team tested three paths that might link the two. A path through feeling well in life was the largest, while a path through rest alone was not clear. A small linked path ran through both rest and well-being. The authors stress that these paths do not prove cause.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Xu Song, Jihoon Jang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |