Does internet access make a difference for older adults’ cognition in urban China? The moderating role of living arrangements

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Li ◽  
Wen‐Jui Han ◽  
Miao Hu
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Urban China ◽  
Moderating Role

Community-Based Cognitive Social Capital and Depressive Symptoms Among Older Adults in Urban China: The Moderating Role of Family Social Capital

2019 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-316
Author(s):  
Jingyue Zhang ◽  
Nan Lu
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Urban China ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Family Social Capital ◽  
Cognitive Social Capital ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

The present study examined the moderating role of family social capital in the relationship between community-based cognitive social capital and depressive symptoms among community-dwelling older adults in urban China. Cross-sectional data were derived from a community survey conducted in Suzhou, China, in late 2015. Data from 441 respondents were included in the final analysis. Multiple group analysis was used to test the hypotheses. The latent construct of community-based cognitive social capital was based on trust and reciprocity indicators. Measurement invariance was established across groups with high or low family social capital. The results show that family social capital had a moderation effect on the relationship between community-based cognitive social capital and depressive symptoms. The effects of community-based cognitive social capital on depressive symptoms were higher among those with low family social capital. The findings demonstrate the interplay between family and community-based cognitive social capital. Policy and intervention implications are discussed.

scholarly journals The moderating role of personality factors in the relationship between depression and neuropsychological functioning among older adults

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (9) ◽  
pp. 1010-1019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian J. Ayotte ◽  
Guy G. Potter ◽  
Heather T. Williams ◽  
David C. Steffens ◽  
Hayden B. Bosworth
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Neuropsychological Functioning ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

scholarly journals Personality and Physical Functioning Among Older Adults: The Moderating Role of Education

2012 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 553-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Jaconelli ◽  
Y. Stephan ◽  
B. Canada ◽  
B. P. Chapman
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Physical Functioning ◽  
Moderating Role

scholarly journals Healthy retirement begins at school: educational differences in the health outcomes of early transitions into retirement

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kasim Allel ◽  
Ana Sofía León ◽  
Ursula M. Staudinger ◽  
Esteban Calvo
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Active Ageing ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Retirement Timing ◽  
Moderating Role

AbstractThe literature on socio-economic variations in the association between retirement timing and health is inconclusive and largely limited to the moderating role of occupation. By selecting the sample case of Mexico where a sizeable number of older adults have no or very little formal education, this study allows the moderating role of education to be tested properly. Drawing on panel data for 2,430 individuals age 50 and over from the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) and combining propensity score matching models with fixed-effects regressions, this article investigates differences in the health effects of retirement timing between older adults with varying years of education. Subjective health is measured using a self-reported assessment of respondents’ overall health and physical health as a reverse count of doctor-diagnosed chronic diseases. The results indicate that early transitions into retirement are associated with worse health outcomes, but education fully compensates for the detrimental association with subjective and physical health, while adjusting for baseline health, demographics and socio-economic characteristics. In conclusion, formal education during childhood and adolescence is associated with a long-term protective effect on health. It attenuates negative health consequences of early retirement transitions. Policies and programmes promoting healthy and active ageing would benefit from considering the influence of formal education in shaping older adults’ health after the transition into retirement.

Close social relationships and loneliness: the role of subjective age

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naama Spitzer ◽  
Dikla Segel-Karpas ◽  
Yuval Palgi
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Subjective Age ◽  
Perceptions Of Aging ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Abstract Loneliness is considered a major issue, often negatively influencing the quality of life of individuals of all ages, and of older adults, in particular. The aims of this study are: (1) to assess the association between close social relationships and loneliness; and (2) to examine the moderating role of subjective age in this association. Married or cohabiting community-dwelling Israelis in the second half of life (N = 360) were interviewed and reported on their close social relationships, their level of loneliness, and their subjective age. The number of close social relationships was found to have a negative relationship with loneliness. Moreover, subjective age was found to moderate the relationship between close social relationships and loneliness, such that the association was weaker for those with older subjective age. Those with older subjective age are often not able to benefit from close social relationships to alleviate loneliness as much as their younger-subjective-age counterparts. Efforts to address older adults’ loneliness should consider focusing on older adults’ perceptions of aging.

Who We Live With and How We Are Feeling: A Study of Household Living Arrangements and Subjective Well-Being Among Older Adults in China

2020 ◽  
pp. 016402752096154
Author(s):  
Wen-Jui Han ◽  
Ying Li ◽  
Cliff Whetung
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Relationship

Using a sample of Chinese adults over the age of 50 from wave 1 of the WHO Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (n = 13,367), we investigated the relationship between living arrangements and subjective well-being (SWB) in regard to life satisfaction, happiness, and control. We also looked at the moderating role of resources, proxied by income and hukou status. Multivariate regression results indicate that living only with a spouse was significantly associated with better SWB. Multigenerational living arrangements may not always promote SWB, particularly when resources are constrained. Yet, results also underscore the importance of daughters and daughters-in-law in promoting SWB among older adults. Older adults in rural areas had better SWB, including greater life satisfaction if living with grandchildren only, compared to their urban peers living with a spouse only. Findings suggest that context matters in the association between living arrangements and older adults’ SWB.

scholarly journals THE MODERATING ROLE OF BIRTHPLACE ON DENTAL CLEANING SERVICE AMONG CHINESE OLDER ADULTS IN HAWAII

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S607-S607
Author(s):  
Sizhe Liu ◽  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Keqing Zhang ◽  
Bei Wu
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
Dental Services ◽  
Chinese Older Adults ◽  
Birth Place ◽  
Logistic Regressions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Moderating Role

Abstract Regular dental cleaning is vital to maintaining good oral health. This study aims to identify socio-demographic characteristics that are associated with the use of dental cleaning services among Chinese older adults in Honolulu, Hawai’i. In addition, we examine if birth-place moderates these associations. The data for this study were collected from 398 Chinese older adults living in Honolulu. Results from multivariate logistic regressions showed that those who were married and with higher levels of education were more likely to have their teeth cleaned within the past year compared to those who were not married or with lower levels of education. These significant associations were only found salient for the foreign-born when the moderating role of birth place was accounted for in the model. These differences may be partially due to the impact of acculturation and the knowledge of oral health and dental services.

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