Neighborhood poverty and hopelessness in older adults: The mediating role of perceived neighborhood disorder.

ABSTRACT: Hopelessness is one of the strongest predictors of health and mortality, particularly for older populations. Prior research has found associations between individual-level socioeconomic factors and hopelessness, but less is known about the potential importance of neighborhood-level socioeconomic contexts for hopelessness. In particular, the role of neighborhood disorder as a potential explanatory factor for poor psychological well-being remains underexplored. This study investigates whether neighborhood poverty is associated with a sense of hopelessness among older adults and if perceived neighborhood disorder mediates the link between poverty and hopelessness. Individual-level data came from the 2014/2016 Health and Retirement Study and were merged with neighborhood-level poverty data fro

SUBMITTER: Choi YJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11478814 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature