Does Helping Others Always Benefit Health? Longitudinal Evidence on the Relationship between Helping Behavior and Depression: The Mediating Role of Life Satisfaction and the Moderating Effect of IADL.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aims to explore whether helping behavior is always beneficial for alleviating depression or if there is a "moderation is the key" effect.

Materials and methods

This study focused on a sample of 7,436 participants from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). The 10-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CESD-10) was used to identify the presence of depression. Linear mixed model and Quasi-Bayesian estimation methods were used to explore the mediating role of life satisfaction in the relationship between helping behavior and depression, as well as the moderating effects of the instrumental activity of daily living (IADL). Additionally, we employed the Johnson-Neyman technique to visualize the moderating effect of IADL

SUBMITTER: Cheng Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11918810 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature