The relationship between social participation and depressive symptoms among Chinese middle-aged and older adults: A cross-lagged panel analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study examined the mutual effects of social participation and depressive symptoms in middle-aged and older Chinese adults from offline and online perspectives. Reciprocal relationships between depressive symptoms and the four subtypes of offline participation were also examined.

Methods

Based on China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study data (CHARLS), this study conducted ID matching for three waves of data from 2013, 2015, and 2018. One thousand nine hundred ninety-nine samples for individuals over 50 were obtained. A series of cross-lagged analyses were conducted to examine the mutual influence of social participation and depressive symptoms. Depressive symptoms were assessed using the short version of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Sc

SUBMITTER: Ding Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9608247 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature