{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["6(7)"],"submitter":["Lu S"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background and objectives</h4>Neighborhood environments are increasingly recognized as associated with mental well-being among older adults. However, their underlying mechanisms remain unclear. This study investigated mediating effects of cognitive and structural social capital (SC) in relationships between neighborhood environments and mental well-being among older adults.<h4>Research design and methods</h4>We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of 1,277 community-dwellers aged 60 years and older in Hong Kong in 2021. The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale assessed mental well-being. Perceived age-friendly environment was assessed. Objective neighborhood environment was measured by the number of neighborhood facilities (e.g., transportation, community centers, leisure facilities) within 200-m and 500-m buffer areas from respondents' residences. Structural equational modeling was used.<h4>Results</h4>Perceived age-friendly environment regarding community and health support had a protective role on mental well-being. More community centers were directly associated with better affective-emotional well-being, while more passive leisure facilities directly lowered psychological-functioning well-being. Cognitive SC outweighed structural SC in mediating relationships of neighborhood environment on mental well-being.<h4>Discussion and implications</h4>Our findings advance the ecological model of aging by providing evidence for cognitive and structural SC as mediators to explain the relationship between neighborhood environment and mental well-being. Policy implications for optimizing mental well-being in aging societies are discussed."],"journal":["Innovation in aging"],"pagination":["igac070"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9799048"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Neighborhood Environment and Mental Well-Being Among Chinese Older Adults: The Mediating Role of Social Capital."],"pmcid":["PMC9799048"],"pubmed_authors":["Chan SW","Liu Y","Lum TYS","Guo Y","Chan OF","Lu S","Chui C"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Neighborhood Environment and Mental Well-Being Among Chinese Older Adults: The Mediating Role of Social Capital.","description":"<h4>Background and objectives</h4>Neighborhood environments are increasingly recognized as associated with mental well-being among older adults. However, their underlying mechanisms remain unclear. This study investigated mediating effects of cognitive and structural social capital (SC) in relationships between neighborhood environments and mental well-being among older adults.<h4>Research design and methods</h4>We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of 1,277 community-dwellers aged 60 years and older in Hong Kong in 2021. The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale assessed mental well-being. Perceived age-friendly environment was assessed. Objective neighborhood environment was measured by the number of neighborhood facilities (e.g., transportation, community centers, leisure facilities) within 200-m and 500-m buffer areas from respondents' residences. Structural equational modeling was used.<h4>Results</h4>Perceived age-friendly environment regarding community and health support had a protective role on mental well-being. More community centers were directly associated with better affective-emotional well-being, while more passive leisure facilities directly lowered psychological-functioning well-being. Cognitive SC outweighed structural SC in mediating relationships of neighborhood environment on mental well-being.<h4>Discussion and implications</h4>Our findings advance the ecological model of aging by providing evidence for cognitive and structural SC as mediators to explain the relationship between neighborhood environment and mental well-being. Policy implications for optimizing mental well-being in aging societies are discussed.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022","modification":"2025-04-04T21:04:37.731Z","creation":"2025-04-04T21:04:37.731Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9799048","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36600810"],"doi":["10.1093/geroni/igac070"]}}