From place to mind: how environmental connection, loneliness, and family shape depression in older adults in Israel

IF 1.8 3区经济学 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Journal of Housing and the Built Environment Pub Date : 2023-11-30 DOI:10.1007/s10901-023-10092-4

Adi Vitman-Schorr, Rabia Khalaila

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To examine the direct and indirect effects of emotional connection to one’s living environment on depressive symptoms as mediated by feelings of loneliness, satisfaction with family relationships and frequency of family contact. A convenience sample of 360 older Israeli adults (representing three ethnic groups) was interviewed. Using bootstrapping, we tested the strength and significance of three simultaneous mediators’ conditional indirect effects on the relationship between one’s connection to living environment and depression. The results revealed a negative link between connection to living environment and depressive symptoms, mediated by feelings of loneliness, satisfaction with family relationships and frequency of family contact. The study indicates the vital role of connection to one’s living environment in determining depression in older adults as mediated by family contact, family relationships and loneliness. The study elucidates factors that can decrease older adults' depression and enable them to age in place.

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从地点到思想:环境联系、孤独和家庭如何影响以色列老年人的抑郁症

探讨生活环境的情感联系对抑郁症状的直接和间接影响，包括孤独感、家庭关系满意度和家庭联系频率。我们方便地采访了360名以色列老年人(代表三个民族)。采用自举法检验了三个同时存在的中介因子对个体与生活环境的联系与抑郁关系的条件间接效应的强度和显著性。结果显示，与生活环境的联系与抑郁症状之间存在负相关，孤独感、对家庭关系的满意度和家庭联系频率是中介。该研究表明，与生活环境的联系在决定老年人抑郁方面起着至关重要的作用，家庭联系、家庭关系和孤独感是其中的中介。这项研究阐明了可以减少老年人抑郁的因素，使他们能够适当地衰老。

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