Physical health problems, views on ageing, and emotional distress among older Chinese population: a moderated mediation model.

IF 2.8 3区医学 Q3 GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY

Aging & Mental Health Pub Date : 2025-01-09 DOI:10.1080/13607863.2024.2448212

Jia Li, Wenhan Xu, Qi Wang, Xiaochen Zhou, Chengyue Peng

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Abstract

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the mediation effect of negative views on ageing (VoA) between physical health problems and emotional distress, and the moderation effect of urban/rural residence ('hukou').

Methods: We adopted a sample of 936 older Chinese people aged 60 and above from the China General Social Survey (CGSS). A structural equation model (SEM) approach was adopted to test the measurement model of latent variables and the structural model examining the hypothesized pathway. The bootstrapping bias-corrected approach (5000 bootstrap samples) was adopted.

Results: The SEM shows that negative VoA mediates physical health problems and emotional distress (β = 0.041, B = 0.063, 95% CI [0.029, 0.102], p = 0.001). The relationship between negative VoA and emotional distress is more pronounced among urban than rural older residents (β = 0.181, B = 0.168, 95% CI [0.004, 0.377], p = 0.076), which may suggest that being dependent on others is less desirable among urban older people.

Conclusion: This study underscores the importance of having positive VoA, especially for urban older residents. More studies on the formation and impacts of older people's expectations of their own ageing are warranted.

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中国老年人的身体健康问题、老龄化观和情绪困扰：一个有调节的中介模型

目的：本研究旨在探讨消极老龄化观在身体健康问题与情绪困扰之间的中介作用，以及城乡户口的调节作用。方法：从中国综合社会调查（CGSS）中抽取936名60岁及以上的中国老年人作为样本。采用结构方程模型（SEM）方法对潜在变量的测量模型和检验假设路径的结构模型进行检验。采用自举偏差校正方法（5000个自举样本）。结果：扫描电镜显示，负VoA介导身体健康问题和情绪困扰（β = 0.041, B = 0.063, 95% CI [0.029, 0.102], p = 0.001）。负VoA与情绪困扰的关系在城市老年人中比在农村老年人中更为明显（β = 0.181, B = 0.168, 95% CI [0.004, 0.377], p = 0.076），这可能表明城市老年人不太希望依赖他人。结论：本研究强调了拥有积极的VoA的重要性，尤其是对城市老年居民。有必要对老年人对自己的老龄化预期的形成和影响进行更多的研究。

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Aging & Mental Health 医学-精神病学

CiteScore

7.00

自引率

2.90%

发文量

176

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： Aging & Mental Health provides a leading international forum for the rapidly expanding field which investigates the relationship between the aging process and mental health. The journal addresses the mental changes associated with normal and abnormal or pathological aging, as well as the psychological and psychiatric problems of the aging population. The journal also has a strong commitment to interdisciplinary and innovative approaches that explore new topics and methods. Aging & Mental Health covers the biological, psychological and social aspects of aging as they relate to mental health. In particular it encourages an integrated approach for examining various biopsychosocial processes and etiological factors associated with psychological changes in the elderly. It also emphasizes the various strategies, therapies and services which may be directed at improving the mental health of the elderly and their families. In this way the journal promotes a strong alliance among the theoretical, experimental and applied sciences across a range of issues affecting mental health and aging. The emphasis of the journal is on rigorous quantitative, and qualitative, research and, high quality innovative studies on emerging topics.