Cognitive and psychological health implications of living alone among middle-aged and older adults in China

IF 1.5 4区社会学 Q2 DEMOGRAPHY

Asian Population Studies Pub Date : 2021-02-11 DOI:10.1080/17441730.2021.1886715

M. Wen, Q. Ren

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This study examines the associations between living alone and psychological and cognitive health and explores the moderating effects of age, gender, marital status, social engagement and family income among middle-aged and older adults in China. Data is drawn from a longitudinal sample of 9,469 participants in the 2010 and 2014 waves of the China Family Panel Study (CFPS). Cognitive health is captured by scores on word and math tests. Psychological health is measured by depressive symptoms. The results show that living alone has no health benefits in this sample of middle-aged and older Chinese, though it seems to be injurious for psychological health among the unmarried and detrimental to cognitive health for men. Study implications are discussed, specifically the need for more research into the mediating and moderating effects of the link between living alone and health.

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中国中老年人独居对认知和心理健康的影响

摘要本研究考察了独居与心理和认知健康之间的关系，并探讨了年龄、性别、婚姻状况、社会参与和家庭收入对中国中老年人的调节作用。数据来自2010年和2014年中国家庭小组研究（CFPS）中9469名参与者的纵向样本。认知健康是通过单词和数学测试的分数来衡量的。心理健康是通过抑郁症状来衡量的。研究结果表明，在中国中老年人样本中，独自生活对健康没有好处，尽管这似乎对未婚人群的心理健康有害，对男性的认知健康有害。讨论了研究意义，特别是需要对独居与健康之间联系的中介和调节作用进行更多研究。

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Asian Population Studies DEMOGRAPHY-

CiteScore

3.30

自引率

14.30%

发文量

期刊介绍： The first international population journal to focus exclusively on population issues in Asia, Asian Population Studies publishes original research on matters related to population in this large, complex and rapidly changing region, and welcomes substantive empirical analyses, theoretical works, applied research, and contributions to methodology.