Department of Social Sciences, Institute for Research on Socio-Economic Inequality, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
J Community Psychol. 2021 Mar;49(2):672-690. doi: 10.1002/jcop.22486. Epub 2020 Dec 15.
Neighborhoods' structural conditions are consequential for their social circumstances and residents' well-being. Neighborhood effects might be accentuated among older residents because their daily activities and social lives are more confined to their immediate communities. This study examines how changing neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage affects older residents' depression and stress, as well as perceptions of neighborhood context. This study employed waves 2 (2010-2011) and 3 (2015-2016) of the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project survey (N = 2357) and fixed-effects linear regression models to study these relationships. While rising neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage was associated with more depression and stress, it was negatively associated with overall neighborhood social capital and neighborhood social cohesion, and was only associated with lower perceptions of neighborhood safety among respondents who relocated to new neighborhoods. Beyond cross-sectional associations, changing neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with changes in mental health and perceptions of neighborhood social context.
社区的结构条件对其社会环境和居民的幸福感有重要影响。社区影响在老年居民中可能更为突出，因为他们的日常活动和社交生活更局限于他们的周边社区。本研究旨在探讨社区社会经济劣势的变化如何影响老年居民的抑郁和压力，以及他们对社区环境的感知。本研究采用了国家社会生活、健康和老龄化项目调查的第 2 波（2010-2011 年）和第 3 波（2015-2016 年）数据（N=2357），并使用固定效应线性回归模型来研究这些关系。虽然社区社会经济劣势的上升与更多的抑郁和压力有关，但它与整体社区社会资本和社区社会凝聚力呈负相关，并且仅与那些搬到新社区的受访者对社区安全的感知较低有关。除了横断面关联外，社区社会经济劣势的变化与心理健康和对社区社会环境的感知的变化有关。
