China Western Economic Research Center, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan.
J Community Psychol. 2021 Sep;49(7):2454-2471. doi: 10.1002/jcop.22545. Epub 2021 Mar 5.
Against the background of fast-paced aging and urbanization in China, the current study proposed a "Residential environment-Emotional health-Life satisfaction" framework to investigate the associations among perceived residential environment quality (PREQ), positive affect (PA), social trust (ST), and life satisfaction (LS) of old adults. Data used were from a nationwide survey and covered 3825 people aged 60 years or older living in urban communities. The partial least squares-structural equation modeling approach was adopted to verify hypotheses. The results found that (1) PREQ, PA, and ST were positively correlated with LS; (2) ST mediated the relationship between PREQ and LS; and (3) people who are men, living without children, high environmental perception, and with a workout habit were more sensitively to PREQ. These findings indicate that improving the residential environment helps to promote the mental health of the Chinese urban elderly, which may have some implications for establishing an age-friendly community.
在中国快速老龄化和城市化的背景下，本研究提出了一个“居住环境-情绪健康-生活满意度”框架，以调查老年人感知的居住环境质量（PREQ）、积极情绪（PA）、社会信任（ST）和生活满意度（LS）之间的关联。研究数据来自一项全国性调查，涵盖了 3825 名居住在城市社区的 60 岁或以上的老年人。采用偏最小二乘-结构方程建模方法来验证假设。结果发现：（1）PREQ、PA 和 ST 与 LS 呈正相关；（2）ST 中介了 PREQ 与 LS 的关系；（3）男性、无子女、高环境感知和有锻炼习惯的人对 PREQ 更敏感。这些发现表明，改善居住环境有助于促进中国城市老年人的心理健康，这可能对建立一个适合老年人居住的社区具有一定的启示意义。
