晚年的社会参与和抑郁之间是否存在相互关系？
Does a reciprocal relationship exist between social engagement and depression in later life?
机构信息
Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Centre for Ageing Research & Education, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.
出版信息
Aging Ment Health. 2023 Jan;27(1):70-80. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2021.2024794. Epub 2022 Jan 7.
OBJECTIVES
We examine if reciprocal associations exist between formal and informal social engagement and depression in older adults.
METHOD
We apply dynamic panel-data structural equation models accompanied with the maximum likelihood estimator (ML-SEM) to the seven waves of data of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (KLoSA).
RESULTS
Formal social engagement in and through various voluntary groups exerts both cross-lagged and proximal effects in lessening depressive symptoms. In contrast, informal social engagement with familiar persons exhibits only proximal association with depression. Conversely, depression does not reciprocate a cross-lagged effect on either type of social engagement.
CONCLUSION
The study confirms that formal social engagement in and through various voluntary groups produces a protective effect against depression for older adults across time, supporting the mental health advantage of formal engagement.
目的
我们考察了老年人正式和非正式社会参与与抑郁之间是否存在相互关联。
方法
我们应用动态面板数据结构方程模型和最大似然估计（ML-SEM）对韩国老龄化纵向研究（KLoSA）的七波数据进行分析。
结果
通过各种志愿者团体的正式社会参与既具有交叉滞后效应，也具有近期效应，可以减轻抑郁症状。相比之下，与熟人的非正式社会参与仅与抑郁有近期关联。相反，抑郁对两种类型的社会参与都没有产生交叉滞后效应。
结论
该研究证实，老年人通过各种志愿者团体的正式社会参与具有跨时间保护其心理健康的作用，支持了正式参与对心理健康的优势。
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