Department of Dementia Prevention and Rehabilitation, College of Human Service, Catholic Kwandong University, Gangneung, Republic of Korea.
Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Software and Digital Healthcare Convergence, Yonsei University, Wonju, Republic of Korea.
J Appl Gerontol. 2023 Nov;42(11):2233-2241. doi: 10.1177/07334648231183772. Epub 2023 Jul 31.
A high level of resilience is positively related to successful aging. However, interventions to increase resilience in older adults are not yet available. This study aimed to examine the mediating role of community participation in the relationship between resilience and successful aging. Data from 284 individuals aged 60 years and above were analyzed in this cross-sectional study. The pathways among resilience, community participation, and successful aging were statistically significant after controlling for sociodemographic characteristics, depression, disability, and chronic disease. The analysis revealed a partial mediating effect of community participation (unstandardized estimate = .01, < .01), explaining 16.4% of the total effect of resilience on successful aging. Promoting community participation may be beneficial for enhancing successful aging in community-dwelling older adults. Further studies to examine the causal relationship between community participation and successful aging and to develop community services are recommended to use community resources as means to support successful aging.
高韧性与成功老龄化呈正相关。然而，目前还没有增加老年人韧性的干预措施。本研究旨在探讨社区参与在韧性与成功老龄化之间关系中的中介作用。本横断面研究分析了 284 名年龄在 60 岁及以上的个体的数据。在控制了社会人口统计学特征、抑郁、残疾和慢性病后，韧性、社区参与和成功老龄化之间的途径具有统计学意义。分析显示，社区参与具有部分中介效应（未标准化估计值=.01，<.01），解释了韧性对成功老龄化总效应的 16.4%。促进社区参与可能有利于增强社区居住的老年人的成功老龄化。建议进一步研究社区参与与成功老龄化之间的因果关系，并开发社区服务，以利用社区资源作为支持成功老龄化的手段。
