Neighborhood Characteristics and Older Adults' Well-Being: The Roles of Sense of Community and Personal Resilience

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	Neighborhood Characteristics and Older Adults' Well-Being: The Roles of Sense of Community and Personal Resilience
	Zhang, Jinfeng 1,2,3; Zhang, Jianxin 1; Zhou, Mingjie 1; Yu, Nancy Xiaonan 2
摘要	The ecological model stresses the importance of the neighborhood context to aging successfully. This cross-sectional study aimed to examine the associations between neighborhood characteristics (public space, senior population density, and senior service) and the well-being of older adults, with sense of community as a potential mediator and personal resilience as a potential moderator. The sample consisted of 628 individuals (aged 60-97 years) recruited from 32 neighborhoods in Beijing, China. They completed measures of resilience, sense of community, and well-being. Neighborhood characteristics, including per capita public space, senior population density, and senior services, were obtained from neighborhood committees. We used hierarchical linear modeling to analyze the individual data from participants' self-reported measures and objective data regarding neighborhoods. The results showed that: (a) public space, senior population density, and senior services were positively associated with the well-being of older adults; (b) sense of community mediated the above associations; (c) the associations between neighborhood characteristics-such as per capita public space, senior services, and well-being-were strengthened by personal resilience. This study highlighted the importance of neighborhoods to older adult's well-being, including objective characteristics and a subjective sense of community. Besides personal strength, enhancing neighborhood resources is recommended to promote the well-being of elderly people.
关键词	Neighborhood Well-being Sense of community Resilience Older adults
	2018-06-01
语种	英语
DOI	10.1007/s11205-017-1626-0
发表期刊	SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH
ISSN	0303-8300
卷号	137 期号:3 页码:949-963
资助项目	CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences ; CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
出版者	SPRINGER
WOS关键词	SCALE CD-RISC ; MENTAL-HEALTH ; URBAN CHINA ; HONG-KONG ; EARTHQUAKE SURVIVORS ; MULTILEVEL MEDIATION ; DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS ; PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY ; SOCIAL COHESION ; MORALE SCALE
WOS研究方向	Social Sciences - Other Topics ; Sociology
WOS类目	Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary ; Sociology
WOS记录号	WOS:000434062000006
资助机构	CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/26410
通讯作者	Zhou, Mingjie; Yu, Nancy Xiaonan
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, CAS Key Lab Mental Hlth, 16 Lincui Rd, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.City Univ Hong Kong, Dept Appl Social Sci, Tat Chee Ave, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China 3.Chongqing Univ, Sch Publ Affairs, Chongqing 400044, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, Jinfeng,Zhang, Jianxin,Zhou, Mingjie,et al. Neighborhood Characteristics and Older Adults' Well-Being: The Roles of Sense of Community and Personal Resilience[J]. SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH,2018,137(3):949-963.
APA	Zhang, Jinfeng,Zhang, Jianxin,Zhou, Mingjie,&Yu, Nancy Xiaonan.(2018).Neighborhood Characteristics and Older Adults' Well-Being: The Roles of Sense of Community and Personal Resilience.SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH,137(3),949-963.
MLA	Zhang, Jinfeng,et al."Neighborhood Characteristics and Older Adults' Well-Being: The Roles of Sense of Community and Personal Resilience".SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH 137.3(2018):949-963.