The association between socioeconomic status perception and mental health among Chinese older adults: the mediating roles of social trust and justice
Background: Mental health is a matter of quality of life among older adults. This study aimed to explore the association between the socioeconomic status (SES) perception and mental health of older adults using data from 2017 Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS). Methods: Ordinary least squares (OLS...
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| description | Background: Mental health is a matter of quality of life among older adults. This study aimed to explore the association between the socioeconomic status (SES) perception and mental health of older adults using data from 2017 Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS). Methods: Ordinary least squares (OLS) regression was used to analyse the association between SES perception and mental health, and the substitution model and variable methods were used to check the robustness of the results. Moreover, we adopted the Sobel model to analyse the mediating roles of social trust and justice. Results: SES perception was positively associated with mental health, and this association was mediated by social trust and justice. This kind of positive association was mainly embodied in those groups with the highest or lowest objective SES. In other words, this study confirmed the phenomenon of “a contented mind is a perpetual feast” in Chinese society. Conclusions: Higher SES perception is associated with improved mental health for Chinese older adults. It is imperative to prioritize efforts to enhance the perceptual abilities of older adults, particularly those with the highest or lowest objective SES, to promote their overall subjective well-being. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:e8919250-91cb-4f51-b651-24cba42126382024-06-07T20:14:18ZThe association between socioeconomic status perception and mental health among Chinese older adults: the mediating roles of social trust and justiceJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:e8919250-91cb-4f51-b651-24cba4212638EnglishJisc Publications RouterBioMed Central2024Ran, XZhang, XGong, WChen, GBackground: Mental health is a matter of quality of life among older adults. This study aimed to explore the association between the socioeconomic status (SES) perception and mental health of older adults using data from 2017 Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS). Methods: Ordinary least squares (OLS) regression was used to analyse the association between SES perception and mental health, and the substitution model and variable methods were used to check the robustness of the results. Moreover, we adopted the Sobel model to analyse the mediating roles of social trust and justice. Results: SES perception was positively associated with mental health, and this association was mediated by social trust and justice. This kind of positive association was mainly embodied in those groups with the highest or lowest objective SES. In other words, this study confirmed the phenomenon of “a contented mind is a perpetual feast” in Chinese society. Conclusions: Higher SES perception is associated with improved mental health for Chinese older adults. It is imperative to prioritize efforts to enhance the perceptual abilities of older adults, particularly those with the highest or lowest objective SES, to promote their overall subjective well-being. |
| spellingShingle | Ran, X Zhang, X Gong, W Chen, G The association between socioeconomic status perception and mental health among Chinese older adults: the mediating roles of social trust and justice |
| title | The association between socioeconomic status perception and mental health among Chinese older adults: the mediating roles of social trust and justice |
| title_full | The association between socioeconomic status perception and mental health among Chinese older adults: the mediating roles of social trust and justice |
| title_fullStr | The association between socioeconomic status perception and mental health among Chinese older adults: the mediating roles of social trust and justice |
| title_full_unstemmed | The association between socioeconomic status perception and mental health among Chinese older adults: the mediating roles of social trust and justice |
| title_short | The association between socioeconomic status perception and mental health among Chinese older adults: the mediating roles of social trust and justice |
| title_sort | association between socioeconomic status perception and mental health among chinese older adults the mediating roles of social trust and justice |
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