Perceptions of neighborhood safety and depressive symptoms among older minority urban subsidized housing residents: the mediating effect of sense of community belonging

Gonyea, Judith G.; Curley, Alexandra M.; Melekis, Kelly; Lee, Yeonjung

doi:10.1080/13607863.2017.1383970

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“…In this study, there was a significant positive relationship between feelings of safety in the community and MCS. This finding is congruent with the previous evidence that perceived neighborhood safety is associated with a greater overall and mental well-being [38,39]. The actual and perceived neighborhood safety can be generated from informal social control.…”

Section: Association Between Social Capital and Health-related Quality Of Lifesupporting

confidence: 89%

Social Capital and Health-related Quality of Life of Older Adults Living in Thai Rural Areas

Nishino¹,

Kotera²,

Tongtham³

2021

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Section: Association Between Social Capital and Health-related Quality Of Lifesupporting

confidence: 89%

Social Capital and Health-related Quality of Life of Older Adults Living in Thai Rural Areas

Nishino¹,

Kotera²,

Tongtham³

2021

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“…An earlier study showed that a sense of belonging and trusting neighborly relationships were vital elements of the support system of older adults 73 . Indeed, a sense of belonging, as one of the basic human needs, has been shown to enhance the psychological well-being of individuals and reduce suicidal ideation and depression symptoms [74][75][76][77][78] ; previous studies have shown that a sense of belonging contributed to the survival of community-dwelling older adults through psychological pathways 79,80 . The sense of belonging to the community among segregated Indian Americans also explained individual differences in mental health and mortality by suicide [81][82][83] .…”

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confidence: 99%

All-cause mortality and three aspects of social relationships: an eight-year follow-up of older adults from one entire Korean village

Youm

Baldina

Baek

2021

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Various aspects of social relationships have been examined as risk factors for mortality. In particular, most research has focused on either loneliness or social disengagement. We aimed to extend the current research by adding a group-level segregation measure utilizing the whole social network of one entire village in South Korea. The analyses were based on the Korean Social Life, Health and Aging Project data collected over eight years across five waves. Of the 679 old adults who participated throughout the entire project (to wave 5), 63 were confirmed as deceased. All three aspects of social relationships examined, loneliness, social disengagement, and group-level segregation, were associated with mortality in the traditional Cox proportional hazard model without considering health-related time-varying covariates. However, a Cox marginal structural model, a counterfactual statistical measure that is designed to control for censoring bias due to sample attrition over the eight years and time-varying confounding variables, revealed that only group-level segregation was associated with mortality. Our results strongly suggest that more attention is needed on group-level segregation for mortality studies, as well as on well-known individual-level risk factors, including social disengagement and loneliness. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.

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“…Some studies’ results are not in line with our findings, mainly the results obtained from the adults of the Seventh Day Adventist Cohort [ 6 ] who seemed to have a better mental profile when adopting a vegetarian diet. This religious community is somewhat different than the Constances cohort in that it has not been drawn from the general population and where vegetarianism is more seen as a support for a religious view rather than a diet approach; the religious view is linked with a sense of belonging to a well-defined community, which is known to protect from depression [ 30 ]. In a recent systematic review and meta-analysis regarding depressive symptoms and diet quality, Molendjik et al [ 31 ] also reported that adherence to high-quality, healthy diets including but not restricted to pro-vegetarian diets was associated with lower depression incidence in a linear dose-response pattern [ 31 ].…”

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Depressive Symptoms and Vegetarian Diets: Results from the Constances Cohort

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The association between depressive symptoms and vegetarian diets is controversial. This study examines the cross-sectional association between depressive symptoms and vegetarian diets while controlling for potential confounders. Among 90,380 subjects from the population-based Constances cohort, depressive symptoms were defined by a score ≥19 on the Centre of Epidemiologic Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale and diet types (omnivorous, pesco-vegetarian, lacto-ovo-vegetarian and vegan) were determined with a food frequency questionnaire. Associations between depressive symptoms and diet were estimated through logistic regressions adjusting for socio-demographics, other foods, alcohol and tobacco consumption, physical activity and health-related concerns; specificity analyses considered the exclusion of any other food group. Depressive symptoms were associated with pesco-vegetarian and lacto-ovo-vegetarian diets in multivariable analyses (Odds-Ratio [95% confidence interval]: 1.43 [1.19–1.72] and 1.36 [1.09–1.70], respectively), especially in case of low legumes intake (p for interaction < 0.0001), as well as with the exclusion of any food group (e.g., 1.37 [1.24–1.52], 1.40 [1.31–1.50], 1.71 [1.49–1.97] for meat, fish and vegetables exclusion, respectively). Regardless of food type, the Odds-Ratio of depressive symptoms gradually increased with the number of excluded food groups (p for trend < 0.0001). Depressive symptoms are associated with the exclusion of any food group from the diet, including but not restricted to animal products.

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Perceptions of neighborhood safety and depressive symptoms among older minority urban subsidized housing residents: the mediating effect of sense of community belonging

Abstract: The findings suggest the importance of continued exploration of the role of social capital in relation to feelings of safety in later life.

Cited by 42 publications

References 33 publications

Social Capital and Health-related Quality of Life of Older Adults Living in Thai Rural Areas

Social Capital and Health-related Quality of Life of Older Adults Living in Thai Rural Areas

All-cause mortality and three aspects of social relationships: an eight-year follow-up of older adults from one entire Korean village

Depressive Symptoms and Vegetarian Diets: Results from the Constances Cohort

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