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Article: The mediating role of hardiness in the relationship between perceived loneliness and depressive symptoms among older
Title | The mediating role of hardiness in the relationship between perceived loneliness and depressive symptoms among older |
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Keywords | aging psychological distress quality of life resilience |
Issue Date | 2020 |
Publisher | Routledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13607863.asp |
Citation | Aging & Mental Health, 2020, v. 24 n. 5, p. 805-810 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Introduction: Perceived loneliness and depression are risk factors threatening mental well-being of older people. Yet, hardiness, a modifiable internal resource that supports functional resilience, may enhance the capacity of adjusting to challenges arising from age-related physical and psychosocial changes. Hence, hardiness can be a protective factor of mental health. This study examined the role of hardiness in the relationship between perceived loneliness and depressive symptoms among older people in Hong Kong. Methods: 424 Cantonese-speaking Chinese participants, aged 60 years or above, completed a self-reported questionnaire set related to perceived loneliness, hardiness, and depressive symptoms. Structural equation modeling was used to test the proposed model. Results: Results revealed that hardiness partially mediated the positive association between perceived loneliness and depressive symptoms [β =.18, p <.001, BC 95% CI (.10,.27)] with good data-model fit [χ2(32) = 36.34, p =.27; CFI =.998; TLI =.997; RMSEA =.018; SRMR =.022]. Conclusion: Older people with higher level of perceived loneliness reported less hardiness. Lower levels of hardiness, in turn, correlated with increased self-reported depressive symptoms. The potential benefits of hardiness for promoting mental health of older people was discussed. © 2018, © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. |
Description | eid_2-s2.0-85059575035 |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/273799 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.8 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.403 |
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dc.contributor.author | Ng, SM | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lee, TMC | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-08-18T14:48:48Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-08-18T14:48:48Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Aging & Mental Health, 2020, v. 24 n. 5, p. 805-810 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1360-7863 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/273799 | - |
dc.description | eid_2-s2.0-85059575035 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Introduction: Perceived loneliness and depression are risk factors threatening mental well-being of older people. Yet, hardiness, a modifiable internal resource that supports functional resilience, may enhance the capacity of adjusting to challenges arising from age-related physical and psychosocial changes. Hence, hardiness can be a protective factor of mental health. This study examined the role of hardiness in the relationship between perceived loneliness and depressive symptoms among older people in Hong Kong. Methods: 424 Cantonese-speaking Chinese participants, aged 60 years or above, completed a self-reported questionnaire set related to perceived loneliness, hardiness, and depressive symptoms. Structural equation modeling was used to test the proposed model. Results: Results revealed that hardiness partially mediated the positive association between perceived loneliness and depressive symptoms [β =.18, p <.001, BC 95% CI (.10,.27)] with good data-model fit [χ2(32) = 36.34, p =.27; CFI =.998; TLI =.997; RMSEA =.018; SRMR =.022]. Conclusion: Older people with higher level of perceived loneliness reported less hardiness. Lower levels of hardiness, in turn, correlated with increased self-reported depressive symptoms. The potential benefits of hardiness for promoting mental health of older people was discussed. © 2018, © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Routledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13607863.asp | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Aging & Mental Health | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | aging | - |
dc.subject | psychological distress | - |
dc.subject | quality of life | - |
dc.subject | resilience | - |
dc.title | The mediating role of hardiness in the relationship between perceived loneliness and depressive symptoms among older | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Lee, TMC: tmclee@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Lee, TMC=rp00564 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/13607863.2018.1550629 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85059575035 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 300981 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 24 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 5 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 805 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 810 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000530937200016 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1360-7863 | - |