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Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Loneliness in Mid- and Later Life: Are Benefits Contingent on Race/Ethnicity or Neighborhood Disorder?
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The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2023-08, Vol.78 (9), p.1581-1590
Ort / Verlag
US: Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsjahr
2023
Quelle
Oxford Journals 2020 Medicine
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Abstract
Objectives
Connections between social integration and health throughout the life span are well established, including at the neighborhood level and among older adults. Less explored is how pathways between neighborhood social cohesion and well-being may differ by race/ethnicity or by neighborhood disorder. This study investigates whether perceived neighborhood social cohesion is associated with loneliness in adults aged 50 and older, and whether this association is moderated by race/ethnicity or perceived neighborhood disorder.
Methods
We used pooled cross-sectional data from the 2016 and 2018 waves of the Health and Retirement Study and respondents to the Leave-behind Questionnaire age 50 and older, living in the community (N = 10,713). Data were analyzed using multivariate ordinary least squares regression.
Results
Perceived social cohesion was negatively associated with loneliness (B = −0.13, p < .001); however, this effect was strongest among White respondents, and significantly weaker for respondents who were Black (B = 0.02, p < .05), Hispanic (B = 0.03, p < .05), or of another race/ethnicity (B = 0.03, p < .05). Further, neighborhood disorder moderated the association between social cohesion and loneliness (B = 0.02, p < .001), reducing the strength of relationship for those in areas of high disorder. Inclusion of this interaction also attenuated the interaction between neighborhood cohesion and race for Black older adults.
Discussion
Findings show that neighborhood social cohesion matters for midlife and older adults’ loneliness, but that this relationship varies by race/ethnicity and neighborhood disorder. As such, neighborhood racial/ethnic makeup and both social and objective neighborhood characteristics should be considered when designing interventions to reduce loneliness.
Sprache
Englisch
Identifikatoren
ISSN: 1079-5014
eISSN: 1758-5368
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbad081
Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2818057956
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