Moderating Effects of Community Social Capital on Depression in Later Years of Life: A Latent Interaction Model.

CONCLUSIONS: The findings support the hypothesis of stress buffering model and identify the protective effects of community social capital on depression of older adults.
CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Older adults with lower community social capital are particularly vulnerable to depression. The results highlight that practitioners and policymakers should pay more attention to finding ways to enhance community resources to improve older adults' mental health.
PMID: 30235072 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Clinical Gerontologist - September 21, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Tags: Clin Gerontol Source Type: research