Social trust and emotional health in rural older adults in China: the mediating and moderating role of subjective well-being and subjective social status

作者：Hongsheng Chen, Zhenjun Zhu · 发表于：BMC Public Health · 年份：2021 · DOI：10.1186/s12889-021-10617-y · 被引用次数：27 · 研究领域：Health disparities and outcomes、Aging and Gerontology Research、Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving

BACKGROUND: China is becoming an aging society. The emotional health of the elderly is gaining importance. Social trust is an important factor affecting emotional health, but existing studies have rarely considered the various effects of different types of social trust on rural elderly emotional health. Few studies have analysed the role of subjective well-being and subjective social status in the relationship between social trust and elderly emotional health. METHODS: Using the data of the China Labor-force Dynamics Survey 2016 (CLDS 2016) and regression models, this study selected 2084 rural respondents aged 60 years and above to analyse the impact of social trust on their emotional health. Social trust was divided into three categories: trust in family members, trust in friends, and trust in neighbours. This study also examined the mediating and moderating effects of subjective well-being and subjective social status on the relationship between social trust and emotional health. RESULTS: Trust in family members was significantly and positively associated with emotional health (coefficient = 0.194, P < 0.01) and subjective well-being (coefficient = 0.177, P < 0.01). Trust in friends was significantly and positively associated with emotional health and subjective well-being (coefficient = 0.097, P < 0.01; coefficient = 0.174, P < 0.01, respectively). Trust in neighbours was significantly and positively associated with emotional health and subjective well-being (coefficient =...