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Social Participation and Depression in Old Age: A Fixed-Effects Analysis in 10 European Countries
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We examined whether changes in different forms of social participation were associated with changes in depressive symptoms in older Europeans. We used lagged individual fixed-effects models based on data from 9,068 persons aged ≥50 years in wave 1 (2004/2005), wave 2 (2006/2007), and wave 4 (2010/2011) of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). After we controlled for a wide set of confounders, increased participation in religious organizations predicted a decline in depressive symptoms (EURO-D Scale; possible range, 0-12) 4 years later (β = -0.190 units, 95% confidence interval: -0.365, -0.016), while participation in political/community organizations was associated with an increase in depressive symptoms (β = 0.222 units, 95% confidence interval: 0.018, 0.428). There were no significant differences between European regions in these associations. Our findings suggest that social participation is associated with depressive symptoms, but the direction and strength of the association depend on the type of social activity. Participation in religious organizations may offer mental health benefits beyond those offered by other forms of social participation.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Croezen, S., Avendano, M., Burdorf, A., & van Lenthe, F. J.
- Affiliations
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- Venue
- American Journal of Epidemiology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2015-05-29
- Volume
- 182
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 168-176
- ISSN
- 0002-9262 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-6256
- PMC
- PMC4493978
- OpenAlex
- W2162748694
- Cited by
- 305
- References
- 46
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 14.14
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- American Journal of Epidemiology (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (publishedVersion)
- London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) (submittedVersion)
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- EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion)
- Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- European Commission (261982, IAG BSR06-11, QLK6‐CT‐2001‐ 00360, RII-CT- 2006-062193, P01_AG08291, SHARE-I3: RII-CT-2006-062193, SHARE M4, SHARE-I3, U01 AG09740-13S2, P30 AG12815, CIT5-CT-2005- 028857, R21_AG025169, P01 AG005842, 211909, OGHA 04-064, CIT4-CT-2006-028812, Y1-AG-4553-01, 227822, COMPARE: CIT5‐CT‐2005‐028857, SHARELIFE: CIT4-CT-2006–028812)
- National Institutes of Health (2p30ag012815-16)
- U.S. Public Health Service (OGHA 04-064, IAG BSR06-11)
- National Institute on Aging (U01 AG09740-13S2, P01 AG005842, P01 AG08291, P30 AG12815, R21 AG025169, Y1-AG-4553-01, IAG BSR06-11 and OGHA 04-064, OGHA 04- 064, R01AG040248, R01AG037398, CIT5-CT-2005-028857, IAG BSR06-11 and OGHA 04-064, R01AG037398, U01 AG09740‐13S2, P30AG12815, AG09740, 261982, QLK6-CT-2001-00360, P01AG008291, P30AG012815, R01AG040248, BSR06-11, CIT4-CT-2006-028812, 227822, IAG BSR06- 11, R21AG025169, AG005842, 211909, RII-CT-2006-062193, P01AG005842, U01AG009740, Y1-AG-4553–01)
- FP7 Ideas: European Research Council (263684)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Aging, Health, and Disability
- Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Keywords
- social participation, depression, older adults, religious organizations, depressive symptoms, mental health, aging, SHARE survey
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Aging, Depression, Europe, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Religion and Psychology, Social Participation
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