Built Environment and Loneliness Trajectories Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in China

Social Isolation, Loneliness, and Cognitive Decline Among Black Americans: The Moderating Role of Neighborhood Context.

Age-friendly community environments and depressive symptom trajectories among middle-aged and older adults in China: Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS).

How age-friendly community environments contribute to reducing the risk of developing adverse depressive trajectories remains an important area for scholarly inquiry. Using the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) data from 2011 to 2020, this study employed Group-based trajectory modeling (GBTM) to i...

The Longitudinal Association Between Disability and Loneliness Among Older Adults in China: An Urban–Rural Comparative Analysis

Loneliness is a major mental health concern among older adults and has been increasingly linked to functional decline in later life. This study aimed to inform targeted care strategies by exploring urban–rural differences in the longitudinal association between disability and loneliness among older adults in China. Dat...

Age-Moderated Associations Between Social Support and Loneliness in Latino Adults with Cardiovascular Disease.

BackgroundLoneliness is recognized as a public health concern linked to adverse mental and physical health outcomes, including cardiovascular disease (CVD). Latino adults experience disproportionate CVD prevalence and structural barriers that may exacerbate loneliness, yet little is known about how age moderates the as...

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Cognitive-Functional Aging Trajectories: A Nationally Representative Study in China.

BACKGROUNDS Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with long-term health risks, yet how childhood adversity shapes joint trajectories of cognitive and functional aging remains unclear. OBJECTIVES This study examined associations between ACEs and joint cognitive-functional trajectories and tested whether...

Multidimensional Social Isolation and All-Cause Mortality Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in China: Gender and Rural-Urban Differences.

This study examines whether multidimensional social isolation is associated with all-cause mortality and explores whether these associations vary by gender and rural-urban residence in China. Using nationally representative longitudinal data from 12,686 adults aged 45 and older in the China Health and Retirement Longit...