AUTHOR=Xie Jin , Zhang Bo , Yao Zhendong , Zhang Wenya , Wang Jingli , Zhao Chun-ni , Huang Xinquan 

TITLE=The effect of subjective age on loneliness in the old adults: The chain mediating role of resilience and self-esteem

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=10

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.907934

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2022.907934

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Objectives</title><p>This study aimed to explore the effect of subjective age on loneliness in old adults, and the mediating role of resilience and self-esteem in subjective age and loneliness.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>Approximately 450 old adults from Jiangxi, Hunan, Henan provinces completed the third edition of the Loneliness Scale (UCLA-LS III), Age Decade Scale (ADS), Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), and Self-Esteem Scale (SES).</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>(1) Subjective age was significantly positively correlated with loneliness. (2) Resilience, self-esteem, and loneliness were significantly negatively correlated. (3) Subjective age affected loneliness through the mediating effects of resilience and self-esteem, respectively. (4) Resilience and self-esteem played a chain mediating role between subjective age and loneliness.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>Resilience and self-esteem can directly affect the loneliness of the old adults alone and can also affect the loneliness of the old adults through the chain mediating effect of resilience and self-esteem.</p></sec>