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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Aging and Public Health
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1480295

The effect of community environment on the trajectory of depressive symptoms and cohort differences among middle-aged and elderly Chinese

Provisionally accepted
  • Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

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    Urbanization has changed the living environment of middle-aged and elderly Chinese, but it also brings certain mental pressure to them. Few studies have explored the effect of community environment on the development trajectory and the cohort differences of depressive symptoms in Chinese individuals. Based on the longitudinal data of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) from 2011 to 2020, using three-level hierarchical linear growth model, this study examined the effect of community environment on the trajectory of depressive symptoms and cohort differences among middle-

    Keywords: community environment, depressive symptoms, Development trajectory, cohort differences, Multi-level Growth Model

    Received: 13 Aug 2024; Accepted: 01 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Li. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Xuyang Li, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

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