title: Does psychological resilience mediate the impact of social support on geriatric depression? An exploratory study among Chinese older adults in Singapore.
abstract: Social support and resilience were considered to be two significant influential factors for depression in late life. The study aims to present a mediation model for understanding the interrelations among social support, resilience, and geriatric depression. A cross-sectional survey study was conducted among 162 community-dwelling Chinese older adults in Singapore. Findings indicated a significant indirect effect of social support on geriatric depression through the mediation of resilience, by controlling demographic variables. Further, an identical influencing pattern between problem-solving resilience and emotion regulation resilience were found in the two individual models, suggesting a similar mediation role in linking social support and geriatric depression. These results extended and integrated earlier findings on the relationship of psychosocial factors and geriatric depression, and pointed out practical implications for future work on depression interventions.
authors.affiliation: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, 31 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637718, Singapore. Electronic address: jli020@e.ntu.edu.sg.
authors.forename: Jinhui
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, 31 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637718, Singapore.
authors.forename: Yin-Leng
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Theng
authors.affiliation: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, 31 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637718, Singapore.
authors.forename: Schubert
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Foo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011340:Problem Solving; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012846:Singapore / Q000453:epidemiology; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Geriatric depression; Mediation effect; Psychological resilience; Social support