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September 8, 2026Aging & Mental HealthOpen Access

Neighborhood physical disorder and social participation among older Americans: mediations of social cohesion and depressive symptoms

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ECEthan Siu Leung Cheung

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Longitudinal cohort study reveals neighborhood physical disorder reduces social participation in older adults, highlighting social cohesion and depression as key mediators.

Key Points

  • To evaluate the longitudinal link between neighborhood physical disorder and social participation among community-dwelling older adults, testing social cohesion and depressive symptoms as potential mediating pathways.
  • Analyzed national data from Rounds 12–14 of the National Health and Aging Trends Study involving 3,350 Americans aged 65 or older.
  • Measured social participation across five formal and informal activities using self-reports.
  • Applied cross-sectional and longitudinal linear regression models with lagged dependent variables, alongside path analysis to assess mediation by low social cohesion and depressive symptoms.
  • Neighborhood physical disorder was significantly associated with decreased social participation over time, though the strength of the association diminished across rounds.
  • Low social cohesion mediated the link between physical disorder and social participation in Rounds 12 and 13, while depressive symptoms acted as a mediator in Round 13 only.
  • No longitudinal mediation effects were observed across the multi-wave study period.

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Ethan Siu Leung Cheung (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9fd77658e84d0ff5b46368https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2026.2724105
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