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Perceived neighborhood social cohesion and subsequent health and well-being in older adults: An outcome-wide longitudinal approach.

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BACKGROUND:Growing research documents associations between neighborhood social cohesion with better health and well-being. However, other work has identified social cohesion's "dark side" and its ability to promote negative outcomes. It remains unclear if such diverging findings are attributable to differences in study design, or other reasons. To better capture its potential heterogeneous effects, we took an outcome-wide analytic approach to examine perceived neighborhood social cohesion in relation to a range of health and well-being outcomes. METHODS:Data were from 12,998 participants in the Health and Retirement Study-a large, diverse, prospective, and nationally representative cohort of U.S. adults age >50. Multiple regression models evaluated if social cohesion was associated with physical health, health behavior, psychological well-being, psychological distress, and social well-being outcomes. All models adjusted for sociodemographics, personality, and numerous baseline health and well-being characteristics. To evaluate the effects of change in cohesion, we adjusted for prior social cohesion. Bonferroni correction was used to account for multiple testing. RESULTS:Perceived neighborhood social cohesion was not associated with most physical health outcomes (except for reduced risk of physical functioning limitations and better self-rated health) nor health behavior outcomes (except for more binge drinking). However, it was associated with numerous subsequent psychosocial well-being (i.e., higher: positive affect, life satisfaction, optimism, purpose in life, mastery, health mastery, financial mastery; reduced likelihood of infrequent contact with friends) and psychological distress outcomes (i.e., lower depression, hopelessness, negative affect, loneliness) over the 4-year follow-up period. CONCLUSIONS:With further research, these results suggest that perceived neighborhood social cohesion might be a valuable target for innovative policies aimed at improving well-being.

journal_name

Health Place

journal_title

Health & place

authors

Kim ES,Chen Y,Kawachi I,VanderWeele TJ

doi

10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.102420

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-11-01 00:00:00

pages

102420

eissn

1353-8292

issn

1873-2054

pii

S1353-8292(19)31392-9

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Perceived neighborhood social cohesion and subsequent health and well-being in older adults: An outcome-wide longitudinal approach.