The effect of self-worth on depression in the elderly:the chain mediating effect of aging attitude and anxiety
Objective To explore the mediating role of aging attitude and anxiety in the relationship between self-worth and depression among the elderly.Methods From July to August 2022,a total of 536 elderly people in Shijiazhuang University for the Elderly were surveyed by the elderly self-worth scale,gener-alized anxiety disorder-7(GAD-7),attitudes to aging questionnaire(AAQ)and patient health questionnaire(PHQ-9).SPSS 26.0 software was used for descriptive statistics and correlation analysis.AMOS 24.0 was used to construct an intermediation model,and Bootstrap method was used for mediating effect testing.Results(1)The score of self-worth was 101.00(92.00,112.00),the score of aging attitude was 92.00(83.00,101.75),the score of anxiety was 2.00(0,6.00),and the score of depression was 2.00(0,5.00).(2)Self-worth was positively correlated with aging attitude(r=0.67,P＜0.01),while negatively cor-related with anxiety(r=-0.45,P＜0.01)and depression(r=-0.48,P＜0.01).The aging attitude was nega-tively correlated with anxiety(r=-0.41,P＜0.01)and depression(r=-0.41,P＜0.01).Anxiety was posi-tively correlated with depression(r=0.71,P＜0.01).(3)The indirect effect of aging attitude between self-worth and depression in the elderly was-0.016,accounting for 19.75％(-0.016/-0.081)of the total indi-rect effect.The indirect effect of anxiety between self-worth and depression in the elderly was-0.045,ac-counting for 55.56％(-0.045/-0.081)of the total indirect effect.The chain mediating effect of aging atti-tude and anxiety between self-worth and depression in the elderly was-0.020,accounting for 24.69％(-0.020/-0.081)of the total indirect effect.Conclusion Aging attitude and anxiety play a chain media-ting role between self-worth and depression in the elderly.
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