The Influence of Social Support on the Mental Health of Elderly Individuals in Healthy Communities with the Framework of Mental Toughness

Figures & data

Figure 1 Schematic diagram of psychological resilience recombination results.

Figure 2 Schematic diagram of the psychological resilience framework.

Figure 3 Diagram of social support networks for older persons in a healthy community.

Table 1 Cronbach’s Alpha Test Results for Questionnaire Results

Dimension	Cronbach α
Life satisfaction scale	0.831
Positive effect scale	0.872
Negative effect scale	0.886
Social support rating scale	0.778
Life orientation test - revised scale	0.635
Psychological resilience scale	0.910
Average value	0.819

Table 2 Descriptive Statistics

Variable	Cases	Average	Standard Deviation	Frequency	Minimum	Maximum
Age (years old)	228	69.511	3.796	–	58	89
Gender
Male =1	228	0.579	–	132	0	1
Female =0				96
Education level
Junior high school and above = 1	228	0.478	–	109	0	1
Primary school and below = 0				119
Have a partner
Yes = 1	228	0.739	–	168	0	1
No partner = 0				60
Chronic disease
Yes = 1	228	0.592	–	135	0	1
No = 0				93
Mobility (the higher the score, the stronger the mobility)	228	17.631	3.587	–	8	24
Revenue (logarithm of total revenue (yuan))	228	8.514	0.935	–	–	–
Residents
Yes = 1	228	0.693	–	158	0	1
No = 0				70
Homeownership Property house or public
house = 1	228	0.833	–	190	0	1
Rent = 0				38
AREA 500 (green area within 500 m buffer of community/m^2)	228	36517.631	50114.352	–	0	289075.513
Mental health (scores 0–6: low risk of mental health disorders; scores 7–12: low risk of mental health problems; scores 13–18: higher risk of mental health problems; score 19–21: high risk of mental health problems)	228	10.323	4.031	–	0	24

Figure 4 The score differences of each dimension of subjective well-being in health status (***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, and *p < 0.05).

Figure 5 The results of the differences in the scores of social support, optimism, and psychological resilience in health status (***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, and *p < 0.05).

Figure 6 Correlation analysis results of elderly subjective well-being with social support, optimism, and psychological resilience (*** p < 0.001).

Figure 7 Correlation analysis results of elderly social support with optimism and psychological resilience (*** p < 0.001).

Figure 8 Classification confusion matrix using an ML algorithm.