Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Psychological Well-Being Among Older Adults: The Mediating Role of Home Attachment, Neighborhood Attachment, and Social Capital

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the association between neighborhood social cohesion and psychological well-being among older adults in Iran in 2020. A cross-sectional design was employed, with 414 older adults recruited using a clustered sampling technique. The data collection instruments included the WHO-5 Well-Being Index, the Perceived Neighborhood Social Cohesion scale, the Place Attachment Scale for Older Adults, and the Social Capital Assessment Tool. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and the PROCESS Macro model 4 in SPSS24. Neighborhood social capital was found to completely mediate the association between neighborhood cohesion and psychological well-being among older adults. These results suggest that policymakers should consider implementing targeted policies to enhance neighborhood cohesion in order to improve the psychological well-being of older adults.

Keywords:

• Aging
• home attachment
• neighborhood attachment
• neighborhood cohesion
• neighborhood social capital
• psychological well-being

Disclosure statement

The author declares that there is no conflict of interest.

Ethics approval statement

This research was approved by the Research Ethics Committee at the University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences (ethical code: IR.USWR.REC.1399.125). All of the procedures involving human participants were in accordance with the APA ethical standards.

Data availability statement

The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Additional information

Funding

This study was supported by grant no. 2688 in the University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences.