The Role of Age-Friendly Environment in Promoting Healthy Aging: From Multidimensional Environmental Facets and Psychological Perspective.

Jingjing Cai, Minmin Jiang, Qunlong Wang, Hongying Zhu, Lu Li

School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou, P.R.China.School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou, P.R.China. · pubmed

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Abstract

Age-friendly environments are a key determinant of healthy aging, while subjective age is assumed to be a psychological factor affecting one's behavior and well-being. This study explores how age-friendly environments play a role in promoting healthy aging through (1) putting macro-social and micro-family environments in the same context and (2) examining the moderating role of subjective age. In a random sample of 2,788 older adults, we found that (1) higher levels of age-friendly family and social environments were consistently associated with better health outcomes; (2) subjective age significantly moderated the social environment-frailty relationship (β = -0.26,

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Research summary

Higher levels of age-friendly family and social environments are associated with better health outcomes in older adults. The paper is relevant as it addresses the environmental factors that can influence healthy aging, which is a crucial aspect of longevity research.

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