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Identification, Trend Analysis and Influencing Factors of Mental Health Status of the Chinese Older Adults

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  • Hongyan Yang

    (Center for Social Security Studies, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China)

  • Jun Ma

    (Center for Social Security Studies, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China)

  • Hongwei Hu

    (School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China, Haidian District, Beijing 100872, China)

  • Fanjie Li

    (International Education School of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan 430073, China)

Abstract

This study aimed to analyse the classification, development trends and the influencing factors of the Chinese older adults’ mental health state. Based on longitudinal data of Chinese older adults from 2005 to 2014, 2077 older adults aged 64 to 105 were included and the Latent Class Model, Latent Growth Mixture Model and Multinomial Logit models were employed in this study. We find that there are three types of mental health state of the Chinese older adults: negative, positive and contradictory; and the contradictory type could easily turn into negative or positive mental health state. There are four types of dynamic trends of mental health state: persistently negative, persistently positive, pro-negative, and pro-positive. About 40% of the older adults could maintain positive mental health state, and the pro-negative accounts for larger proportion than the pro-positive. Better economic status, good living habits, cohabitation with family members and pension coverage are beneficial for positive mental health state of the Chinese older adults. There is significant heterogeneity in the state as well as development trends of mental health of the older adults. The older adults with contradictory and negative types of mental health state should get timely psychological help to avoid turning into negative state. A series of polices are needed to promote mental health for the older adults in China.

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  • Hongyan Yang & Jun Ma & Hongwei Hu & Fanjie Li, 2020. "Identification, Trend Analysis and Influencing Factors of Mental Health Status of the Chinese Older Adults," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(21), pages 1-13, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:21:p:8251-:d:441807
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