Abstract

ABSTRACT Our study investigates the relationship between social participation and loneliness among Chinese older adults, and explores how their views of social change moderate the strength of this relationship. We utilised cross-sectional nationwide data from the China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey (CLASS). Results show that increased online participation and community participation correlated with decreased loneliness, while greater workforce participation associated with increased loneliness. Moreover, older adults’ views of social change could moderate the association between their community participation and loneliness. Our findings indicate that promoting social participation and addressing older adults’ views of social change would help tackle later-life loneliness.

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