Understanding the Interplay of Religion, Social Relationships, and Depressive Symptoms in Later Life: An Analysis of Dynamics in Individual and Dyadic Contexts.

This study examined how religious participation at the individual level and the dyadic religious similarity at the couple level influenced depressive symptoms via social relationships among older Korean couples aged 65 and above. The sample included 1,191 couples from the seventh assessment of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing. The findings indicated that older adults who participated in religious activities more frequently showed lower levels of depressive symptoms through increased social interactions and marital satisfaction.

Characterizing different patterns of digital competence and their associations with loneliness and social isolation among older adults: findings from South Korea.

Objectives: With the advent of worldwide internet networks in the digital age, digital competence can play an important role in decreasing loneliness and social isolation in older adults. This study characterized different patterns of digital competence among older adults and examined their associations with loneliness and social isolation.

Method: The sample included 315 older Korean adults ( = 68.

The Mediating Role of Sense of Control in the Associations Between Remote Contacts and Loneliness Among Older Adults.

This study explored whether a sense of control over social life mediated the associations between using remote contact (phone calls, letters/emails, social media) and loneliness for socially isolated older adults. We used path analysis with the 2014 and 2016 Health and Retirement Study datasets ( = 3767). Results showed that more frequent phone calls and letters/emails were associated with lower levels of loneliness through sense of control.

Patterns of multimorbidity trajectories and their correlates among Korean older adults.

Objective: This study aims to identify distinct patterns of 10-year multimorbidity trajectory among Korean older adults and examine factors associated with the patterns.

Methods: Data were drawn from the six waves of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing (KLoSA, 2006-2016). We examined trajectories of multimorbidity of 1,705 older adults aged 65 and older using Growth Mixture Modeling.

Daily stressors facilitate giving and receiving of emotional support in adulthood.

The aims of the present study were to examine whether daily stressors are associated with engagement in emotional support and whether these associations differ by gender. Analyses were conducted using Wave 2 of Midlife in the United States data and its subproject National Study of Daily Experiences. The sample consisted of adults aged 33 to 84 (N = 1,622).