Relationships among mental health, social capital and life satisfaction in rural senior older adults: a structural equation model

Table 5 Path analysis (N = 229)

	Direct effect	Indirect effect	Total effect
Income- > Social capital	0.242**	–	0.242**
Community canteen services- > Social capital	0.032	–	0.032
Social capital- > Mental health	−0.464**	–	−0.464**
Income- > Mental health	−0.085	−0.112**	− 0.197*
Community canteen services- > Mental health	−0.035	− 0.015	−0.050
Social capital- > Life satisfaction	0.342**	0.183**	0.525**
Mental health- > Life satisfaction	−0.395*	–	−0.395*
Income- > Life satisfaction	0.243*	0.161**	0.404**
Community canteen services- > Life satisfaction	0.288**	0.031	0.318**
Social capital- > Social network	0.803**	–	0.803**
Social capital- > Cognitive social capital	0.355**	–	0.355**
Social capital- > Social participation	0.179	–	0.179
Life satisfaction- > SWLS1	0.867**	–	0.867**
Life satisfaction- > SWLS2	0.835**	–	0.835**
Life satisfaction- > SWLS3	0.824**	–	0.824**
Life satisfaction- > SWLS4	0.844**	–	0.844**
Life satisfaction- > SWLS5	0.753**	–	0.753**
Mental health- > Depression	0.613**	–	0.613**
Mental health- > Anxiety	0.871**	–	0.871**
Mental health- > Somatic symptoms	0.537**	–	0.537**
Social participation<− > SWLS5	0.203**	–	–
SWLS5 < ->Community canteen services	0.272**	–	–

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