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<sec><h3>Objective</h3>
<p>To investigate the loneliness and psychological resilience with the perceived social support of the left-behind elderly in rural areas and explore the moderating effect of psychological resilience on the understanding of social support and loneliness of the left-behind elderly in rural areas.</p>
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<sec><h3>Methods</h3>
<p>A cross-sectional study was conducted; 272 left-behind elderly people in 6 rural villages in the Sichuan Province were investigated by using the General Situation Questionnaire, Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS), Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), and the University of California at Los Angeles Loneliness Scale (UCLA) with a stratified random cluster sampling method.</p>
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<sec><h3>Results</h3>
<p>The loneliness score of the left-behind elderly in rural areas was 52.54 ± 7.25, the psychological resilience score was 78 (68.87), and the perceived social support score was 57 (51.62). The perceived social support and psychological resilience were negatively correlated with loneliness, while the perceived social support was positively correlated with psychological resilience. The moderating effect of psychological resilience on the perceived social support and loneliness of the left-behind elderly in rural areas was −0.102 (<italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.001).</p>
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<sec><h3>Conclusions</h3>
<p>Higher level resilience is of positive significance to alleviate the negative effect of social support on loneliness. Improving the resilience of the left-behind elderly in rural areas is a beneficial exploration to promote their mental health.</p>
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Objective
To investigate the loneliness and psychological resilience with the perceived social support of the left-behind elderly in rural areas and explore the moderating effect of psychological resilience on the understanding of social support and loneliness of the left-behind elderly in rural areas.

Methods
A cross-sectional study was conducted; 272 left-behind elderly people in 6 rural villages in the Sichuan Province were investigated by using the General Situation Questionnaire, Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS), Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), and the University of California at Los Angeles Loneliness Scale (UCLA) with a stratified random cluster sampling method.

Results
The loneliness score of the left-behind elderly in rural areas was 52.54 ± 7.25, the psychological resilience score was 78 (68.87), and the perceived social support score was 57 (51.62). The perceived social support and psychological resilience were negatively correlated with loneliness, while the perceived social support was positively correlated with psychological resilience. The moderating effect of psychological resilience on the perceived social support and loneliness of the left-behind elderly in rural areas was −0.102 (P < 0.001).

Conclusions
Higher level resilience is of positive significance to alleviate the negative effect of social support on loneliness. Improving the resilience of the left-behind elderly in rural areas is a beneficial exploration to promote their mental health.

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Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Frontiers of Nursing

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Moderating effect of psychological resilience on the perceived social support and loneliness in the left-behind elderly in rural areas

Objective
To investigate the loneliness and psychological resilience with the perceived social support of the left-behind elderly in rural areas and explore...

Moderating effect of psychological resilience on the perceived social support and loneliness in the left-behind elderly in rural areas^†

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Dec 30, 2021

Page range: 357 - 363

Received: May 08, 2021

Accepted: Jun 07, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2021-0035

Keywords
loneliness, moderating effect, perceived social support, psychological resilience, the left-behind elderly

© 2021 Yue Liu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Moderating effect of psychological resilience on the perceived social support and loneliness in the left-behind elderly in rural areas†

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Dec 30, 2021

Page range: 357 - 363

Received: May 08, 2021

Accepted: Jun 07, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2021-0035

Keywordsloneliness, moderating effect, perceived social support, psychological resilience, the left-behind elderly

© 2021 Yue Liu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Moderating effect of psychological resilience on the perceived social support and loneliness in the left-behind elderly in rural areas^†

Keywords
loneliness, moderating effect, perceived social support, psychological resilience, the left-behind elderly