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The mediating effect of social networks and depressive symptoms on the relationship between older adults’ participation in volunteer activities and life satisfaction: a cross-sectional study involving Chinese older adults

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-025-06362-1

Published Online: 2025-09-02

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Ge, Yinliang

Jiang, Wenjun

Xue, Mo

Lyu, Yanxia

Hong, Lixin

Tian, Kan
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Received: 26 February 2025

Accepted: 12 August 2025

First Online: 2 September 2025

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: The authors declare no competing interests.

: This study utilized data from the Chinese Longitudinal Aging Social Survey (CLASS), which was approved by the Ethical Review Committee of Renmin University of China (RER201902). All participants in the original survey provided informed consent. This study, based on publicly available data, did not involve new human subject research and thus required no additional ethics approval. The research was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.

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