Square dance linked with better well-being and fewer depressive symptoms in older adults
A 12-week trial suggests square dance may support older adults’ well-being partly by increasing social participation. Group activity may matter. Movement is only part of it. The paper Square dance as a cultural practice: a mediating pathway of social participation toward well-being in older adults tested that idea. Quick summary What the study found: Older […]
Youth mentoring was linked with more flourishing and self-compassion in college students
A service-learning mentoring course was linked with better flourishing and self-compassion, not broad mental health gains. Helping others may support helpers. This study focused on college mentors. The gains were specific, not sweeping. Quick summary What the study found: In Does the experience of mentoring youth affect mentors’ mental health and wellbeing?, college students who […]
Friend contact and leisure linked with fewer depressive symptoms in older Korean adults
Among Korean adults 65 and older, social contact and structured activities were linked with fewer depressive symptoms, especially when employment was also present. Connection showed a clear pattern. Work status also mattered. The evidence is associative, not causal. Quick summary What the study found: In Social engagement and depressive symptoms in Korean older adults: The […]