To examine the direct and indirect effects of emotional connection to one’s living environment on depressive symptoms as mediated by feelings of loneliness, satisfaction with family relationships and frequency of family contact. A convenience sample of 360 older Israeli adults (representing three ethnic groups) was interviewed. Using bootstrapping, we tested the strength and significance of three simultaneous mediators’ conditional indirect effects on the relationship between one’s connection to living environment and depression. The results revealed a negative link between connection to living environment and depressive symptoms, mediated by feelings of loneliness, satisfaction with family relationships and frequency of family contact. The study indicates the vital role of connection to one’s living environment in determining depression in older adults as mediated by family contact, family relationships and loneliness. The study elucidates factors that can decrease older adults' depression and enable them to age in place.

探讨与生活环境的情感联系对抑郁症状的直接和间接影响，抑郁症状是由孤独感、家庭关系满意度和家庭接触频率介导的。随机抽样调查了 360 名以色列老年人（代表三个民族）。使用自举法，我们测试了三个同时中介因素对一个人与生活环境的联系与抑郁之间关系的条件间接影响的强度和显着性。结果显示，与生活环境的联系与抑郁症状之间存在负相关关系，而抑郁症状是由孤独感、对家庭关系的满意度和家庭接触频率介导的。该研究表明，与生活环境的联系在确定老年人抑郁症方面发挥着至关重要的作用，而抑郁症是由家庭接触、家庭关系和孤独感介导的。该研究阐明了可以减少老年人抑郁并使他们安然衰老的因素。