Analyzing the Structural Equations of the Cycle of Isolation, Immobility and Social Depression according to the Socio-Economic Index 
 Case study of the Elderly during the Corona Pandemic Disease)

nikbakhsh, bahram; hafezi birghani, mehran

doi:10.61186/scds.12.3.37

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Volume 12, Issue 3 (3-2024)

scds 2024, 12(3): 37-59

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Analyzing the Structural Equations of the Cycle of Isolation, Immobility and Social Depression according to the Socio-Economic Index Case study of the Elderly during the Corona Pandemic Disease)

Bahram Nikbakhsh

, Mehran Hafezi birghani

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

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The present study aims to investigate the effect of structural variables such as the cycle of isolation, immobility and social depression taken place according to the socio-economic base of the elderly. This study was conducted on retired elderly people during the outbreak of Corona disease with the aim of analyzing the effects of the mentioned variables in pandemic conditions. The statistical population is related to the retired elderly in Ahvaz city during the last 5 years, of which 196 people were selected. The collected data were analyzed in the form of structural equations using pls-smart3 and spss software. The research findings showed that the impact of the entire socio-economic base on the variables; physical mobility (-0.378), mental mobility (-0.707), social exhaustion (0.422) and cycle of isolation (0.730). Also the effects of the total isolation cycle variable on the variables; mental mobility is (-0.488) and social depression (0.439), and the total effects of physical mobility on social depression were (-0.270). Therefore, the variable of continuation of the cycle of isolation predicts the level of social depression on the socio-economic status of the elderly (path coefficient (0.302). Socio-economic base affects the level of mobility on the physical dimension, but this influence on the mental dimension has not been confirmed. Also between the continuation of the cycle of isolation and social depression, the mental mobility variable plays a mediating role (0.265). Therefore, the results of this research can help improve the quality of life of the elderly in critical conditions and also help health and care organizations in planning and providing better services for this vulnerable group.

Keywords: Corona pandemic disease, Elderly, Isolation cycle, Mobility, Social depression

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Received: 2023/08/25 | Accepted: 2024/02/12 | Published: 2024/11/15

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