The Effects of subjective and objective lonelinesson Depression in elderly: The Mediating and Moderating Role of Self‐Efficacy

From different dimensions of loneliness, this study explored the predictive roles of subjective loneliness (emotional) and objective loneliness (behavioral) in the risk of depressive symptoms in the elderly. It provides a reference basis for preventing depressive symptoms in the elderly from developing into clinical disorders from the perspective of loneliness. Additionally, it emphasizes that self-efficacy is an important mediating and moderating mechanism in the impact of subjective loneliness on depression, highlighting the necessity of targeted interventions for loneliness in different elderly populations.