Can working in agriculture have a favorable effect on depressive symptoms? Life satisfaction as a mediator

Feiying He; Xiaoying Li; Xiangchun Xu; Shulin Bao; Yanwu Chen; Hualin Liu; Yuan Yao Chen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0325912

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Can working in agriculture have a favorable effect on depressive symptoms? Life satisfaction as a mediator

Feiying He ,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ FH, XL, and XX contributed equally to this work and share first authorship.

Affiliation School of Health Management, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Xiaoying Li ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – original draft

¶‡ FH, XL, and XX contributed equally to this work and share first authorship.

Affiliation School of Basic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Xiangchun Xu ,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft

¶‡ FH, XL, and XX contributed equally to this work and share first authorship.

Affiliation Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Shulin Bao,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation School of Basic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Yanwu Chen,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

Affiliations Research & Development Division, Perfect Life & Health Institute, Zhongshan, China, Research & Development Division, Perfect (Guangdong) Co., Ltd., Zhongshan, China
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Hualin Liu ,

Roles Conceptualization, Software, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: yuanyaochen0401@163.com (YYC); lhl371@126.com (HL)

Affiliations Research & Development Division, Perfect Life & Health Institute, Zhongshan, China, Research & Development Division, Perfect (Guangdong) Co., Ltd., Zhongshan, China
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Yuan Yao Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: yuanyaochen0401@163.com (YYC); lhl371@126.com (HL)

Affiliations Research & Development Division, Perfect Life & Health Institute, Zhongshan, China, Research & Development Division, Perfect (Guangdong) Co., Ltd., Zhongshan, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2962-3466

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Can working in agriculture have a favorable effect on depressive symptoms? Life satisfaction as a mediator

Feiying He,
Xiaoying Li,
Xiangchun Xu,
Shulin Bao,
Yanwu Chen,
Hualin Liu,
Yuan Yao Chen

Published: August 13, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0325912

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