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However, whether cultural engagement is associated with multiple well-being domains and whether associations vary by sociodemographics and health warrants further investigation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Using 14 years of data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, we tested the longitudinal associations between cultural engagement and 7 well-being outcomes among 6,932\u201310,428 individuals aged 50\u201399 years. We used fixed-effects regression to explore the longitudinal associations between cultural engagement and the outcomes, generalized method of moments estimators to assess directionality, and interactions to test for moderation effects of sociodemographic and health conditions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We found that increases in cultural engagement were associated with increases in life satisfaction, quality of life, happiness, and having a worthwhile life and decreases in depressive symptoms, anxiety, and loneliness. After assessing directionality, cultural engagement increases predicted decreases in depressive symptoms. Interactions suggest that older adults with a long-standing health condition, living without a partner, and who are female may experience greater well-being benefits from being culturally engaged.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our findings underscore the potential of cultural engagement to enhance multiple well-being domains for older adults. 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