Title
The effects of an acute stressor on depressive symptoms among older adults - The moderating effects of social support and age
Abbreviated Journal Title
Res. Aging
Keywords
PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS; NATURAL DISASTER; ANXIETY; IMPACT; Gerontology
Abstract
This study uses longitudinal data to examine the potential moderating effects:of social support and age among older adults exposed to an acute stressor. Using a sample of 651 older persons, data were gathered in the spring of 1992 and in the fall of 1993, approximately 60 days after the peak impact: of flooding in the Midwest. Results indicate a positive association between pre- and postflood depression and a negative association between social support and postflood depression. For the youngest of the two older age groups, there is also a positive association between flood exposure and postflood depression, controlling for prior levels of depression. Age interactions reveal that social support moderates the effects of flood exposure on depression only for the younger age group.
Journal Title
Research on Aging
Volume
22
Issue/Number
2
Publication Date
1-1-2000
Document Type
Article; Proceedings Paper
Language
English
First Page
143
Last Page
164
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0164-0275
Recommended Citation
"The effects of an acute stressor on depressive symptoms among older adults - The moderating effects of social support and age" (2000). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 2832.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/2832
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