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| Racial differences in the multiple social roles of older women: implications for depressive symptoms | | Author(s) | Donna L Cochran, Diane R Brown, Karl C McGregor |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 39, no 4, August 1999 |
| Pages | pp 465-472 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Social roles ; Older women ; White people ; Black people ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The relationship between multiple role participation and depressive symptoms experienced by African American and white women aged 55-61 was explored in this study. Data from 547 African American women and 2,152 white women were obtained from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). Racial differences in the social role of marriage, employment, grandmother, care provider, and volunteer and their influence on level of depressive symptoms were examined. African American women reported higher levels of depressive symptoms than did white women. Marriage, employment, and total number of social roles were the most powerful predictors of depressive symptoms for all women. However, employment was more important in diminishing depressive symptoms among African American women than white women occupying multiple social roles. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000118234 A |
| Classmark | ENR: TM5: BD: TKA: TKE: 7T |
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