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| Depressive symptoms of Whites and African Americans aged 60 years and older | | Author(s) | Joseph J Gallo, Lisa Cooper-Patrick, Sandra Lesikar |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 53B, no 5, September 1998 |
| Pages | pp P277-P286 |
| Keywords | Depression ; White people ; Black people ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Consistent with previous work, the authors' hypothesis was that older African Americans are less likely to report dysphoria than are older whites. Study subjects were 968 over 60s in Baltimore, Maryland (MD), and 1468 over 60s in the Durham-Piedmont region of North Carolina (NC) who identified themselves as African Americans or White and who had complete data on symptoms of depression active in the one month prior to interview, as well as several covariates thought to be related to depression. The effect of self-reported race on the endorsement of symptoms from the section on Major Depression in the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) was estimated using structural equations with a measurement model. Older African Americans were less likely to report dysphoria than older Whites, although this only achieved statistical significance by conventional standards at the Durham-Piedmont site. Older African Americans at both sites were significantly more likely to report thoughts of death. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010117201 A |
| Classmark | ENR: TKA: TKE: 7T |
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