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| Age differences in the experience of worry | | Author(s) | Renée L Babcock, Louis B Laguna, Kerrie D Laguna |
| Journal title | Journal of Mental Health and Aging, vol 6 no 3, Fall 2000 |
| Pages | pp 227-236 |
| Keywords | Anxiety ; Young adults [20-25] ; Age groups [elderly] ; Comparison ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Although it seems reasonable to assume that older people have more to worry about than younger adults (e.g. declining health, loss of concentration), there is evidence from previous research that healthy older people have low levels of worry. However, it is not yet understood why worry levels differ between older and younger people. This study investigated the relationship of life stress, social support, and demographic variables to worry in samples of 40 young adults (aged 18-26) and 40 older adults (aged 59-87). Results replicate previous findings that older people report lower levels of worry than young adults. The results also indicate that for the older group, worry was related to satisfaction with one's social support network as well as income level. For the younger group, worry was not related to any of the hypothesised predictors of worry. A measure of stressful life events was not significantly related to worry for either age group. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010131205 A |
| Classmark | ENP: SD6: BB: 48: 7T |
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