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Stressful life events and depressive symptoms
— social support and sense of control as mediators or moderators? | | Author(s) | Kee-Lee Chou, Iris Chi |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 52, no 2, 2001 |
| Pages | pp 155-171 |
| Keywords | Stress ; Depression ; Informal care ; Hong Kong. |
| Annotation | The impact is examined of a series of common stressful life events (SLEs) on change in depressive symptoms for a representative sample of 411 Hong Kong people aged 60+. Using multiple regression models, the authors found that a sense of control acted as a mediator in the linkage between the number of SLEs and depressive symptoms, even after controlling sociodemographic and physical health status were applied. In addition the social support measured by the Lubben Social Network Scale moderated the influence of the exposure to SLEs on depression. Sense of control and social support thus play distinguished and important roles in the stress-outcome relationship. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010702211 A |
| Classmark | QNH: ENR: P6: 7DR |
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