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| A longitudinal analysis of anxiety and depressive symptoms | | Author(s) | Julie Loebach Wetherell, Margaret Gatz, Nancy L Pedersen |
| Journal title | Psychology and Aging, vol 16, no 2, June 2001 |
| Pages | pp 187-195 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Anxiety ; Symptoms ; Twins ; Longitudinal surveys ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | The authors modelled anxiety and depressive symptoms for 1,391 participants (mean age 60.9) from the Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Ageing (SATSA). Although anxiety and depression were highly correlated, a model with distinct anxiety and depression factors fit the data better than do models with positive and negative affect factors or a single mental health factor. Lack of well-being was associated with anxiety rather than depression. Over two 3-year intervals, anxiety symptoms led to depressive symptoms, but the relationship was not reciprocal. Anxiety symptoms were more stable than those for depression. These findings provide additional support for the idea that anxiety symptoms may reflect a personality trait such as neuroticism more than do depressive symptoms, and suggest that low positive affect may not be as specific to depression in older people as in younger people. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020111213 A |
| Classmark | ENR: ENP: CT: SVR: 3J: 76P |
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