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| The role of mastery and social resources in the associations between disability and depression in later life | | Author(s) | Yuri Jang, William E Haley, Brent J Small |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 42, no 6, December 2002 |
| Pages | pp 807-813 |
| Keywords | Well being ; Physical disabilities ; Depression ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Although disability is widely acknowledged as a risk factor for late-life depression, few studies have considered the potential of psychosocial factors to alter the association between disability and depression. The direct and moderating effects of mastery and social resources were empirically tested with a sample of 406 cognitively intact community-dwelling older people (mean age 72.3) from the Charlotte County Healthy Aging Study (CCHAS) in Florida. Higher levels of mastery and greater levels of satisfaction with support had significant direct effects on depression, and also buffered the adverse impact of disability on depression. The findings support the importance of psychosocial factors in modifying the association between disability and depression, and suggest that efforts to enhance positive psychosocial attributes should be emphasised in interventions for older people. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030305208 A |
| Classmark | D:F:5HH: BN: ENR: 7T |
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