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| Life course transitions and depressive symptoms among women in midlife | | Author(s) | M Jean Turner, Timothy S Killian, Rebekah Cain |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 58, no 4, 2004 |
| Pages | pp 241-266 |
| Source | http://baywood.com |
| Keywords | Older women ; Middle aged ; Depression ; Symptoms ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Using longitudinal data for 952 women aged 50 to 59 who were interviewed for the US Health and Retirement Survey (HRS) 1992 and 2000, this study described changes in marital status, change to a parental caregiving role, and changes in perceived health across the eight years. Further, the study examined the impact of these changes on mental health. The findings indicate that becoming widowed, becoming a caregiver and perceiving health declines significantly increased depressive symptoms in the year 2000, even when controlling for pre-transition levels of depressive symptoms. The findings are consistent with the lifecourse perspective that individual development occurs in context and across the lifespan. The findings confirm and add to current midlife research literature. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040921201 A |
| Classmark | BD: SE: ENR: CT: 3J: 7T |
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