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| Self-complexity: linking age and education with self-rated health and depression | | Author(s) | Melissa M Franks, Diane Holmberg, A Regula Herzog |
| Journal title | Hallym International Journal of Aging, vol 5, no 2, 2003 |
| Pages | pp 91-110 |
| Source | http://baywood.com |
| Keywords | Personality ; Educational status [elderly] ; Health [elderly] ; Depression ; Correlation ; Cross sectional surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The role of self-complexity was explored as part of "Self Portraits", a cross-sectional representative survey of 1,471 American adults aged 30+. While it was found that the association of educational attainment with health and depression was mediated in part by the self-system, the association of age with depression was not mediated by complexity of the self-system. However, the association between age and health was partially mediated through past and possible self-complexity. Findings further showed strong direct effects of complexity of the current self on health and depression. In addition, weak enhancing effects were shown by complexity of possible selves, and weak detrimental effects were detected for complexity of past selves. These findings reveal complexity of the self-system as part of the process through which important social indicators such as age and education influence the well-being of American adults. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-041026205 A |
| Classmark | DK: F:V: CC: ENR: 49: 3KB: 7T |
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