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| The social distribution of psychological distress and depression in older adults | | Author(s) | John Cairney, Neal Krause |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 17, no 6, December 2005 |
| Pages | pp 807-835 |
| Source | http://www.sagepublications.com |
| Keywords | Stress ; Depression ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Social surveys ; Canada. |
| Annotation | The association between social position and mental health is examined, also whether differences in distress and depression by social position can be accounted for by differences in the major components of the stress process model. The authors extend previous work by including an ethnocultural measure alongside more traditional measures of social position, by analysis of secondary data from Canada's 1994 National Population Health Survey. Consistent with findings from studies of younger adults, mental health in later life is determined in part by age, gender, mental status, education and ethnocultural factors. The data indicate that the life experiences connected to these social positions are largely responsible for these effects. These findings suggest that key social factors are related to mental health in later life, because one's position in the social structure shapes the stressors they encounter and the resources they have at their disposal to cope with them. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060920007 A |
| Classmark | QNH: ENR: F: 3F: 7S |
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