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Relative body weight and psychological distress in late life
— observations of gender and race comparisons | | Author(s) | Scott Schieman, Taralyn McMullen, Meagan Swan |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 19, no 2, April 2007 |
| Pages | pp 286-312 |
| Source | http://www.sagepublications.com |
| Keywords | Stress ; Depression ; Weight ; Correlation ; Older men ; Older women ; White people ; Black people ; Comparison ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In 2001-2002, interviews were conducted with 1152 people aged 65+ in the District of Columbia (DC) and adjoining counties of Maryland (MD). Relative body weight (measured with body mass index, BMI) is associated positively with depression, anger and physical symptoms in White women; positively with physical symptoms among Black women and men; and negatively with anxiety among White men. Tests for gender by race interactions find significant contrasts between White women and men when depression, anxiety and physical symptoms are considered as outcomes. Contrasts between White and Black women are significant for anger. Results underscore the importance of gender by race interactions, multiple forms of distress in analyses of effects of BMI, and the role of negative self-evaluations and health difficulties as explanations. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070612204 A |
| Classmark | QNH: ENR: 4X6: 49: BC: BD: TKA: TKE: 48: 7T |
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