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Risk and protective factors for depressive symptoms among indigenous older adults
— intimate partner violence (IPV) and social support | | Author(s) | Soonhee Roh, Catherine E Burnette, Kyoung Hag Lee |
| Journal title | Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 59, no 4, May-June 2016 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, May-June 2016 |
| Pages | pp 316-331 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; At risk ; Depression ; Elder abuse ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Research on depression and intimate partner violence (IPV) experienced by Indigenous older adults is virtually non-existent. Given the associations between IPV and depression and their disproportionately high rates among Indigenous peoples in a context of historical oppression, this inquiry examines how IPV and social support are associated with depressive symptoms for Indigenous older adults. The authors expand the knowledge base on IPV in later life, which primarily focuses on female samples, by including older men. It was predicted that: IPV will be positively associated with depressive symptoms; and levels of social support will be negatively associated with depressive symptoms. Hierarchical regression analyses of data from a sample of Indigenous older adults (N = 233) in the Upper Midwest of the US indicated that physical aggression (but not psychological aggression, sexual coercion, injury or negotiation) was positively associated with depressive symptoms, whereas social support was negatively associated with depressive symptoms. This is one of four articles in this issue of Journal of Gerontological Social Work which focus on indigenous Elders. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170120226 A |
| Classmark | TK: CA3: ENR: QNT: 3F: 7T |
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