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Elder mistreatment predicts later physical and psychological health
— results from a national longitudinal study | | Author(s) | Jaclyn S Wong, Linda J Waite |
| Journal title | Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, vol 29, no 1, January-February 2017 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, January-February 2017 |
| Pages | pp 15-42 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Health [elderly] ; Mental health [elderly] ; Anxiety ; Loneliness ; Correlation ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Stress process theory predicts that elder mistreatment leads to declines in health, and that social support buffers its ill effects. The authors test this theory using nationally representative, longitudinal data from 2,261 older adults in the US National Social Life Health and Aging Project. They regress psychological and physical health in 2010/2011 on verbal and financial mistreatment experience in 2005/2006, and find that the mistreated have more anxiety symptoms, greater feelings of loneliness, and worse physical and functional health 5 years later than those who did not report mistreatment. In particular, a novel association between financial mistreatment and functional health is shown. Contrary to the stress buffering hypothesis, the authors find little evidence that social support moderates the relationship between mistreatment and health. Their findings point to the lasting impact of mistreatment on health, but show little evidence of a buffering role of social support in this process. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170224218 A |
| Classmark | QNT: CC: D: ENP: DV: 49: 3J: 7T |
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