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| Positive psychology constructs as predictors of depression in retirees | | Author(s) | Nicole Allenden, Peter Boman, Amanda Mergler, Michael J Furlong |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 38, no 5, May 2018 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, May 2018 |
| Pages | pp 995-1017 |
| Source | http:://www.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Retired persons ; Attitude ; Self esteem ; Morale ; Emotions ; Depression ; Correlation ; Cross sectional surveys ; Australia. |
| Annotation | The authors investigated whether five positive psychological constructs (self-efficacy, gratitude, grit, hope and optimism) had a combined effect on levels of depression. The co-occurrence of these psychological factors, defined as an example of co-vitality, was examined in relation to predicting lower levels of depression. Participants were 278 retirees living in Brisbane, Australia. Each participant completed either an online or hard-copy self-report related to positive psychological functioning. A standard multiple regression found that self-efficacy, grit, optimism and hope were individually all significant predictors of depression (small effect sizes). However, the combinatorial relation of all these four factors with depression was substantial (R2 = 0.34; large effect size). Gratitude was not a significant predictor. While no causality can be inferred from this cross-sectional study, having a combination of positive psychological factors might have an effect on levels of depression in retirement. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180504205 A |
| Classmark | BB6: DP: DPA: DQ: DL: ENR: 49: 3KB: 7YA |
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