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| Social and psychosocial factors predicting depression in old age: a longitudinal study | | Author(s) | Sirkka-Liisa Kivelä, Päivi Köngäs-Saviaro, Pekka Laippala |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 8, no 4, Winter 1996 |
| Pages | pp 635-643 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Older men ; Older women ; Personal relationships ; Self esteem ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Longitudinal surveys ; Finland. |
| Annotation | The aim of this study was to explore the social and psychosocial factors predicting depression in a population of older people in Finland, who were determined as not being depressed in a study in 1984-85 and were clinically interviewed and examined in a follow-up study in 1989-90. Findings showed that in men, depression was predicted by a poor marital relationship, feelings about low appreciation of older people or of the participant himself, and the loss of a mother while under 20 years of age. Certain changes and life events during the follow-up were related to the occurrence of depression in men, such as deterioration in marital relationships, a decrease in the number of hobbies, getting married, a grandchild's divorce. In women, a deterioration in relationships with neighbours, an increase in the amount of time spent alone, reduced social activity were included in the changes and life events during the follow-up which were associated with a high risk of depression in women. The findings support the hypothesis about psychosocial factors playing a role in the aetiology of depression in older age. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980303285 A |
| Classmark | ENR: BC: BD: DS: DPA: TOB: 3J: 76L |
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