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Financial strain, social relations, and psychological distress among older people
— a cross-cultural analysis | | Author(s) | Kenneth F Ferraro, Ya-ping Su |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol 54B, no 1, January 1999 |
| Pages | pp S3-S15 |
| Keywords | Poor elderly ; Personal relationships ; Depression ; Cross cultural surveys ; Polynesia ; Korea ; Malaysia ; Philippines. |
| Annotation | This article examines how financial strain and social relations may independently and jointly influence psychological distress among older people in four nations. Data for this study came from the 1983-1985 survey, Social and Health Aspects of Ageing in Fiji, Korea, Malaysia, and the Philippines (N=3,577), and tests summative and multiplicative models of the relationship between financial strain, social relations, and psychological distress. Financial strain is associated with higher levels of psychological distress in three of the four nations. Interactive models of the effects of financial strain and social relations on distress were uncovered in three of the four nations, but the type of social relation influencing the strain-distress relationship varied. Subjective health and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) were significant predictors of psychological distress in all four nations. Findings suggest that although financial strain is quite likely to lead to psychological distress among older people, this can be mitigated, at least in part, by social relationships. Modernisation was not associated with higher psychological distress. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990423007 A |
| Classmark | F:W6: DS: ENR: 3KA: 7YP: 7DK: 7XA: 7XK |
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