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Psychological distress in victims of elder mistreatment
— the effects of social support and coping | | Author(s) | Hannie C Comijs, Brenda W J H Penninx, Kees P M Knipscheer |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 54B, no 4, July 1999 |
| Pages | pp P240-245 |
| Keywords | Stress ; Elder abuse ; Aggression ; Informal care ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | A study population of 77 older people who were victims of chronic verbal aggression, physical aggression, or financial mistreatment during the previous year, and a reference group of 147 of older people who had not been mistreated were selected from the Amsterdam Study of the Elderly (AMSTEL) for this study. All were over 65 and living independently in the community. Social support, coping style, mastery and perceived self-efficacy were measured by means of a standardised home interview. Psychological distress was measured by means of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). Victims of mistreatment had significantly higher levels of psychological distress than non-victims. Social support showed a favourable effect on the level of psychological distress in victims, but not in non-victims; victims receiving more social support showed less psychological distress. A lower sense of mastery, a negative perception of self-efficacy, and a passive reaction pattern were associated with higher levels of psychological distress in victims as well as non-victims. These factors could be of use in developing intervention programmes for abused older people. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991220207 A |
| Classmark | QNH: QNT: EPB: P6: 76H |
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