Cumulative adversity and depressive symptoms among older adults in Israel: The differential roles of self-oriented versus other-oriented events of potential trauma

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 989-997

  Shmotkin, Dov ^a   Litwin, Howard ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aging; Cumulative adversity; Depressive symptoms; Life events; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADAPTED CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DEPRESSION SCALE; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; ARABS; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC;

EID: 70350344571     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0020-x     Document Type: Article

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