Older adults display concurrent but not delayed associations between life stressors and depressive symptoms: A microlongitudinal study

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1131-1139

  Dautovich, Natalie D ^a,d   Dzierzewski, Joseph M ^b,c   Gum, Amber M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

depressive symptoms; longitudinal; Older adults; stressful life events; variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; ASSOCIATION; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRIC LIFE EVENTS SCALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENTS SCALE; LIFE STRESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; COMPLICATION; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84927955458     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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