Open AccessPhysical Limitations and Depressive Symptoms: Exploring the Nature of the Association
Author(s) -
Mathew D. Gayman,
R. Jay Turner,
Ming Cui
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology. series b, psychological sciences and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/63.4.s219
Subject(s) - causality (physics) , association (psychology) , depression (economics) , psychology , clinical psychology , attribution , psychiatry , social psychology , psychotherapist , physics , quantum mechanics , economics , macroeconomics
Although evidence suggests that physical disability and depression may be reciprocally related, questions of causality versus spuriousness and the direction of causality remain to be confidently answered. This study considered the hypothesis of reciprocal influence; the possibility of spuriousness in relation to pain, stress, and lifetime major depression; and the possible mediating effects of pain and social stress.