Living Alone and Depressive Symptoms: The Influence of Gender, Physical Disability, and Social Support Among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Older Adults | Zendy

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Living Alone and Depressive Symptoms: The Influence of Gender, Physical Disability, and Social Support Among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Older Adults

Author(s) -

David Russell,

Jeanette Taylor

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

the journals of gerontology series b

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1758-5368

pISSN - 1079-5014

DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbn002

Subject(s) - spouse , social support , ethnic group , depression (economics) , depressive symptoms , gerontology , psychology , association (psychology) , distress , medicine , demography , clinical psychology , psychiatry , anxiety , sociology , anthropology , economics , psychotherapist , macroeconomics

Is living alone a risk factor for depression among older adults? Previous research is mixed and inconclusive, and it is unclear whether living alone influences psychological distress independently of other interrelated risk factors for depression. We reexamine this association and evaluate whether it is contingent on gender, physical disability, social support, and Hispanic ethnicity.

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