A Social Relations and Networks Perspective of Depressive Symptoms in Older African Americans Relative to Two Other Ethno-racial Groups | Zendy

Felichism Kabo | Zendy; Toni C. Antonucci | Zendy; James S. Jackson | Zendy

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A Social Relations and Networks Perspective of Depressive Symptoms in Older African Americans Relative to Two Other Ethno-racial Groups

Author(s) -

Felichism Kabo,

Toni C. Antonucci,

James S. Jackson

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

innovation in aging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2399-5300

DOI - 10.1093/geroni/igz001

Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , respondent , psychology , association (psychology) , depressive symptoms , centrality , demography , clinical psychology , psychiatry , sociology , anxiety , mathematics , communication , combinatorics , political science , law , psychotherapist

We found that negative relations had larger effects on depressive symptoms than positive ones, and conversely that negative networks had larger effects than positive networks. Simultaneously modeling social relations and networks could potentially enhance our understanding of the links between social structure, and depressive symptoms among older adults in African American and other ethno-racial minorities.

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