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Depression and old age identification
Author(s) -
Baum Steven K.,
Boxley Russell L.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198307)39:4<584::aid-jclp2270390421>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - feeling , psychology , depression (economics) , checklist , clinical psychology , multivariate analysis , identification (biology) , test (biology) , meaning (existential) , psychological testing , psychiatry , medicine , social psychology , psychotherapist , paleontology , botany , biology , economics , cognitive psychology , macroeconomics
Three hundred and eight Los Angeles elderly (X = 75.5 years) were selected from three settings to test empirically the relationship between psychological depression and feeling “old.” S s were administered the Symptom Checklist‐90, an age identification item and several other measures of well‐being. Results indicated that irrespective of age, persons who felt “older” were significantly more depressed and less healthy than their “younger” feeling counterparts. Multivariate level analysis further implicated personal meaning as a major correlate of depression. The clinical implications for working with depressed elders are discussed briefly.