Awareness of Age-Related Change and Depressive Symptoms in Middle and Late Adulthood: Longitudinal Associations and the Role of Self-Regulation and Calendar Age
| Autor: | Hans-Werner Wahl, Anne J. Dutt, Martina Gabrian |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Male Aging Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject 050105 experimental psychology Self-Control Depressive symptomatology Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Age related Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Longitudinal Studies Association (psychology) Depressive symptoms Aged media_common Aged 80 and over Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Life span Depression 05 social sciences Age Factors Reverse effect Self-control Awareness Middle Aged Clinical Psychology Visual accommodation Female Geriatrics and Gerontology Psychology Attitude to Health Gerontology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. :gbw095 |
| ISSN: | 1758-5368 1079-5014 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/geronb/gbw095 |
| Popis: | Objectives Studies that examine bidirectional relations between subjective aging and depressive symptoms have remained rare. We addressed this issue by investigating longitudinal linkages between awareness of age-related change (AARC) and depressive symptomatology in midlife and old age. Assimilative and accommodative self-regulation strategies and calendar age were studied as moderators. Method Analyses were based on two measurements (Time 1: 2012, N = 423 (40-98 years); Time 2: 2015, N = 356). AARC was operationalized as perceived age-related gains and losses. Data were analyzed by means of a cross-lagged panel model and multiple regression. Results Perceived losses but not gains had an effect on change in depressive symptoms over time. The reverse effect with depressive symptoms predicting change in AARC was not significant. The association between perceived gains but not losses and change in depressive symptoms was moderated by self-regulation; when perceived gains were low, less increase in depressive symptoms was reported when accommodation was high. The association between AARC and change in depressive symptoms was stable across the entire second half of the life span. Discussion Results suggest that a better integration of research on subjective aging with clinically relevant developmental outcomes is a promising future pathway. |
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