Race–Ethnicity and Depressive Symptoms Among U.S. Older Adults in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Uncovering the Counterbalancing Mechanisms

ABSTRACT: Abstract

Background and Objectives

Drawing on the counterbalancing framework, this study examined the counteracting roles of coronavirus disease (COVID)-related stressors (i.e., infection threat, family activity disruption, economic impact) and psychological resilience in explaining racial–ethnic disparities in depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Research Design and Methods

A competitive mediation model was fitted using nationally representative data from the Health and Retirement Study COVID-19 Project, which were collected in June 2020 (N = 1,717). A competitive mediation model was specified within which the associations between race–ethnicity categories and depressive symptoms were mediated by infection threat, family activity disruption, economic impact,

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC10024480 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature