Perceived Age Discrimination: A Precipitator or a Consequence of Depressive Symptoms?

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The main purpose of the study was to examine a bidirectional temporal relationship between perceived age discrimination and depressive symptoms. A secondary goal was to examine whether the negative effects of perceived age discrimination on one's depressive symptoms are stronger among respondents older than 70 years old, compared with respondents between the ages of 51 and 70.

Methods

The Health and Retirement Study is a U.S. nationally representative sample of individuals over the age of 50 and their spouse of any age. A cross-lagged model was estimated to examine the reciprocal associations of depressive symptoms and perceived age discrimination, controlling for age, gender, education, ethnicity, marital status, employment status, satisfaction with financial sta

SUBMITTER: Ayalon L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6890521 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature