ArticleAging & mental health2017
Changes in depressive symptoms during widowhood among older Mexican Americans: the role of financial strain, social support, and church attendance.
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- Association between widowhood and cognitive function among Chinese older adults with hearing impairment: the moderating effect of social support and participation.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- The impact of widowhood on the mental health of older adults and the buffering effect of social capital.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Methods and early recruitment of the Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi-Post-acute Care (BASIC-PAC) Project.Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association · 2022Article
- Cognitive impairment and low physical function among older Mexican Americans: findings from a 20-year follow-upAnnals of epidemiology · 2022Article
- Grief and Bereavement in the Latino/a Community: A Literature Synthesis and Directions for Future Research.Health equity · 2022Review
- The Role of Social Isolation and the Development of Depression. A Comparison of the Widowed and Married Oldest Old in Germany.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Religion and Mental Health in Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations: A Review of the Literature.Innovation in aging · 2020Article
- Church Attendance and CMV Herpes Virus Latency Among Bereaved and Non-Bereaved Adults.Psychology of religion and spirituality · 2019Article
- Association Between Perceived Social Support and Depressive Symptoms Among Community-Dwelling Older Chinese Americans.Gerontology & geriatric medicineArticle
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Abstract
objectivesThis study examines how depressive symptoms change during the widowhood process among older adults of Mexican descent. This research also investigates whether financial strain, social support, and church attendance moderate changes in depressive symptoms in the context of widowhood.
methodThis study uses seven waves of data from the Hispanic Established Population for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly collected at approximately two-year intervals. This research applies multiphase growth models to examine changes in depressive symptomatology before, during, and after the transition to widowhood (the measurement wave at which spousal bereavement was first reported) among 385 older adults of Mexican descent who experienced the death of a spouse during the survey.
resultsThis study demonstrates that older adults of Mexican descent experienced a significant increase in depressive symptoms pre-widowhood and in particular, during the transition to widowhood. The levels and rates of changes in depressive symptoms post-widowhood did not differ from the pre-widowhood ones. Greater social support was related to more depressive symptoms during the transition to widowhood. More frequent church attendance was a protective factor against increases in depressive symptoms pre-widowhood.
conclusionThis study highlights the multiphase pattern in the effects of the widowhood process on depressive symptomatology among older adults of Mexican descent. The findings also suggest that social support and church attendance can have implications for the interplay between widowhood and depressive symptoms.
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