ArticleJournal of aging and health2019
Joint Trajectories of Spousal Social Support and Depressive Symptoms in Older Age.
Article in Journal of aging and health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- The protective power of social connectedness: Individual vs. community influences on psychological distress in middle-aged Black adults.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2025Article
- The buffering effect of spousal support in later life: mediated and moderated pathways from negative life events to loneliness among older adults.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The relationship between social support and happiness in older adults referred to health centers in Zarrin Shahr, Iran.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Distinct aspects of human connection associated with subjective well-being.SSM. Mental health · 2022Article
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- Factors associated with the depression status of Chinese parents who have lost their only child.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Depression predicts longitudinal declines in social support among women with newly diagnosed breast cancer.Psycho-oncology · 2019Article
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objectiveWe describe changes in depressive symptoms and positive and negative social support from the spouse/partner in a representative sample of older people in England.
methodMen and women aged 50+ ( N = 7,171) from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing reported social support and depressive symptoms (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale) on up to five occasions between 2002-2003 and 2010-2011. Parallel process latent growth models estimated their bidirectional associations, adjusted for gender, wealth, education, and limiting illness.
resultsIn age- and gender-adjusted models, positive spousal support decreased and negative support increased over time, especially among women. Greater increases over time in depressive symptoms were seen in those with lower positive support or higher negative support at baseline. More baseline depressive symptoms predicted greater declines in positive support and greater increases in negative support from the spouse. DISCUSSION: Improving older couple's relationship quality may help reduce depressive symptoms.
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