ArticleClinical gerontologist
Trajectories of Depressive Symptomatology and Loneliness in Older Adult Sexual Minorities and Heterosexual Groups.
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- The Stability and Change of Loneliness Across the Life Span: A Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies.Personality and social psychology review : an official journal of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc · 2020Pooled it
- Longitudinal psychological health profiles among sexual minority middle-aged and older adults in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2026Article
- Do sexual minority strengths buffer the association between sexual minority stressors and loneliness among midlife and older sexual minority cisgender men?Aging & mental health · 2025Article
- Trajectories of Loneliness Among Older Women and Men: Variation by Sexual Identity?The Gerontologist · 2023Article
- Evaluating the Risk of Social Isolation in Older People: AHP-Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2023Article
- Associations among Perceived Sexual Stigma from Family and Peers, Internalized Homonegativity, Loneliness, Depression, and Anxiety among Gay and Bisexual Men in Taiwan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Family Support and Sociocultural Factors on Depression among Black and Latinx Sexual Minority Men.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis article examines whether sexual minority men and women experience greater increases in depressive symptoms and loneliness with age compared to heterosexual men and women.
methodsUsing three waves of data from sexual minority (n
resultsAlthough differences in the growth trajectories of depressive symptoms and loneliness across sexual orientation were not observed, gender differences were. Annual household income and family support more strongly influenced initial depressive symptoms and loneliness in sexual minority men and women than in heterosexual men and women.
conclusionsTrajectories of depressive symptoms and loneliness in older adulthood do not vary by sexual orientation. Economic and family resources may allow sexual minorities to cope effectively with depressive symptoms and loneliness. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Clinicians should be cautious about assuming that older sexual minority group members are more susceptible to depressive symptoms and loneliness than heterosexual groups by virtue of their sexual preference.
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