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Depressive symptom experiences among older women: a comparison of alternative measurement approaches

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A standard screening scale, a clinical diagnosis, and a latent variable measurement give different relationships between age and increase in depression. Only the latent variable measurements show a significant increase in depressive symptoms with an increase in age, particularly after 70 yrs of age. Summary measures of depression are higher in older women due to an increase in the delimited forms of distress with age. However, the summary scale scores underestimate the occurrence of Depletion Syndrome which is common in old age.

Evaluation, Depression in old age, Geriatric depression, Psychological tests

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Adaptation to community relocation: the interactive influence of psychological resources and contextual factors

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A study of the effects of psychological resources and contextual factors on emotional reactions to community relocation show that greater psychological resources help women to be more resilient to negative circumstances. Environmental mastery and autonomy reduce the subjective experience of difficulty of relocation and subsequent emotional reactions. Subjects with lower premove resources receive emotional boosts of unexpected gains.

Adaptability (Psychology), Personality, Personality (Psychology)

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The role of self-enhancing evaluations in a successful life transition

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The extent to which self-enhancing evaluations is related to mental health in a later life transition is studied. The dynamic impact of self-enhancing evaluative process on psychological well-being and depressive symptoms is also suggested.

Science & research, Aging, Old age, Self-evaluation, Self evaluation, Aging (Biology)

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