Relationship of physical disease and functional impairment to depression in older people
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Older adults with high functional impairment are at an increased risk of onset of depression, but physical disease fails to predict depression. A combination of disease and functional status factors significantly predicts depression. Functional impairment lead to a series of events that cause decreased positive reinforcement and enhanced avoidance behavior, thus resulting in depression. Onset of depression in an older adult may have additional negative consequences such as, excess disability, enhanced disease severity or mortality.
Publication Name: Psychology and Aging
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0882-7974
Year: 1996
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Are backward words special for older adults?
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A group of adults of varying age levels were tested on letter processing and color naming to find out the relation between performance and age. Results show that the Stroop interference phenomenon affected older adults more than younger ones. This observation is especially true when words were given in atypical ways such as backward spelling. However, in color naming from backward-word lists, the age factor does not seem to play a significant part.
Publication Name: Psychology and Aging
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0882-7974
Year: 1997
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What do older good and poor sleepers do during periods of nocturnal wakefulness? The Sleep Behaviors Scale: 60+
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The Sleep Behaviors Scale: 60+, which is a measure for insomnia, was developed and applied to a sample of older adults who were either poor or good sleepers. The measure proved useful and was able to further classify individuals into high- and low-distress groups. It used four subscales in the evaluation of results, namely, active behaviors, relaxation, cognitive arousal and medication.
Publication Name: Psychology and Aging
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0882-7974
Year: 1997
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