Abstract:
:Objectives: Humans often hold structured generalizations about themselves, which include attributes of qualities or characteristics they consider as important to their personal self-definitions. In this regard, holding one's age as an important defining personal category (high age awareness) was demonstrated to be connected with increased distress in older adults. However, little is known about the manner by which this connection is affected by individuals' perceptions regarding how close they are to their death on the one hand, and their personal resources on the other hand. Accordingly, the current research examined whether the connection between age awareness and depressive symptoms is mediated by subjective nearness-to-death, and whether this mediation is moderated by self-esteem.Method: A convenience sample of 386 older adults was collected using an online panel survey (age range 60-97, M = 71.62, SD = 6.88). Participants were requested to fill out scales assessing age awareness, subjective nearness-to-death, self-esteem, and depressive symptoms, as well as various sociodemographic scales.Results: Age awareness was associated with increased subjective nearness-to-death and depressive symptoms. In line with the hypotheses, subjective nearness-to-death mediated the age awareness-depressive symptoms connection, and this mediation was moderated by self-esteem.Conclusion: Age awareness is an important concept in old age, and is connected with increased depressive symptoms. We discuss this issue in line with Terror Management Theory, and emphasize the relevance of personal resources, such as feeling far from death and holding a positive view of oneself, in this regard.
journal_name
Aging Ment Healthjournal_title
Aging & mental healthauthors
Bergman YS,Bodner Edoi
10.1080/13607863.2019.1566815subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-06-01 00:00:00pages
906-913issue
6eissn
1360-7863issn
1364-6915journal_volume
24pub_type
杂志文章abstract:BACKGROUND:Few studies have investigated the bidirectional association between depression and multimorbidity from a longitudinal perspective. We aimed to explore the bidirectional relationship between depression and multimorbidity in a middle-aged and elderly Chinese population. METHODS:Participants aged 45 years and ...
journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607863.2021.1877609
更新日期:2021-01-29 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to compare health-related quality of life (QOL) and mental health between older women with and without urinary incontinence. METHOD:This study is a secondary data analysis using raw data from 1874 women aged 65 years or older who participated in the Korea Nation...
journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607863.2015.1033682
更新日期:2016-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The research largely aimed at exploring the impact of marital status, cognitive efficiency, gender, physical health and sociocultural context on self-rated emotional competence, depression, memory and cognitive measures. METHOD:Ninety-four healthy adults aged 75-99 were recruited in the Sardinian province o...
journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607863.2013.866635
更新日期:2014-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To determine whether caregiver relationship and race modify associations between physical functioning of persons with dementia (PWD) and their caregiver's burden and general depressive symptoms. METHOD:We pooled data from four behavioral intervention trials (N = 1,211). Using latent growth modeling, we eval...
journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析
doi:10.1080/13607863.2018.1441263
更新日期:2019-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Objectives: Poor social connections may be associated with poor cognition in older people who are not experiencing mental health problems, and the trajectory of this association may be moderated by cognitive reserve. However, it is unclear whether this relationship is the same for older people with symptoms of depress...
journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1080/13607863.2018.1506742
更新日期:2019-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Objectives: Emerging evidence suggests that social networks may protect against the development of dementia among older adults. In this study we analysed the association between social networks, the apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 allele, and dementia. We also investigated whether there were gender-specific patterns in thi...
journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607863.2018.1531368
更新日期:2020-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Objective: To study the association between vitamin D levels and frailty, its components and course in a depressed sample.Methods: Baseline and two-year follow-up data from the depressed sample of the Netherlands Study of Depression in Older persons (NESDO), a prospective observational cohort study, were analyzed. The...
journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607863.2018.1515885
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1080/1360786031000101166
更新日期:2003-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Demonstrations of the effectiveness of interventions requires evidence that the model can be implemented with fidelity. Caregiving interventions that are tailored to the individual or family require flexibility, which adds some challenges to the assessment of fidelity. This paper outlines the components nece...
journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607863.2019.1647134
更新日期:2020-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607863.2017.1320702
更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607860801984375
更新日期:2008-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Montreal Cognitive Assessment-Basic (MoCA-B) is a modified version of the MoCA that is especially suitable for use in elderly subjects with low education. The Authors translated the tool into Arabic and they aimed at validation of this tool in a sample of elderly Egyptians. METHODS:The study ...
journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607863.2018.1428936
更新日期:2019-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Objectives: There is an association between depression and diminished social support; indeed, interpersonal dysfunction is often a central feature of depression. The purpose of this study is to examine the role that an emotion regulation (ER) strategy, cognitive reappraisal, plays in influencing the association betwee...
journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607863.2019.1698516
更新日期:2019-12-26 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:With the process of population aging and urbanization, a vast amount of studies have confirmed the increasing urban-rural cognition gaps, while less is known about the extent to which cognition gaps can be explained by urban-rural difference and urbanization status. This study aimed to examine the role of ur...
journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607863.2021.1872490
更新日期:2021-01-20 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Assessment of personality changes in patients with dementia has received little systematic investigation, although caregivers report personality modifications in every phase of dementia. METHODS:A group of 52 patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD) vs. a group of fifteen control subjects were select...
journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607860601086603
更新日期:2007-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:UNLABELLED:Hoarding disorder (HD) in late life is associated with increased risk for fire, falling, poor sanitary conditions, disability, and health risks. However, research on the health status of individuals with HD is limited. Hoarding symptoms and the resulting clutter may exacerbate health conditions and lead to i...
journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607863.2013.814105
更新日期:2014-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to explore the main and mediating influences of stressors, a caregiver's appraisal, coping, personal conditions and social resources on the burden of dementia caregivers. METHOD:The study sample consisted of 95 spousal caregivers of non-institutionalized persons with dementia. A pa...
journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607860701368463
更新日期:2007-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Few studies have examined health anxiety in older adults, and it is unknown which factors account for age-related differences in health anxiety. Given similarities between health anxiety and the anxiety disorders, anxiety-related constructs, including anxiety sensitivity, intolerance of uncertainty, emotion r...
journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607863.2012.688192
更新日期:2012-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Objectives: Dementia is a growing health priority, particularly in less resourced countries and amongst indigenous populations. Understanding cultural meanings ascribed to dementia is an important aspect of policy development and the provision of culturally congruent care and support for people with dementia, their fa...
journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607863.2019.1606891
更新日期:2020-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607863.2020.1793904
更新日期:2020-07-21 00:00:00
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1080/13607860500409781
更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607863.2018.1514487
更新日期:2019-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Objective: Older rural adults face a higher burden of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and delayed detection. This risk is heightened in rural populations that are ethnically diverse. Patients and providers are often hesitant to participate in screening, partially due to gaps in knowledge of the current science. The purpose o...
journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607863.2019.1584880
更新日期:2020-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Effects of two mentally stimulating art interventions on processing speed and visuo-spatial cognition were compared in three samples. METHOD:In a randomized 10-week art intervention study with a pre-post follow-up design, 113 adults (27 healthy older adults with subjective memory complaints, 50 healthy olde...
journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1080/13607863.2015.1114587
更新日期:2017-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:In younger populations childhood sexual and physical abuse have been found to be associated with suicidal ideation. Such associations have not been examined among older adults. SETTING:Data from the National Comorbidity Study-Replication (NCS-R). PARTICIPANTS:Older adults (60+, N = 1610) from the NCS-R sam...
journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607863.2012.758236
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::This paper reports findings from the carer component of the Gwynedd Dementia Study. It is based on carer interviews, using quantitative and qualitative data. It confirms earlier findings that carers for people with dementia are typically female and older than other carers, although it notes that caring husbands are am...
journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1080/13607860120101040
更新日期:2002-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Fear of falling leads to many adverse consequences and may compromise the quality of life of older adults. Psychological factors are potential mediators between the fear of falling and quality of life, but have yet to be explored in detail. This study presents results from examining the mediating effect of t...
journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607863.2013.805398
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The experience of feeling unforgiven for past transgressions may contribute to depressive symptoms in later life. This article tests a model in which feeling unforgiven by God and by other people have direct effects on depressive symptoms while self-unforgiveness and rumination mediate this relationship. The sample co...
journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607860903483136
更新日期:2010-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Late-life suicide is a complex clinical and public health problem. METHOD:In this article, some of the key complexities inherent in studying late-life suicide are discussed in the service of promoting high-quality late-life suicide prevention science. RESULTS:We discuss the following research issues: the re...
journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607863.2015.1065791
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607863.2019.1686458
更新日期:2021-02-01 00:00:00