Carried out four experiments in which male and female undergraduates (N = 384) completed the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) under conditions ranging from absolute anonymity to a face-to-face interview. BDI interitem reliability was comparable across the two sexes and across different methods of tes
Correlates of depression in the elderly: Sex differences and similarities
โ Scribed by W. Daniel Hale
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 404 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9762
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โฆ Synopsis
Investigated the relationship between numerous age-related stresses and depression in the elder1 . Sixty-eight residents of a retirement center comrleted a questionnaire &at assessed depression and a wide range of ossible osses or stresses. De ression was found to be related to poorer finaneiafstatus, fewer and less satisbng interpersonal relationships, poorer physical health and greater concerns about death for women and to poorer physical health and lack of involvement in activities for men.
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