Loss, widowhood, and psychological distress among the elderly.
Loss, widowhood, and psychological distress among the elderly.
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老年人的失落、丧偶和心理困扰。
DOI：
10.1037//0022-006x.58.5.519
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发表时间：
1990
影响因子：
5.9
通讯作者：
Kuykendall,DH
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作者：
Siegel,JM;Kuykendall,DH
最近的非配偶家庭损失的心理反应进行了检查，在一个样本的老年男性和女性（N= 825）。在男性中，损失与更高水平的抑郁症相关，但与女性无关。配偶的存在和教会或寺庙的成员资格都缓和了损失对男性抑郁症的影响，例如经历损失的丧偶男性，以及经历损失但不属于教会/寺庙的男性，表现出抑郁症评分升高。最近经历过非配偶家庭损失并且不属于教堂/寺庙的丧偶男性最抑郁，具有这些特征的受访者中100%的人得分高于社区研究中确定的抑郁临界点。讨论集中在社会关系在缓冲痛苦和应对压力的性别差异中的作用。建议教堂/寺庙和其他社区组织的外联活动是适当的干预措施。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2022阿帕，保留所有权利）
Psychological response to recent nonspousal familial loss was examined in a sample of elderly men and women (N= 825). Loss was related to a higher level of depressive symptomatology in men, but not women. Both the presence of a spouse and membership in a church or temple moderated the impact of loss on depression among men, such that widowed men who experienced a loss, and men who experienced a loss and did not belong to a church/temple, showed elevated depression scores. Widowed men who experienced recent nonspousal familial loss and did not belong to a church/temple were most depressed of all, with fully 100% of the respondents with these characteristics scoring above the cutpoint for depression established in community studies. Discussion centers on the role of social ties in buffering distress and gender differences in coping with stress. Outreach by churches/temples and other community organizations is suggested as appropriate intervention.(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)