Financial strain, negative interactions, and mastery: Pathways to mental health among older African Americans
Financial strain, negative interactions, and mastery: Pathways to mental health among older African Americans
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经济压力、消极互动和掌握： 非裔美国老年人的心理健康之路
DOI：
10.1177/0095798407307045
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发表时间：
2007-11-01
影响因子：
5.2
通讯作者：
Lincoln, Karen D.
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作者：
Lincoln, Karen D.
本研究考察了经济压力、社会支持和消极互动对非裔美国人抑郁症状的影响，以及掌握在这些关系中作为中介的作用。结构方程模型和来自美国人改变生活研究的基线数据被用于在50至96岁的非裔美国人样本（N = 583）中测试这些关系。研究结果说明了经济压力与抑郁症状相关的机制途径。此外，研究结果进一步证实了社会关系的积极和消极方面在社会地位因素、经济压力及其与抑郁症状的关系方面是不同的。本研究表明，掌握是消极互动与心理健康联系的重要机制。这些发现提供了许多与主要使用白人样本进行的研究有争议的背离，并确定了对老年非洲裔美国人进行干预的重要领域。
This study examines the impact of financial strain, social support, and negative interactions on depressive symptoms among African Americans and the role of mastery as a mediator in these relationships. Structural equation modeling and baseline data from the Americans' Changing Lives Study were used to test these relationships among a sample of African Americans aged 50 to 96 years (N = 583). Findings illustrate the mechanistic pathways whereby financial strain is associated with depressive symptoms. Moreover, the study findings give further credence to the notion that positive and negative aspects of social relationships are distinctive with respect to social status factors, financial strain, and their relationship to depressive symptoms. This research suggests that mastery is an important mechanism linking negative interaction to mental health. The collection of findings provide a number of provocative departures from research conducted primarily using White samples and identifies important areas of intervention with older African Americans.