PERSONALITY AND RESPONSES TO LIFE EVENTS IN THE ELDERLY

这项临床精神卫生学术奖(CMHAA-K07)将有助于 申请者作为教育和研究人员的发展 人格过程和生活事件对心理健康的贡献 在老年人身上。申请者将启动一系列设计的研究 将他在自杀人群中的工作扩展到另一种普通生活 老年人的情况--丧亲之痛。在这项研究中，两人的配偶 在罗切斯特大学癌症中心看到的肺癌患者 将被前瞻性地跟踪。数据将在之后不久收集 配偶因肺癌进入治疗，6个月，18个月， 在配偶去世后37个月。本研究的目的是(1) 描述受试者的Axis I诊断、抑郁程度(评估 通过自我报告和临床评分)，以及功能水平 在整个研究期间，并将丧偶比较六个月 损失后与已婚对照样本；(2)检验假设 丧亲前人格与丧亲后关系的研究 结果；(3)考察人格与社会的关系 支持；以及(4)描述受试者对特定问题的反应 在整个研究期间对人格进行测量。此外，申请者 将使用在预期中收集的数据来检查类似的问题 底特律地区老年夫妇的调查研究(n=1,532)。

This Clinical Mental Health Academic Award (CMHAA-K07) will assist the applicant's development as an educator and investigator in the contribution of personality processes and life events to mental health in the elderly. The applicant will initiate a series of studies designed to extend his work in suicidal populations to another common life circumstance of the elderly--bereavement. In this study, the spouses of lung cancer patients seen at the University of Rochester Cancer Center will be followed prospectively. Data will be collected shortly after a spouse has entered treatment for lung cancer, and 6 months, 18 months, and 37 months after the spouse's death. The aims of this study are (1) to describe the subjects' Axis I diagnoses, level of depression (assessed via self-report and clinical ratings), and level of functioning throughout the study period and to compare bereaved spouses six months after loss with a married comparison sample; (2) to test the hypothesized association between prebereavement personality and postbereavement outcome; (3) to examine the relationship between personality and social support; and (4) to describe the subjects' responses to specific personality measures throughout the study period. As well, the applicant will examine similar questions using data collected in a prospective survey study of elderly couples in the Detroit area (n=1,532).