Mastery and Depressive Symptoms: How Does Mastery Influence the Impact of Stressors From Midlife to Old Age?

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
pp. 1084-1107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magnhild Nicolaisen ◽  
Torbjørn Moum ◽  
Kirsten Thorsen
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Life Span ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Health Factors ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact

Objective: The objective of this research is to study depressive symptoms (DS) among adults aged 40 to 79 years and examine how mastery influences the impact of sociodemographic, socioeconomic, and health factors on DS. Method: We used a sample of the Norwegian Life Course, Generation, and Gender (LOGG) study ( N = 6,879) and analyzed how mastery influences the independent variables on DS via regression analyses. Results: Mastery affected DS directly and influenced the effects of sociodemographic, socioeconomic, and health factors on DS. There was a stronger relationship between stressors and DS among respondents with low than high mastery. DS were most prevalent among people aged 70 to 79 years. When mastery was also controlled for, the oldest group (70-79 years) had significantly fewer DS than those aged 40 to 49 years. Discussion: The influence of mastery and stressors on DS seems to vary along the life span. The result that mastery was a relatively stronger buffer against DS in midlife than in old age is discussed.

scholarly journals THE EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM, NOT ANXIETY OR DEPRESSION: HOW INSOMNIA SYMPTOMS PREDICT ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S45-S45
Author(s):  
Courtney J Bolstad ◽  
Anisha L Thomas ◽  
Michael R Nadorff
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Early Bird ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Insomnia Symptoms

Abstract Symptoms of insomnia are associated with symptoms of depression and anxiety in older adults, yet less is known about the impact of specific forms of insomnia (i.e. onset, maintenance, and terminal insomnia). We explored how insomnia type predicted symptoms of anxiety and depression in older adults (n = 133; mean age 69, range 65-89). We hypothesized that onset and maintenance insomnia would have stronger relations to depression and anxiety than terminal insomnia. Regression analyses indicated that onset insomnia was the only significant predictor of anxiety symptoms, and maintenance was the only significant predictor of depressive symptoms. Thus, our findings suggest that despite overlap between depression and anxiety, insomnia may have different mechanisms of affecting each disorder. Implications for the treatment of anxiety and depressive symptoms by addressing insomnia problems will be discussed.

scholarly journals CHANGES IN THE PSYCHOLOGICAL COSTS OF MATERNAL FAVORITISM FOR DAUGHTERS AND SONS AS MOTHERS AGE

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S411-S411
Author(s):  
J Jill Suitor ◽  
Megan Gilligan ◽  
Marissa Rurka ◽  
Yifei Hou ◽  
Catherine Stepniak
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Qualitative Analyses

Abstract Life course perspectives suggest that the consequences of being mothers’ favorite children will vary, depending on the expectations associated with that status at different points in mothers’ lives. We propose that maternal favoritism predicts depressive symptoms only when mothers are older and at greater risk of facing losses for which favored children perceive they should provide additional emotional support. To address this question we used mixed-methods panel data collected from 479 adult children as part of the Within-Family Differences Study. Multi-level regression analyses revealed that perceiving oneself as the child most emotionally close to the mother did not predict depressive symptoms for daughters or sons at T1, but was a predictor of daughters’ depressive symptoms at T2. Qualitative analyses revealed that by T2, favored daughters had begun perceiving themselves as emotional caregivers when mothers faced age-related losses, whereas favored sons did not hold these role perceptions at either wave.

The Strategies and Contexts of Social Protest: Political Mediation and the Impact of the Townsend Movement in California

1999 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwin Amenta ◽  
Drew Halfmann ◽  
Michael Young
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Social Protest ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Old Age Pensions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Political Mediation

We contend that the collective action of state-oriented challengers is politically mediated, and that the impact of collective action will differ according to political contexts. More specifically, we argue that mobilization and limited protest will yield collective benefits in specified favorable political circumstances; more assertive action is required in specified less favorable circumstances. In addition to specifying these arguments, we go some distance toward appraising them, by examining the Townsend Movement, an American old-age pension challenger of the 1930s and 1940s, and the politics of old-age pensions in California. Historical, "similar systems," and regression analyses indicate that the movement had an impact on California old-age policy that varied according to the expectations of our political mediation arguments.

scholarly journals CONTINUITY OF CAREER OVER THE LIFE COURSE ON LIFE SATISFACTION AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN LATER LIFE

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S128-S129
Author(s):  
Melanie S Hill ◽  
James E Hill ◽  
Stephanie Richardson ◽  
Jessica Brown ◽  
Jeremy B Yorgason ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Career Choice ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Identity scholars have suggested that having a unified sense of past, present, and future is related to positive well-being outcomes (Whitbourne, Sneed & Skultety, 2009). One’s occupation can have a profound influence on an individual’s identity throughout the life course (Nazar & van der Heijden, 2012). Research has looked at career mobility among younger age groups (Baiyun, Ramkissoon, Greenwood, & Hoyte, 2018); however, less is known about the impact of career stability later in life. Consistency in career choice over the life course may have positive outcomes down the line as career becomes part of an individual's identity. The current study uses the Life and Family Legacies dataset, a longitudinal state-representative sample of 3,348, to examine individual’s careers at three points in the life course: high school (projected career choice), early adulthood, and later life. Results revealed that a match of desired career in high school and actual career in early adulthood was not predictive of life satisfaction or depressive symptoms in later life. However, a match of career in early adulthood and later life was significantly related to better life satisfaction and less depressive symptoms, which was explained through higher levels of job satisfaction. This study highlights the importance of acquiring and maintaining a career that is fulfilling to the individual over the course of early adulthood to later life.

scholarly journals Social Support Buffers the Impact of Depressive Symptoms on Life Satisfaction in Old Age

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tangeria R. Adams ◽  
Laura A. Rabin ◽  
Valdiva G. Da Silva ◽  
Mindy J. Katz ◽  
Joshua Fogel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Old Age ◽  
The Impact

The Impact of Depressive Symptoms and Traumatic Experiences on Quality of Life in Adults With ADHD

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 486-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Swantje Matthies ◽  
Chiharu Sadohara-Bannwarth ◽  
Sebastian Lehnhart ◽  
Jan Schulte-Maeter ◽  
Alexandra Philipsen
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Childhood Trauma ◽  
Adult Adhd ◽  
Traumatic Experiences ◽  
Childhood Trauma Questionnaire ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact

Objective: We assessed factors influencing quality of life (QoL) in adults with ADHD. Method: QoL, traumatic childhood experiences, and depression were assessed using the Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (Q-LES-Q), Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), respectively, in 60 adult ADHD outpatients and 60 age- and gender-matched controls. Results: Emotional neglect or abuse had occurred significantly more often during childhood in adults with ADHD. Depressive symptoms were rated significantly higher by ADHD patients. QoL was significantly lower in adults with ADHD, and the variables depression, ADHD symptom severity, and traumatic load, accounted for ~60% of variance in overall QoL. Conclusion: QoL is significantly reduced in adult ADHD patients. Depressive symptoms and traumatic childhood experiences influence QoL. Treatment for adult ADHD patients should take the high interdependence of depressive symptoms, childhood trauma, and QoL into consideration.

The Relationship between Career-Related Knowledge, Self-Esteem, Locus of Control, Gender and Employment Outcomes among Individuals with Learning Disabilities

2010 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Marie Mathis ◽  
Richard T. Roessler
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Employment Outcome ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Services ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

Data selected from the 1994-1999 Longitudinal Study of the Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program were used to examine the contribution of self-esteem, career-related knowledge, locus of control, and gender to the prediction of employment outcome experienced by individuals with learning disabilities (LD), as well as to hourly wages, weekly hours worked, and job satisfaction. Using logistic regression analyses, no independent variables studied were predictive of employment outcome for all participants (n = 240) or receiving workplace benefits for those who were employed (n = 63). Multiple regression analyses indicated that gender (p < .01) and belief in chance (p < .05) significantly predicted hourly wages for participants who were employed. Career-related knowledge was a significant (p < .05) predictor of job satisfaction.

Modelling the incidence of butt rot in plantations of Piceaabies in Denmark

1995 ◽  
Vol 25 (12) ◽  
pp. 1887-1896 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Vollbrecht ◽  
B. Bilde Jørgensen
Keyword(s):  
Picea Abies ◽  
Norway Spruce ◽  
Sodium Nitrite ◽  
Hardwood Forest ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Butt Rot ◽  
Silvicultural Treatments ◽  
Forest Sites ◽  
The Impact

An empirical model is presented to forecast the incidence of butt rot at the stand level. In addition, the impact of different thinning regimes and stump treatment on the incidence of butt rot was evaluated. The model is based on data from 166 permanent forest yield research plots of pure even-aged Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) plantations in Denmark, within which the incidence of butt rot at stump height in thinned trees has been recorded after each thinning since 1947. In total, 79 000 stumps from 895 thinnings were studied. Regression analyses were carried out with the incidence of butt rot at a given point of time as the dependent variable and variables describing site, stand, and silvicultural treatments as the independent variables. Predictions carried out with the model imply that Norway spruce planted on old hardwood forest sites show the fastest development of butt rot and that the more heavily or more often a stand is thinned, the faster will be the development of butt rot. Furthermore, stump treatment with urea or sodium nitrite and thinnings carried out during January–March reduce the rot development.

scholarly journals Vendo o sol nascer bordado: poderes, saberes e fazeres de reeducandas na Unidade Prisional de Goiás * Seeing the sun be born embroidery: powers and knowledges of Reeducandas in the Goiás’s Unit Prison

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 201
Author(s):  
CLÓVIS CARVALHO BRITTO ◽  
PAULO BRITO DO PRADO ◽  
RAQUEL MIRANDA BARBOSA
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Gender Relations ◽  
Women Prisoners ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Know How ◽  
Symbolic Economy ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Manual Activity

<p class="Default"><strong>Resumo: </strong>Este artigo analisa as interlocuções entre memória, patrimônio, artes do saber-fazer e as relações de gênero na Unidade Prisional de Goiás com enfoque no projeto <em>Cabocla: bordando cidadania</em>, o modo como ele tem contribuído para uma outra formatação da experiência feminina no cárcere, a economia simbólica e a patrimonialização de objetos através da eleição da cultura vilaboense, reproduzida em bordados feitos por mulheres encarceradas. Por meio de entrevistas com a idealizadora do projeto e com uma esposa de reeducando, uma ex-reeducanda e uma mulher que cumpre pena privativa de liberdade, alinhavamos um painel sobre os impactos da atividade manual no encarceramento e na trajetória de vida dessas mulheres.</p><p class="Default"><strong>Palavras-chave: </strong>bordado; memória; cárcere; patrimônio.</p><p class="Default"><strong><br /></strong></p><p class="Default"><strong>Abstract: </strong>This article examines the dialogues between memory, heritage, arts know-how and gender relations in Prison Unit Goiás focusing on Cabocla project: embroidering citizenship, the way he has contributed to a other formatting of the female experience in prison the symbolic economy and patrimony of objects through the election of vilaboense culture, reproduced in embroidery made by women prisoners. Through interviews with the creator of the project and re-educating with a wife, an ex-convict and a woman who still meets custodial sentence, sew a panel on the impact of incarceration on manual activity and the life course of these women.</p><p class="Default"><strong>Keyword: </strong>embroidery; memory; jail; patrimony.</p>

“Income vs. education” revisited – the roles of “family face” and gender in Chinese consumers' luxury consumption

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tingting Mo
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Chinese Consumers ◽  
Luxury Consumption ◽  
Educational Levels ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Face Concern ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Luxury Market ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe transgenerational influence of inherited family capital on consumers' luxury consumption has been studied recently in the mature luxury market. However, little research explores this topic in the emerging luxury market. In China's Confucian culture, “family face” as part of “family inheritance” has been conceptualized as a factor driving luxury consumption. However, this hypothesis has not been empirically tested. The current research, therefore, seeks to examine the impact of economic and cultural capital on Chinese consumers' luxury consumption within the family inheritance context and the roles that face concern and gender play to reveal the particularities of a specific emerging luxury market.Design/methodology/approachA sample of 324 Chinese consumers was recruited in Shanghai. With the full sample, the author first assessed the effects of economic and educational capital (both personal and family sources) and face concern on luxury consumption using regression analyses. Next, the author conducted the regression analyses again by gender.FindingsUnlike trends in the mature luxury market, Chinese consumers' educational levels do not drive their luxury consumption, and the transgenerational influence of economic and cultural capital functions as a negative factor. Influenced by the patrilineal tradition, higher levels of luxury consumption to compensate for parents' lower income and educational levels and to enhance family face are found only in the male consumer group, but not in the female group.Originality/valueThis research contributes to expanding the current understanding of emerging luxury markets and how the Confucian tradition influences Chinese consumers' luxury consumption through gender role norms.

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