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Journal of Aging and Health, Vol. 14, No. 2, 260-285 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/089826430201400205

The Relationship between Age and Depressive Symptoms

A Test of Competing Explanatory and Suppression Influences

Scott Schieman

University of Maryland

Karen van Gundy

University of New Hampshire

John Taylor

Florida State University

Objective: The objective is to examine competing explanatory and suppression influences on a negative, linear association between age and depressive symptoms. Methods:Two samples were used: a community sample of physically disabled individuals and a comparison sample matched on age, sex, and area of residence. Results:Fewer economic hardships and fewer experiences of negative interpersonal exchanges among older disabled and nondisabled respondents account for the negative relationship between age and depressive symptoms. Higher scores on a composite measure of religiosity among older disabled adults also account for part of the negative age effect. Conversely, a lower sense of mastery among older respondents in both samples suppresses the size of the negative age slope. Discussion:Findings are discussed in terms of stress process and socioemotional selectivity theories, which predict that personal and social arrangements influence the experience of emotions differentially across the life course.


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