Alfred Dean

Biographic Data

ID3924421
NAMEAlfred Dean
GIVEN NAMESAlfred
FAMILY NAMEDean
SIGNATUREDEAN A
AFFILIATIONSSan Diego State University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS82
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1966
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1993
H-INDEX3

  • Social Support from Friends and Psychological Distress Among Elderly Persons: Moderator Effects of Age

    Georg E Matt, Alfred DeanARTICLEJournal of Health and Social…1993Cited by: 25

    In this study, the relationships among age, sex, friend support, and psychological distress are examined among elderly persons. Structural equation modeling and a longitudinal design are used to examine direct, indirect, and moderator (interaction) effects over a 22-month interval. Findings suggest that different causal processes operate among persons over the age of 70 (old-old) and those 50 to 70 years (young-old); the cross-lagged effects of f…

  • The Influence of Living Alone on Depression in Elderly Persons

    Open AccessAlfred Dean, Bohdan Kolody et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health1992Cited by: 22References: 3

    The mental health effects of living alone on elderly persons are not well known. Using multiple regression models, the authors attempted to distinguish the influence of living alone on depressive symptoms from the influence of other highly relevant variables: social support, stressors, age, sex, and marital status. The data derive from a stratified community probability sample of persons 50 years of age and older. The authors find that elderly pe…

  • Social Stress and Mental Health: A Social-Psychiatric Field Study of Calcutta

    Alfred Dean, Ajita ChakrabortyARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1992

    The immense stress that the people of Calcutta suffer as a result of overpopulation, migration, economic hardships, changing life styles and social structure is explored in this study. Depressive neuroses were found to be much more common - particularly among poor women - in Calcutta than in other Indian cities. However, the unique resilience of family systems was found to prevent Calcuttans having a 'culture of poverty

  • The effects of widowhood on social support from significant others

    Open AccessAlfred Dean, Georg E Matt et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Psychology1992References: 32

    The effects of widowhood on social support from significant others are variously predicted by the decremental model, the continuity model, and the compensatory model. This study distinctly tested for these possible effects to discern whether they vary with specific types and sources of support. We examined possible changes over 22 months by comparing two recently widowed groups with matched controls of married and unmarried persons, each from a c…

  • Effects of Social Support from Various Sources on Depression in Elderly Persons

    Alfred Dean, Bohdan Kolody et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health and Social…1990Cited by: 34

    Although global measures of social support demonstrate significant effects on psychological and physical well-being, the differential significance of various support sources is largely unknown. The present study examines differences in the effects of functional expressive support by source on depressive symptoms. This approach is contrasted with network interaction studies of elderly persons, which do not measure functional support but do suggest…

  • The effects of types of social support from adult children on depression in elderly persons

    Open AccessAlfred Dean, Bohdan Kolody et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Psychology1989References: 22

    Employing a stressors-mental health outcomes model, this study examines the effects of four newly developed measures of functional social support from adult children on the depressive symptomatology of elderly persons. Data derive from structured interviews of a community, stratified probability sample of adults aged 50 and over (N =1,174). The stressors examined are undesirable life events and level of disability. Scales representing four types …

  • Social Support, Life Events, and Depression

    B Wellman, Alfred Dean et al.REVIEWContemporary Sociology A Journal…1988Cited by: 1

  • Modelling social support, life events, competence, and depression in the context of age and sex

    Open AccessAlfred Dean, Walter M EnselARTICLEJournal of Community Psychology1982References: 35

    As part of a longitudinal study, life events, social support, and personal competence are examined in terms of their ability to explain depressive symptomatology in three empirically discerned age groups of males and females. The major findings point to the centrality of social support in the epidemiology of depression in all age-sex groupings. While support was found to be the most significant predictor of depression in all groups, the magnitude…

  • The Stress-Buffering Role of Social Support: Problems and Prospects for Systematic Investigation

    Alfred Dean, Nan LinARTICLEThe Journal of Nervous and Mental…1977

    Over the pase 20 years, a sizable body of literature has developed which serves to establish that stressful life events are associated with the onset, incidence, and prevalence of a wide range of physical and psychiatric disorders. As measured by the Holmes and Rahe Social Readjustment Rating Scale, or similar instruments, the stressful life events are fundamentally sociological in nature. Yet, paradoxically, the research has been largely limited…

  • The Social Setting of Mental Health

    Muriel W Pumphrey, Alfred Dean et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1977

  • Community Dynamics and Mental Health

    Alfred Dean, Donald C KleinARTICLESocial Forces1969

  • Drinking in French Culture

    Alfred Dean, Roland Sadoun et al.ARTICLESocial Forces1966