Threats to Belonging—Stressful Life Events and Mental Health Symptoms in Aging Men—A Longitudinal Cohort Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15528285 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jutta Lindert (0000-0001-5368-3886, University of Applied Sciences Emden Leer, corresponding author), Lewina O Lee (0000-0002-1652-8198, University School), Marc G Weisskopf (0000-0003-4513-9834, Harvard University), Martin Mckee (0000-0002-0121-9683, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), Susanne Sehner (0000-0002-2415-9302, Universität Hamburg), Avron Spiro (0000-0003-4080-8621, VA Boston Healthcare System) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Pages | 575979-575979 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-02 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.575979 |
| PMID | 33424657 |
| OpenAlex | W3109060585 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 32 |
Objectives: Stressful life events, especially relationship events, are frequent in adult life. We investigated the impact of a variety of stressful life events on symptoms of depression, anxiety, and hostility. Methods: We analyzed data from a large prospective cohort study of men ( n = 1,437) in the Boston area (assessed in 1985, 1988, and 1991). Main outcomes were measures of depression, anxiety and hostility symptoms. We used the Elders Life Stress Inventory (ELSI) to measure stressful life events in the past 12 months and examine their association with symptoms of depression, anxiety and hostility. First, we analyzed the association of stressful life events with symptom changes; second, we categorized stressful life events into finance/work, health, relationships, loss, living situations events; and third, we estimated the specific association between relationship events and depression, anxiety and hostility symptoms using multilevel models. Results: The most frequent stressful life events were health, relationship, and financial events. Depression, anxiety, and hostility symptoms were relatively stable among men who did not experience these life events. However, those who reported life events in the past 12 months had a greater increase in symptoms of depression (+0.05; 95% CI: 0.01 to 0.10) and of hostility (+0.05; 95% CI: 0.01 to 0.09) than those who did not. Additionally, we found a significant decrease in hostility (-0.05; 95% CI: -0.08 to -0.01) in those experiencing no life events. Conclusion: Relationship events were more important than any other type of events, and were significantly associated with increased depression and hostility in aging men. Although the effects were small, the results point to a need to understand better the impact of relationships on psychopathology in the aging population
Anxiety · Cohort · Cohort study · Depression (economics · Hostility · Mental health · Psychiatry · Aging and Gerontology Research · Clinical Psychology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Psychology · Internal Medicine
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| Citations per year | 0.2 |
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| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |