Childhood adversity and major depression in later life: A competing‐risks regression analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 215-223
Author(s):  
Xiaoling Xiang ◽  
Xiafei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Major Depression ◽  
Competing Risks ◽  
Childhood Adversity ◽  
Later Life

Marital Strain and Support and Subjective Well-Being in Later Life: Ascribing a Role to Childhood Adversity

2021 ◽  
pp. 089826432110486
Author(s):  
Laura Upenieks ◽  
Yingling Liu
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Childhood Adversity ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Life Course Perspective ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Marital Support ◽  
Lagged Dependent Variable ◽  
Marital Strain

Objectives: We integrate the life course perspective with the stress-process model to offer a framework for how childhood conditions moderate the relationship between marital support/strain and subjective well-being in older adulthood for men and women. Methods: Drawing on longitudinal data from the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP), we use a series of lagged dependent-variable models and stratify the sample by gender. Results: Our results suggest that the benefits associated with greater marital support are stronger for those that did not live with both parents in childhood for men. Women raised in families that experienced financial hardship reported lower subjective well-being in the context of marital strain. Conclusion: Adverse experiences in childhood can be scarring or foster resilience related to well-being in the context of strained or supportive marriages.

Relationships Among History of Psychosis, Cognition and Functioning in Later-Life Remitted Major Depression

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen S. Bingham ◽  
Deirdre R. Dawson ◽  
Benoit H. Mulsant ◽  
Samprit Banerjee ◽  
Alastair J. Flint
Keyword(s):  
Major Depression ◽  
Later Life ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals PREDICTORS OF SELF-CONTINUITY IN LATER LIFE

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S308-S308
Author(s):  
Charikleia Lampraki ◽  
Dario Spini ◽  
Daniela Jopp
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Childhood Adversity ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Life Course Perspective ◽  
Future Expectations ◽  
Critical Life Events ◽  
Multilevel Hierarchical Models ◽  
The Life Course

Abstract Self-continuity is an identity mechanism that inter-connects past and present experiences with future expectations, creating a coherent whole. However, research is limited regarding inter-individual differences and life course determinants of change in self-continuity. Using a life-course perspective on vulnerability, we investigate how the accumulation of resources (e.g., social, hopeful attitude) and the occurrence of critical life events (e.g., childhood adversity, divorce) across the life course may affect changes in self-continuity. Data derived from the LIVES Intimate Partner Loss Study conducted in Switzerland from 2012 to 2016 (3 waves). The sample consisted of individuals having experienced divorce (N = 403, Mage = 55.43) or bereavement (N = 295, Mage = 69.91) in the second half of life, using a continuously married group as a reference (N = 535, Mage = 65.60). Multilevel hierarchical models were used. Results indicated that as individuals grew older they experienced more self-continuity. More childhood adversity was negatively associated with inter-individual differences in self-continuity for all groups. Divorcees with more childhood adverse events felt significantly less self-continuity as they grew older than divorcees with less childhood adversity. In the bereaved group, more childhood adversity and less hope was linked to lower levels of self-continuity. More hopeful married individuals felt more self-continuity as they grew older than less hopeful ones. In sum, findings demonstrate that self-continuity changes as a function of age, but also differs with regard to the critical life events experienced across the life course and the availability of resources.

Decomposing the effects of childhood adversity on later-life depression among Europeans: a comparative analysis by gender

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 158-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgia Verropoulou ◽  
Eleni Serafetinidou ◽  
Cleon Tsimbos
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Early Life ◽  
Childhood Adversity ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Direct And Indirect Effects ◽  
Excessive Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Childhood Health ◽  
Decomposition Approach ◽  
Adverse Experiences

AbstractThe aims of the present study are twofold: first, to examine the importance of socio-economic disadvantage, adverse experiences and poor health in childhood on later-life depression by sex and, second, to discern the direct and indirect effects of childhood circumstances using a decomposition technique. Data are derived from Waves 2 and 3 of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). The methods involve use of logistic regression models and a decomposition approach. The findings indicate that childhood socio-economic status (SES) for both genders and cognitive function for men have only a significant direct effect, consistent with the critical period model. Childhood health for men and poor parental mental health for women are nearly fully mediated by adulthood and later-life circumstances, a fact in line with the pathway model. Poor childhood health, parental excessive alcohol consumption and cognitive function for women and adverse experiences for men have both significant direct and indirect effects, consistent with both models. Mediating factors include poor adulthood and later-life health, socio-economic adversity and stress; adulthood and later-life SES mediate early life health and adverse experiences more strongly for men, whereas stress seems to mediate early life adverse experiences to a greater extent among women. Intervening policies should address childhood adversity while considering the differential vulnerability of men and women.

scholarly journals Childhood Adversity Heightens the Impact of Later-Life Caregiving Stress on Telomere Length and Inflammation

2011 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser ◽  
Jean-Philippe Gouin ◽  
Nan-ping Weng ◽  
William B. Malarkey ◽  
David Q. Beversdorf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Telomere Length ◽  
Childhood Adversity ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Caregiving Stress ◽  
The Impact

Mood Disorders in Late Life

2016 ◽  
pp. 298-310
Author(s):  
Pat Arean ◽  
Eric Lenze ◽  
Joaquin A. Anguera
Keyword(s):  
Major Depression ◽  
Access To Care ◽  
Mood Disorders ◽  
Late Life ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Standardized Assessment ◽  
Younger Adults ◽  
Assessment Scores ◽  
Assessment And Treatment

This chapter discusses how clinicians will need to prepare for a worldwide exponentially growing aging community by describing the current scope of practices with respect to the assessment and treatment mood disorders, including minor and major depression. Particularly for those in later life, the meaningful interpretation of standardized assessment scores requires consideration of medical and neurological complexities. Clinicians must be flexible not only with respect to characterization, but especially with respect to treatment, given the inherent challenges associated with access to care and the range of disability amongst these individuals. Indeed, these late-life individuals are typically assessed in a similar fashion to younger adults (which may obscure meaningful interpretations), making understanding the nuances underlying existing behavioral and pharmaceutical approaches an essential endeavor.

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