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The Effects of an Acute Stressor on Depressive Symptoms among Older Adults

The Moderating Effects of Social Support and Age

University of Central Florida, ktyler{at}pegasus.cc.ucf.edu

Dan R. Hoyt

Iowa State University

This study uses longitudinal data to examine the potential moderating effects of social support and age among older adults exposed to an acute stressor. Using a sample of 651 older persons, data were gathered in the spring of 1992 and in the fall of 1993, approximately 60 days after the peak impact of flooding in the Midwest. Results indicate a positive association between pre- and postflood depression and a negative association between social support and postflood depression. For the youngest of the two older age groups, there is also a positive association between flood exposure and post-flood depression, controlling for prior levels of depression. Age interactions reveal that social support moderates the effects of flood exposure on depression only for the younger age group.

Research on Aging, Vol. 22, No. 2, 143-164 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/0164027500222003


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