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Depression in Older Ethnic Groups

A Test of the Generality of the Social Precursors Model

Carol Magai

Long Island University

Michael-David Kerns

National Institute on Aging

Nathan S. Consedine

Center for Studies of Ethnicity and Human Development, Long Island University

Denise Fyffe

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

The generality of George's model of the social precursors of depression was tested in a sample of older persons (N = 803) from three ethnic groups: U.S.-born African Americans, African Caribbeans, and U.S.-born European Americans. The social precursors model includes demographic variables, early events and achievements, later events and achievements, social integration, vulnerability and protective factors, and provoking agents and coping efforts. Zero-order correlations indicated that nearly all the predictor variables were significantly associated with depression. A test of the overall model with all six stages was followed by separate regressions for each ethnic group. Four of the six stages of the model contributed unique variance to the prediction of depressed affect in European Americans but only two in the case of African Americans and African Caribbeans. The most robust and consistent predictor of depression was the sixth-stage variables of stress and emotion regulation.

Key Words: depression • older adults • social precursors • ethnicity

Research on Aging, Vol. 25, No. 2, 144-171 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/0164027502250017
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