The Age Structure and the Stress Process

Lin, Nan; Ensel, Walter M.; Dean, Alfred

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“…Durkheim (195 l), for example, discusses the connections among social order, social integration, and suicide. The relationship between social structure and personality is also critical to Weber's (1958) analysis of the rise of capitalism and the Protestant work ethic, Brenner's (1974) study on economic cycles and mental illness, and much of the recent research on social support and psychological health (e.g., Lin et al, 1986). Ecological factors, neighborhood perceptions, and social integration do not explain everything about the development of psychological problems.…”

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“…The focus of the 'Several lines of research support this theoretical argument. Studies on the relationship among the social environment, negative life events, and psychological health show that changes in people's social networks and negative environmental factors (e.g., losing one's job) have a strong effect on feelings of distress and depression (Lin et al, 1986; Thoits, 1983). Being depressed, on the other hand, has a significant, but less powerful effect on negative life events and the likelihood of living in a densely populated, high crime neighborhood.…”

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“…First, community researchers generally agree that the number, strength, and types of locally based social bonds are critical to understanding the quality of life in modern societies and feelings of self-efficacy (Baldassare, 1982;Campbell, 1980;Fischer, 1982;Srole & Fischer, 1980;Unger & Wandersman, 1982, 1985. Isolated individuals tend to have fewer resources and less social support than d o more socially integrated people when faced with negative life events (Faris & Dunham, 1939;Lin, Dean, & Ensel, 1986;Thoits, 1983;Unger & Wandersman, 1985). Because social isolation and social disorganization make it difficult for people to satisfy many of their social and economic needs within the neighborhood, network theorists argue that people who live in areas that are the most isolating and disorganized should express the least satisfaction with their neighborhoods and suffer from the poorest psychological health (Fischer, 1982).…”

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“…Marriage, for example, is one of the most consistently cited social statuses positively associated with social integration and good psychological health (Lin et al, 1986). Other statuses have more mixed consequences.…”

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“…Other statuses have more mixed consequences. Parents consistently show greater participation in local activities such as Parent-Teachers Associations and neighborhood associations (Fischer, 1982), but lower psychological health (Lin et al, 1986). Men, due to gender role socialization, spend significantly more time outside the neighborhood than women do.…”

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Classic urban theory suggests that living in highly urbanized areas of the city results in social isolation, social disorganization, and psychological problems. Living in the suburbs, however, is thought to be much more conducive to happiness, because suburban areas have a lower population density, lower crime, and a more stable population when compared to urban areas. Using data collected in 1974 from the Detroit Metropolitan Area, this study evaluates this “happy suburbanite” hypothesis. Results show that people living in the suburbs are no more likely to express greater satisfaction with their neighborhood, greater satisfaction with the quality of their lives, or stronger feelings of self‐efficacy than people living in the city. The analyses reveal that social integration and perceptions of the neighborhood are associated with neighborhood satisfaction, whereas employment status, age, housing satisfaction, and neighborhood satisfaction are associated with good psychological health. The results also show that length of residence has the strongest effect on neighborhood social ties and participation in local activities. The implication of these findings for a social psychological theory of community life is discussed.

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

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1989

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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 of social support provided by adult children to their elderly parents are employed: caring and concern (CC), social integration (SI), love and affection (LA), and instrumental support (IN). We observed their differential effects on depression in a model which includes sociodemographic factors, disability, and stressful life events. Among the expressive scales (CC, SI, and LA), operationalizations of Cobb's definition of social support, CC and SI show inverse though modest main effects on depression. Conversely, IN exhibits no significant effects. Salutary effects of expressive support are maximized when CC is high. Only SI exhibits a buffering effect. Implications of these and other findings are discussed.

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Prediction of first episode of clinical depression in patients newly admitted to a medical long‐term care facility: Findings from a prospective study

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1993

Int J Geriat Psychiatry

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SUMMARYA cohort of 104 patients newly admitted to a medical long-term care facility was studied over 1 year for evolution of depression. Seven variables that were associated with level of depression were used 'in discriminant function analyses. Results showed that the variables had about 90% accuracy in predicting depressed versus non-depressed groups with good sensitivity and specificity. The variables measured: coping with admission; life satisfaction at admission; affective and non-affective symptoms at admission; clinical health status after admission; friends in hospital after admission; and changes in affective symptoms after admission before the onset of depression.KEY woms-Depression, nursing homes, long-term care, coping, life satisfaction, health status, social supports.In a recent article in this Journal (Foster el al., 1991) we reported confirmation of a study (Katz et al., 1989) showing that the incidence rate of clinical depression in medical long-term care facilities (LTCF) is quite high and approximately 14%. This rate may be fairly uniform across both geriatric and younger patients, across gender, across different types of LTCFs (nursing facility; rehabilitation and chronic care medicine hospital), and across differing lengths of institutional stay. This incidence rate suggests there may be over 240 000 new cases of clinical depression occurring per year in the United States LTCF system. Several recent studies (Ashby et al., Katz et al., 1989;Parmelee et al., 1992;Rovner et al., 1991) have documented an excessive and high mortality rate associated with depression in LTCFs that is not related to suicide. The cause of the increased mortality rate is not clearly defined, with some studies indicating the depression is associated with poor physical health (Parmelee et al., 1992) while others show that poor physical health status is only one of multiple biopsychosocial factors related to

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The Age Structure and the Stress Process

Cited by 86 publications

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Is happiness a home in the suburbs?: The influence of urban versus suburban neighborhoods on psychological health

Is happiness a home in the suburbs?: The influence of urban versus suburban neighborhoods on psychological health

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

Prediction of first episode of clinical depression in patients newly admitted to a medical long‐term care facility: Findings from a prospective study

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