Families in later life: A decade in review

D Carr, RL Utz - Journal of Marriage and Family, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Later‐life families encompass the legal, biological, romantic, and kin‐like relationships of
persons ages 65 and older. Research on older families has flourished over the past decade …

The gender difference in depression: are elderly women at greater risk for depression than elderly men?

JS Girgus, K Yang, CV Ferri - Geriatrics, 2017 - mdpi.com
Numerous epidemiological reports have found that adolescent, young adult, and middle-
aged adult girls and women are more likely to be diagnosed with unipolar depression and …

The association of widowhood and living alone with depression among older adults in India

S Srivastava, P Debnath, N Shri, T Muhammad - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Widowhood is a catastrophic event at any stage of life for the surviving partner particularly in
old age, with serious repercussions on their physical, economic, and emotional well-being …

Gender and social isolation across the life course

D Umberson, Z Lin, H Cha - Journal of health and social …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Social isolation has robust adverse effects on health, well-being, dementia risk, and
longevity. Although most studies suggest similar effects of isolation on the health of men and …

Social support moderates the association of functional difficulty with major depression among community-dwelling older adults: evidence from LASI, 2017–18

T Muhammad, P Maurya - BMC psychiatry, 2022 - Springer
Background This study aimed to examine the potential independent association of functional
disability with major depression and moderating effects of social support variables including …

Widowhood, widowhood duration, and loneliness among older adults in China

F Yang, D Gu - Social Science & Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Widowhood is a distressful life event that is associated with loneliness in older
adults. However, widowhood is not a binary event, and little is known about the role of …

Perceived emotional social support in bereaved spouses mediates the relationship between anxiety and depression

NC Jacobson, KA Lord, MG Newman - Journal of affective disorders, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Prior research has shown that anxiety symptoms predict later depression
symptoms following bereavement. Nevertheless, no research has investigated mechanisms …

[KNIHA][B] Grief and loss across the lifespan: A biopsychosocial perspective

CA Walter, JLM McCoyd - 2015 - books.google.com
Praise for the First Edition:"[This book] represents a significant advance because it looks at
the issues from a bio-psychosocial perspective. To a social worker who has worked mainly …

[KNIHA][B] Stress, cognition and health: Real world examples and practical applications

T Cassidy - 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
The new edition of this bestselling textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the latest
research on stress and health, moving beyond the former deficit model to a resource growth …

Combining formal and informal caregiving roles: The psychosocial implications of double-and triple-duty care

N DePasquale, KD Davis, SH Zarit… - … Sciences and Social …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Objectives. Women who combine formal and informal caregiving roles represent a unique,
understudied population. In the literature, healthcare employees who simultaneously …