Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.
Department of Sociology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Aging Ment Health. 2022 Jan;26(1):149-158. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2020.1849020. Epub 2020 Dec 2.
Interpersonal stressful events (ISE) have been shown to be potent predictors of major depressive symptoms among older adults. This study examines the relationships between recent ISE and depressive symptoms in late life and explores whether having coping cognitive resource (e.g. finding meaning and goal in life) can buffer the effects of ISE on depressive symptoms for older adults. We utilized a sample of residents in Florida retirement communities ( = 588) who participated in a long-term-panel study using yearly assessments for six years. Additionally, we modeled within-person differences in ISE and depressive symptoms simultaneously with multilevel modeling. Then, we tested the moderating effect of coping resource (i.e. meaning in life and goal in life) in the association between ISE and depressive symptoms. We found that the mean level of ISE is associated with higher depressive symptoms and lower life satisfaction. In addition, higher levels of within-person meaning and goal buffered the negative effect of ISE on depressive symptoms for older adults. Similarly, within-person meaning and goal also attenuated the negative effect of ISE on life satisfaction.
人际压力事件 (ISE) 已被证明是老年人出现重度抑郁症状的有力预测因素。本研究探讨了老年人近期 ISE 与抑郁症状之间的关系，并探讨了是否具有应对认知资源（例如在生活中找到意义和目标）可以缓冲 ISE 对抑郁症状的影响。我们利用佛罗里达州退休社区居民的样本（ = 588），他们参加了一项长期的面板研究，为期六年每年进行一次评估。此外，我们使用多层次模型同时对 ISE 和抑郁症状的个体内差异进行建模。然后，我们检验了应对资源（即生活意义和生活目标）在 ISE 和抑郁症状之间的关联中的调节作用。我们发现，ISE 的平均水平与较高的抑郁症状和较低的生活满意度相关。此外，较高的个体内意义和目标缓冲了 ISE 对老年人抑郁症状的负面影响。同样，个体内的意义和目标也减弱了 ISE 对生活满意度的负面影响。
