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Subjective age and perceived distance-to-death moderate the association between posttraumatic stress symptoms and posttraumatic growth among older adults.
- Source :
- Aging & Mental Health; Sep2016, Vol. 20 Issue 9, p948-954, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Objectives:Little research has addressed the association between posttraumatic stress (PTS) symptoms and posttraumatic growth (PTG) in the second half of life. This study examined whether subjective age and perceived distance-to-death moderate this association. Method:339 community-dwelling older adults (age range 50–90;M= 65.44,SD= 9.77) were sampled through random dialing to Jewish residents in the south of Israel. Participants completed a phone-questionnaire on PTS symptoms, level of PTG, subjective age, and perceived distance-to-death. Results:Higher levels of PTS symptoms were both linearly and curvilinearly related to higher PTG. Additionally, subjective age and perceived distance-to-death moderated this association in a linear way, so that the association was strongest in participants who reported younger subjective age and further distance-to-death. Discussion:The findings emphasize the moderating effect of two time perspectives, one that focuses on time since birth and another that concerns the time that remains before death. These two perspectives affect the association between posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth within older individuals. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- HYPOTHESIS
AGE distribution
STATISTICAL correlation
JEWS
MARITAL status
POST-traumatic stress disorder
PROBABILITY theory
QUESTIONNAIRES
REGRESSION analysis
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
SELF-evaluation
SURVEYS
TELEPHONES
MATHEMATICAL variables
MULTIPLE regression analysis
INDEPENDENT living
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
OLD age
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13607863
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Aging & Mental Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 116237635
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2015.1047320