Stability and change of emotional functioning in late life: modelling of vulnerability profiles

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• 作者：de Beurs ; Edwin ; Comijs ; Hannie ; Twisk ; Jos W.R. ; Sonnenberg ; Caroline ; Beekman ; Aartjan T.F. ; et. al.
• 关键词：Anxiety ; Depression ; Risk factors ; Vulnerability ; Life events ; Multilevel analysis
• 刊名：Journal of Affective Disorders
• 出版年：2005
• 出版时间：January, 2005
• 年：2005
• 卷：84
• 期：1
• 页码：53-62
• 全文大小：225 K

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The present study investigated stability and change in emotional well-being in a prospective study of a large sample of community-dwelling older adults (aaa55 years). Emotional functioning was conceptualized according to the tripartite model distinguishing three aspects: general negative affect (NA), depression, and anxiety. The study tested models for the decline of mental health in late life based on the diathesisaaastress model. In previous studies, support has been found for the diathesisaaastress model (for an overview, see [Goldberg, D.P., Huxley, P., 1992. Common mental disorders: a biosocial model. Routledge, London; Zuckerman, M., 1999. Vulnerability to psychopathology. American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.]). The predictive ability of vulnerability factors (the personality characteristics mastery and neuroticism) and stressful life events and their interaction was tested for an increase in general negative affect, decreased positive affect (PA), and increased anxiety. More specifically, we tested the hypothesis that loss leads to decreased positive affect in subjects with low mastery, whereas threat leads to anxiety in subjects with high neuroticism.