Financial strain, social relations, and psychological distress amongolder people: A cross-cultural analysis
K.F. Ferraro
Bok Engelsk 1999
| Utgitt | 1999
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| Omfang | Side S3- S15
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| Opplysninger | Objectives. This article examines how financial strain and socialrelations may independently and jointly influence psychologicaldistress among older people in four nations.Methods. Data from four Western Pacific nations (N = 3,277) are usedto test additive and multiplicative models of the relationshipsbetween financial strain, social relations; and psychologicaldistress.Results. Financial strain is associated with higher levels ofpsychological distress in three of the four nations. Interactivemodels of the effects of financial attain and social relations ondistress were uncovered in three of the four nations, but the type ofsocial relation influencing the strain-distress relationship varied.Subjective health and IADLs were significant predictors ofpsychological distress in all four nations.Discussion. Findings suggest that although financial strain is quitelikely to lead to psychological distress among elders, this can bemitigated, at least in part: by social relationships. Modernizationwas not associated with higher psychological distress.
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