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Estresse e suporte social na infância e adolescência relacionados com sintomas depressivos em idosos Stress and social support in childhood and adolescence related with depression symptoms in the elderly

Authors :
Ana Paula Fabrino Bretas Cupertino
Beatriz Helena Domingos Oliveira
Danielle Viveiros Guedes
Evelyne Rosa Coelho
Roberta Saramella Milano
Jacqueline Silva Rubac
Sumaya Hallack Sarkis
Source :
Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, Vol 19, Iss 3, Pp 371-378 (2006)
Publication Year :
2006
Publisher :
SpringerOpen, 2006.

Abstract

Considerando o envelhecimento como período ligado às influências sócio-históricas e experiências ocorridas durante o desenvolvimento, torna-se importante investigar variáveis de outros períodos do curso da vida que possam estar implicadas na saúde dos idosos. Assim, o objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a relação entre características do suporte social e estresse na infância/adolescência com sintomas depressivos na velhice. Utilizou-se a escala CES-D (Radloff, 1977) e a escala de suporte social e estresse na infância/adolescência do Davis Longitudinal Study on Aging (Aldwin, Sutton, Chiara, & Spiro, III, 1996). A amostra consistiu de 956 idosos com idade entre 60 e 103 anos (M= 72,4; DP= 8,2). Foram encontradas relações significativas entre estressores e disciplina recompensatória com sintomas depressivos, o que se atribui a características não-normativas destas variáveis para esta coorte.Considering the process of aging as a period connected to social and historical influences, and life experiences that occur during development, it's significant to investigate the variables of other periods from the course of life, which could be implicated in the health of elders. The purpose of this study, however, was to assess the relation amongst social support characteristics and stress during the childhood/adolescence period, and depression symptoms of the elderly. The CES-D scale (Radloff, 1977) and the social support and stress in childhood/adolescence scale from Davis Longitudinal Study on Aging (Aldwin, Sutton, Chiara, & Spiro, III, 1996) were used. The sample consisted of 956 elderly between 60 and 103 years old (M= 72,4; SD= 8,2). Significant connections had been found between stressors and compensatory discipline with depression symptoms, which has been attributed to non-normative characteristics of such variables for the present cohort.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
01027972 and 16787153
Volume :
19
Issue :
3
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.2b0ba3df827a41ec95fa4ba0a61589d4
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-79722006000300005