Depression among older divorced people

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Title Depression among older divorced people
Publication Type thesis
School or College College of Nursing
Department Nursing
Author McKay, Mary Ann
Date 1988-03
Description This ex post facto, descriptive, correlational study was designed to examine the degree of depression of 106 currently-divorced individuals over 50 years of age who had been married at least 15 years, separated not more than 4 years, divorced 3 years or less and living in Salt Lake County, Utah. Measurements of depression were obtained from the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS). Findings indicate that the level of depression among the older, divorced individuals was in the low range, but slightly higher than normal subjects screened for depression by Zung. The amount of professional psychiatric help (54.9%) used by this sample may have helped to relieve the depressive effect of the divorce. They were not screened for antidepressant medications. Greater social support and positive subjective view of health were associated with lower depression scores. No relationship was found between the other demographic variables of age, gender, present income, education, employment and religion and the higher scores on the SDS.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Single Person; Social Environment; Utah
Subject MESH Middle Aged; Aged; Divorce; Grief
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name MS
Language eng
Relation is Version of Digital reproduction of "Depression among older divorced people." Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library. Print version of "Depression among older divorced people." available at J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collection. RC39.5 1988 .M33.
Rights Management © Mary Ann McKay
Format application/pdf
Format Medium application/pdf
Identifier undthes,212004
Source Original: University of Utah Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library (no longer available).
ARK ark:/87278/s61z4665
Setname ir_etd
ID 191218
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61z4665
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