TY - JOUR
T1 - PTSD Symptoms, Daily Subjective Age, and Psychological Distress in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
AU - Hoffman, Yaakov
AU - Shrira, Amit
AU - Bodner, Ehud
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - This study had three goals: (1) to address daily links between subjective age and the three psychological distress facets (depression/anxiety/somatization); (2) to examine whether such links would be stronger under higher posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) levels; (3) to assess which PTSD cluster is most relevant. The sample (168 community-dwelling-older-adults, mean age = 73.48, 46% female) completed an online, web-based questionnaire across 14 consecutive days. Results show that on the days participants felt older, they reported higher psychological distress, which was further exacerbated by higher PTSD levels. The PTSD cluster of intrusive thoughts was most relevant. The discussion addresses the "double-burden" view, two theories of subjective age (resource/stress vs. ageism), and finally interventions for daily psychological distress reduction amongst older adults.
AB - This study had three goals: (1) to address daily links between subjective age and the three psychological distress facets (depression/anxiety/somatization); (2) to examine whether such links would be stronger under higher posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) levels; (3) to assess which PTSD cluster is most relevant. The sample (168 community-dwelling-older-adults, mean age = 73.48, 46% female) completed an online, web-based questionnaire across 14 consecutive days. Results show that on the days participants felt older, they reported higher psychological distress, which was further exacerbated by higher PTSD levels. The PTSD cluster of intrusive thoughts was most relevant. The discussion addresses the "double-burden" view, two theories of subjective age (resource/stress vs. ageism), and finally interventions for daily psychological distress reduction amongst older adults.
KW - PTSD
KW - diary studies
KW - psychological distress
KW - subjective age
KW - trauma
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85100883734&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1024/1662-9647/a000256
DO - 10.1024/1662-9647/a000256
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AN - SCOPUS:85100883734
SN - 1662-9647
VL - 34
SP - 179
EP - 188
JO - GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry
JF - GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry
IS - 4
ER -