| Title | Longitudinal analysis of the reciprocal effects of self-assessed global health and depressive symptoms. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2005 |
| Authors | Kosloski, K, Stull, DE, Kercher, K, VanDussen, DJ |
| Journal | J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pagination | P296-P303 |
| Date Published | 2005 Nov |
| ISSN Number | 1079-5014 |
| Call Number | pubs_2005_Kosloski_etal.pdf |
| Keywords | Aged, Analysis of Variance, Attitude to Health, Chronic disease, depression, Disabled Persons, Female, Health Surveys, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Personality Inventory, Psychometrics, Reproducibility of Results, Self-Assessment, Statistics as Topic |
| Abstract | This study examined whether a reciprocal relationship exists between measures of self-assessed global health and depressive symptoms, net of covariates that included chronic illness, functional disability, education, income, gender, race, and age. Analyses of five waves of data from the Rand version of the Health and Retirement Survey (N=7,475), using an autoregressive, cross-lagged panel design, indicated that self-assessed overall health had a modest but statistically significant and consistent effect on depressive symptoms. In contrast, the level of depressive symptoms had a statistically nonsignificant effect on self-assessed health. There has been growing interest in identifying the factors that inform self-assessments of overall health. The present findings indicate that self-assessed global health is not simply a manifestation of depressed affect. |
| DOI | 10.1093/geronb/60.6.p296 |
| User Guide Notes | |
| Endnote Keywords | Depressive Symptoms/Subjective/Health |
| Endnote ID | 15520 |
| Alternate Journal | J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci |
| Citation Key | 7043 |
| PubMed ID | 16260703 |
