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PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING
Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages 201-207Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.21.1.201
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anxiety; aging; depression; elderly; neuroticism
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- NIA NIH HHS [AG 19627] Funding Source: Medline
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The relationship between aging and negative affect is dynamic and complex. Although prior studies have often cited lower prevalence rates of anxiety and mood disorders among older individuals, these studies may miss the dynamic relationship between symptoms and aging. To evaluate a nonlinear model of the relationship between aging and negative affect, the author examined measures of neuroticism, anxiety, and depression symptoms in a cross-sectional, community sample (N = 335), ages 18 to 93. Results indicated a curvilinear relationship, with mean symptom levels increasing during early adulthood (until the mid-30s) and then showing a small decline until older adulthood (the mid-70s), when symptoms again increase with age.
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