Age Differences in Depressive Symptom Experiences

摘要: Age differences in depressive symptom experiences were investigated a community sample of 368 women between the ages 51 and 92 who administered SCL-90 Depression Additional Symptoms Scales. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to assess compare younger (age 51-65) older 66-92) age cohort. Findings show that two somewhat different syndromes underlie reporting patterns, one having higher levels cohort, other In addition, three more delimited forms distress -- feelings enervation, dysphoria, sleep disturbances among Implications these findings for future research on relation aging depression are discussed.