TY - JOUR
T1 - Sex, marital status, and psychological distress in later life
T2 - a comparative analysis
AU - Krause, Neal
AU - Dowler, David
AU - Liang, Jersey
AU - Shengzu Gu, Gu
AU - Naomi Yatomi, Yatomi
AU - Yi-Li Chuang, Chuang
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - Some investigators maintain that while married men experience less distress than married women, the opposite may be true for those who are not married. In this instance, women are thought to report fewer symptoms of distress than men. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships among gender, marital status, psychological distress and alcohol use in five culturally-diverse groups of older adults: U.S. whites, U.S. blacks, Japanese, Taiwanese and elderly people in the People's Republic of China. We find little evidence of the pattern described above. Instead, the data suggest that being single is equally detrimental for older men and women regardless of the cultural setting.
AB - Some investigators maintain that while married men experience less distress than married women, the opposite may be true for those who are not married. In this instance, women are thought to report fewer symptoms of distress than men. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships among gender, marital status, psychological distress and alcohol use in five culturally-diverse groups of older adults: U.S. whites, U.S. blacks, Japanese, Taiwanese and elderly people in the People's Republic of China. We find little evidence of the pattern described above. Instead, the data suggest that being single is equally detrimental for older men and women regardless of the cultural setting.
KW - Alcohol use
KW - Cross-cultural
KW - Depressive symptoms
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0029079725&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/0167-4943(95)00633-V
DO - 10.1016/0167-4943(95)00633-V
M3 - 文章
AN - SCOPUS:0029079725
SN - 0167-4943
VL - 21
SP - 127
EP - 146
JO - Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
JF - Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
IS - 2
ER -
