TRAUMA, PERSONALITY, AND DEPRESSION AMONG OLDER ADULTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Alejandra Zamora, Richard Zweig · 2023
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Alejandra Zamora and Richard Zweig study how early trauma, personality traits, and relationship problems relate to low mood in older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. All 214 people in the study had lost someone during the pandemic, and they ranged in age from 55 to 84. The team also interviewed twelve people who reported hard childhood experiences, asking about their early years and the pandemic.
People with many hard childhood experiences scored higher on neuroticism, low mood, and relationship problems. High neuroticism and low extraversion predicted both relationship problems and low mood. Once personality was taken into account, early trauma and relationship problems no longer predicted low mood. Tests for combined effects found nothing firm. The interviews brought out themes of meeting childhood problems again in later life, and of adapting or holding to old coping habits. The authors stress the weight of personality in later-life low mood.
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| CREATOR | Alejandra Zamora, Richard Zweig |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |