[Depression and life quality in old age--correlates of negative and positive moods. Results of the Bonn Gerontologic Longitudinal Study].
The paper reports on studies related to consistency and change of morale (mood) in old age. In a longitudinal sample observed from 1965 to 1978 of two cohorts (born 1890-96 resp. 1900-05) we observed consistent average and increasing morale in 46.6% of the cases whereas there was a slight drop in morale in 53.4%. Whereas there was no difference in the cohorts compared, women always showed a lower moral. Decrease in morale correlated in a significant way with decrease of activity and feeling of security. Whereas the objective degree of life stress did not correlate with morale, this was true for the subjective representation of stress as well as the selection of responses to stress (the "coping-styles"). The multifactorial causes of poorer morale (mood) are demonstrated in an interactional model.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D002979:Climacteric; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D012106:Research; D012931:Social Environment
Depression und "Lebensqualität" im Alter--Korrelate negativer und positiver Gestimmtheit. Ergebnisse der Bonner Gerontologischen Längsschnittstudie.