title: Social Support Buffers the Impact of Depressive Symptoms on Life Satisfaction in Old Age.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Life satisfaction is an important component of overall well-being. Decline in life satisfaction is related to many adverse health outcomes including mortality.
  
  
  METHODS
  We investigate the association of various psychosocial and health-related factors to life satisfaction in 237 non-demented community-dwelling older adults.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Lower levels of depressive symptoms, less perceived stress, higher levels of social support, and better self-perceived general health were significantly associated with higher life satisfaction. Social support buffered the adverse impact of depressive symptoms on life satisfaction where more depressive symptoms were associated with much lower life satisfaction at low levels of social support than at high levels of social support.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We discuss study implications, future research directions, and possible interventions that involve boosting social support in at-risk older adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center of The City University of New York, Brooklyn, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Tangeria R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center of The City University of New York, Brooklyn, U.S.A.; Department of Finance and Business Management, Brooklyn College of The City University of New York, Brooklyn, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Laura A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Rabin
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center of The City University of New York, Brooklyn, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Valdiva G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Da Silva
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and the Einstein Aging Study, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Mindy J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.affiliation: Department of Finance and Business Management, Brooklyn College of The City University of New York, Brooklyn, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fogel
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and the Einstein Aging Study, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Richard B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Lipton
keywords: aging; depression; quality of life; social support