Depression after Widowhood or Divorce in Later Life: The Moderating Effects of Prior Marital Quality and Self-Esteem
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-bgsu13876399032021-08-03T06:21:06Z Depression after Widowhood or Divorce in Later Life: The Moderating Effects of Prior Marital Quality and Self-Esteem Ye, Minzhi Sociology Widowhood divorce self-esteem marital quality older adults depression Although accumulated research findings point to the effect of marital termination on elders' depression, seldom research has tested the moderator effects of marital quality and personal self-esteem on the relationship between marital dissolution and depression among elders. The current study uses three waves of the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH), a nationally representative sample of 2570 people ages 50 and above, with 368 persons who were widowed at time 2 and 73 persons who got divorced at time 2. Using fixed-effects model, the study shows that leaving a poor marriage does less harm than leaving a satisfactory marriage on individuals' well-being. However, specific measures of things that are going on in the marriage (e.g. over- or under-benefiting) do not have an effect on the relationship between marital termination and depression. Moreover, this study demonstrated that self-esteem is related to decreased depression in later life. However, the effect of marital termination on depression does not differ by self-esteem. Further, the results showed that in terms of long-term consequences, marital status may not affect older adults' psychological well-being very much as long as they are healthy. This research will enhance knowledge about the phenomenon of widowhood and divorce in later life. 2014-04-04 English text Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1387639903 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1387639903 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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Depression after Widowhood or Divorce in Later Life: The Moderating Effects of Prior Marital Quality and Self-Esteem |
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Depression after Widowhood or Divorce in Later Life: The Moderating Effects of Prior Marital Quality and Self-Esteem |
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Depression after Widowhood or Divorce in Later Life: The Moderating Effects of Prior Marital Quality and Self-Esteem |
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Depression after Widowhood or Divorce in Later Life: The Moderating Effects of Prior Marital Quality and Self-Esteem |
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Depression after Widowhood or Divorce in Later Life: The Moderating Effects of Prior Marital Quality and Self-Esteem |
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depression after widowhood or divorce in later life: the moderating effects of prior marital quality and self-esteem |
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2014 |
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