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Depression in Adult Women: Age Changes and Cohort Effects

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  • Kasen, S.
  • Cohen, P.
  • Chen, H.
  • Castille, D.

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Objectives. We sought to separate age and cohort associations with depression, assessed 3 times within a 10-year period in 701 women born between 1928 and 1958. Methods. We used regression analysis to examine age differences in women with depression in 2 birth cohorts, pre-1945 and post-1944, who were assessed at comparable ages. Multilevel modeling was used to estimate changes with age in successive birth year cohorts. Results. An age by cohort interaction indicated more depression among younger than older women in the post-1944 cohort but a flat age profile in the pre-1945 cohort. Longitudinal analyses indicated declines in depression with age in more recent cohorts but increases in earlier ones. Conclusions. Increases in depression in younger women in successive cohorts may be offset by decreases in middle age.

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  • Kasen, S. & Cohen, P. & Chen, H. & Castille, D., 2003. "Depression in Adult Women: Age Changes and Cohort Effects," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 93(12), pages 2061-2066.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:2003:93:12:2061-2066_1
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    1. Bracke, Piet & Delaruelle, Katrijn & Dereuddre, Rozemarijn & Van de Velde, Sarah, 2020. "Depression in women and men, cumulative disadvantage and gender inequality in 29 European countries," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 267(C).
    2. Sojung Park & Sangchul Lee, 2018. "Heterogeneous Age-Friendly Environments among Age-Cohort Groups," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(4), pages 1-16, April.
    3. Quesnel-Vallée, Amélie & Taylor, Miles, 2012. "Socioeconomic pathways to depressive symptoms in adulthood: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 74(5), pages 734-743.
    4. Wunder, Christoph & Wiencierz, Andrea & Schwarze, Johannes & Küchenhoff, Helmut & Kleyer, Sara & Bleninger, Philipp, 2009. "Well-Being over the Life Span: Semiparametric Evidence from British and German Longitudinal Data," IZA Discussion Papers 4155, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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