葡萄牙语
心理学
萧条(经济学)
生活质量(医疗保健)
老年学
抑郁症状
人口学
临床心理学
医学
精神科
焦虑
哲学
宏观经济学
社会学
经济
心理治疗师
语言学
作者
Henrique Pereira,Brian de Vries,Juan Pedro Serrano,Rosa Marina Afonso,Graça Esgalhado,Samuel Monteiro
标识
DOI:10.1177/0091415019864600
摘要
The purpose of this study was to assess levels of depressive symptoms and quality of life in older gay and bisexual older Spanish and Portuguese men and explore associations between these two samples and these variables. Using online surveys, 191 older gay and bisexual men from Spain and Portugal (mean age = 70 years) completed the Spanish and Portuguese versions of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies—Depression Scale and World Health Organization Instrument to Assess Quality of Life. Overall, moderate levels of depression and quality of life were found. Gay men and Spanish men report higher levels of depressive symptoms than bisexual and Portuguese men. Gay men score higher on physical health dimensions; bisexual men score higher on the social relationships dimension. Lower levels of physical health, psychological symptoms, and social relationships were significant predictors of depressive symptoms. These exploratory findings offer both similarities and differences between the samples from the two countries—and with U.S. data—and further evidence of the pervasive experience of depression in the lives of sexual minority older men with a renewed awareness of myriad contexts within which individuals age.
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