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Morin, Charles M.; Landreville, Philippe; Colecchi, Cheryl; McDonald, Kathy; Stone, Jackie; Ling, William

doi:10.1023/a:1022986728576

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“…However, as seen in our study, the SES of the participants remained relatively stable throughout childhood and adulthood. The overall anxiety level in our sample was similar to that found in an earlier study in an elderly community-dwelling population that had also experienced World War II 68 .…”

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The Impact of Early Life Stress on Anxiety Symptoms in Late Adulthood

Lähdepuro

Savolainen

Lahti‐Pulkkinen

et al. 2019

Sci Rep

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Early life stress (ELS) may increase the risk of anxiety throughout the life course. Whether this effect extends to late adulthood is poorly known. In our study comprising 1872 participants from the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study born in 1934–1944, we investigated the association of various forms of ELS and their accumulation with self-reported anxiety symptoms at the age of 65–77 years. Data on childhood socioeconomic status and separation from parents were based on national registers for all participants. Information on self-reported emotional and physical trauma, parental divorce, and death of a family member in childhood was obtained from 1277 participants. We found that experiencing emotional trauma, physical trauma, and low socioeconomic status in childhood were associated with increased anxiety symptoms in late adulthood [B = 0.44 (95% CI = 0.31–0.58); B = 0.33 (95% CI = 0.20–0.46); B = 0.10 (95% CI = 0.01–0.19), respectively]. These associations remained significant even after controlling for other forms of ELS. Accumulation of early life stress also increased the levels of late-adulthood anxiety symptoms and the risk of anxiety regarded as clinically significant. Screening for potentially stressful childhood experiences in elderly populations may help identifying individuals with increased anxiety symptoms and planning preventive and therapeutic interventions for those exposed to ELS.

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confidence: 87%

The Impact of Early Life Stress on Anxiety Symptoms in Late Adulthood

Lähdepuro

Savolainen

Lahti‐Pulkkinen

et al. 2019

Sci Rep

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“…The questionnaire consists of 21 items, whereby sum scores with a cut-off value ≥11 points indicate anxiety symptoms of clinical significance [17]. Gillis et al [18] found the average BAI score for a non-clinical sample of adults to be 7.3, comparable to the study done by Morin et al [19] with 6.5 in a sample of 281 older adults.…”

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Anxiety Symptoms in Spouses of Stroke Patients

Wilz

Kalytta²

2008

Cerebrovasc Dis

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Background: The aim of this longitudinal study was to investigate prevalence rates of anxiety symptoms in stroke patients’ spouses and associated factors. Methods: Data were collected from 114 couples upon the patients’ admission for rehabilitation as well as 1 year later and analysed with linear regression analyses. The Beck Anxiety Inventory was used to assess anxiety symptoms. Results: The results showed a high prevalence of anxiety symptoms at both time points of 28.9 and 27.6%. An association was found between spouses’ anxiety symptoms at both time points and their gender as well as spouses’ anxiety symptoms (at time 2) and patients’ perceived disability. Conclusions: Post-stroke rehabilitation process should include a focus on treating anxiety symptoms in patients’ spouses in order to prevent the development of stress-related disorders in this group.

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“…Discriminant validity of the BAI has been established through correlations with the depression measures in a sample of community dwelling older adults ( r = 0.57 and 0.47, respectively; Wetherell and Gatz, 2005). In a sample of community dwelling and residential facility-dwelling older adults, Cronbach's α was 0.89 (Morin et al ., 1999). In the present study, Cronbach's α was 0.91 ( n = 133).…”

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Initial evaluation of the Older Adult Social-Evaluative Situations Questionnaire: a measure of social anxiety in older adults

Gould

Gerolimatos

Ciliberti

et al. 2012

Int. Psychogeriatr.

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Evidence in support of convergent and discriminant validity of the OASES is discussed. Although the results from the present study suggest that this measure may assess anxiety in and avoidance of social situations salient to older adults, future studies are needed to further examine the psychometric properties of the OASES and replicate these results in both clinical and more diverse samples of older adults.

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Cited by 101 publications

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The Impact of Early Life Stress on Anxiety Symptoms in Late Adulthood

The Impact of Early Life Stress on Anxiety Symptoms in Late Adulthood

Anxiety Symptoms in Spouses of Stroke Patients

Initial evaluation of the Older Adult Social-Evaluative Situations Questionnaire: a measure of social anxiety in older adults

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