Age and the Measurement of Mental Health

Self-Disclosure, Significant Others and Psychological Well-Being in Old Age

“…The Affect Balance score measures the discrepancy of the positive over the negative states of the individual, yielding a summed score ranging from 0 to 10, with higher scores reflecting greater psychological well-being (see Bradburn, 1969;Moriwaki, 1972a for more detailed accounts of this scale). Findings from separate studies (Hacker et al, 1971;Gaitz and Scott, 1971;Moriwaki, 1972b;Bengtson et al, 1972) validate the applicability of this scale for an aged population.…”

What happens to anxiety disorders in later life?

“…[1][2][3] Two of these surveys 1,3 found that older people reported more anxiety symptoms than younger people, whereas the other survey 2 found that approximately 10% of the population at any age had clinically significant anxiety symptoms. More recently, Himmelfarb & Murrell 4 reported findings from a survey of middle aged and older people.…”

Les inondations de juillet 1996 au Saguenay

“…Les effets d'un désastre varieraient selon l'âge, le sexe, l'état civil, le revenu et le niveau de scolarité des individus (Raphael, 1986). Gaitz et Scott (1972) (Gibbs, 1989). C'est le cas des recherches qui ont tenté d'étudier les réactions posttraumatiques en fonction de l'âge (Raphael, 1986 (Kaniasty, Noms, & Murelle, 1990 ;Kilijanek & Drabek, 1979 ;Thompson, Norris, & Hanacek, 1993 ;Ticehurst, Webster, Carr, & Lewin, 1996 (Huerta & Horton, 1978).…”