Session 32:
Social Factors and Mental Health in Late Life
Chair: Briana Mezuk, University of Michigan
Discussant: Mary Elizabeth Hughes, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Gender Differences in Depression among Japanese Elderly: the Impact of Informal Social Support and Residency Status on Elderly Well-Being • Andrew D. Tiedt, Fordham University
Till Death Do Us Part - Widowhood, Gender and Depression in Old-Age • Barbara Schaan, University of Mannheim
Parenthood and Trajectories of Distress among Women in Later Life: Race Differences • Naomi J. Spence, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Daniel E. Adkins, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Depressive Symptom Trajectories after an Unexplained Loss in Later Life: The Role of Locus of Control • Scott M. Lynch, Princeton University ; Sarah O. Meadows, RAND Corporation
Other sessions on Population and Aging
