Crying and Depression Among Older Adults
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- 1 February 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 26 (1) , 91-96
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/26.1.91
Abstract
Self-reports of frequency of crying episodes are described for two nonclinical samples of younger and older adult men and women. Comparison of the samples revealed no evidence for either a decreased or increased frequency of crying among the older sample. Only a weak relationship was found between crying and depression among older adults. Crying episodes apparently function for some individuals as an adaptive coping response to stress, and therefore should not be automatically interpreted as a sign or symptom of depression.Keywords
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