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Revista del Hospital Psiquiátrico de La Habana 2015; 12 (3)

Age and sex as mediators in the relation between emotional support and depression: a transcultural study

Pérez DR, Riquelme MA, Martín CM, Meda LRM, Enríquez SJA, Ortigosa QJM

Language: Spanish
References: 26
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ABSTRACT

Introduction: The relationship between social support and depression has been investigated since different point of views, such as on stress situations, with personality variables, in diseases, its functions and also in relation to age, sex and culture. But, there are few studies that take into consideration the group implications of sex, age and the culture related to the social support to depressed persons.
Objective: To assess the mutual implications of age, sex and nationality about the relation between perceived emotional support and depression.
Methods: It was taken an intentional sample of 1503 participants from three countries: Spain, Cuba and Mexico and this sample was divided into three age groups: young adults, adults and elders. For the asses off depression was used the CES-D scale and for the perceived emotional support was created a specific interview. Variable multifactors were applied with the aim to achieve the objectives.
Results: The obtained results not only showed the influence of the studied variables, but also the interactions specifically relevant among those variables regarded to the values of depression.
Conclusion: It is necessary to consider the cultural differences and its interaction between age and sex to understand the relation between emotional support and depression in the investigated sample.


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