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On the moderating and mediating effects of ego-integrity and resilience in the relationship between daily stress and depression in the elderly

  • THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • 2019, 32(4), pp.151-169
  • DOI : 10.35574/KJDP.2019.12.32.4.151
  • Publisher : The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
  • Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science
  • Received : July 15, 2019
  • Accepted : December 6, 2019
  • Published : December 15, 2019

Jihyun Lee 1 Sujin Yang 2

1이화여자대학교 일반대학원 심리학과
2이화여자대학교

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ABSTRACT

The current study aimed to show the moderating and mediating effects of ego-integrity and resilience in the relationship between daily stress and depression in the elderly. A total of 94 adults between the ages of 65 and 79 years participated in this study. The results show that daily stress had a direct effect on depression and was also partially mediated by ego-integrity. In addition, the mediating effect of ego-integrity was moderated by resilience. This indicates that resilience acts as a protective factor buffering the negative impacts of stress and low ego-integrity and decreasing the risk of depression among seniors. Active interventions to enhance resilience and ego-integrity and to reduce the severity of daily stress are needed for successful aging in later adulthood.

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