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Do Local Social Hierarchies Matter for Mental Health? A Study of Neighborhood Social Status and Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults

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  • Jessica A. Kelley-Moore
  • Kathleen A. Cagney
  • Kimberly A. Skarupski
  • Susan A. Everson-Rose
  • Carlos F. Mendes de Leon

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Objectives. Despite a well-established association between relative social position and health, stratification at smaller levels of social organization has received scant attention. Neighborhood is a localized context that has increasing relevance for adults as they age, thus one’s relative position within this type of mesolevel group may have an effect on mental health, independent of absolute level of social and economic resources. We examine the relationship between an older adult’s relative rank within their neighborhoods on two criteria and depressive symptoms.

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  • Jessica A. Kelley-Moore & Kathleen A. Cagney & Kimberly A. Skarupski & Susan A. Everson-Rose & Carlos F. Mendes de Leon, 2016. "Do Local Social Hierarchies Matter for Mental Health? A Study of Neighborhood Social Status and Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 71(2), pages 369-377.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:71:y:2016:i:2:p:369-377.
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    1. Katherine L. Forthman & Janna M. Colaizzi & Hung-wen Yeh & Rayus Kuplicki & Martin P. Paulus, 2021. "Latent Variables Quantifying Neighborhood Characteristics and Their Associations with Poor Mental Health," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(3), pages 1-19, January.
    2. Yuanfei Li & Dandan Zhao, 2021. "Education, neighbourhood context and depression of elderly Chinese," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 58(16), pages 3354-3370, December.
    3. Cláudia Jardim Santos & Inês Paciência & Ana Isabel Ribeiro, 2022. "Neighbourhood Socioeconomic Processes and Dynamics and Healthy Ageing: A Scoping Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(11), pages 1-26, May.

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