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Steeling or Sensitizing? A Longitudinal Examination of How Ongoing Accumulation of Negative Life Events Affects Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults
[Measuring personality: A comparison of three personality questionnaires in the Netherlands]

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  • Almar A L Kok
  • Jos W R Twisk
  • Fenneke Blom
  • Aartjan T F Beekman
  • Martijn Huisman
  • Shevaun Neupert

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ObjectivesTo examine whether (a) as people age, accumulation of negative events increases (“sensitizing”) or decreases (“steeling”) the detrimental effects of subsequent events on depressive symptoms, and (b) how particular psychosocial factors are associated with the strength of these steeling or sensitizing effects.MethodWe used data from 6 measurement waves from 2,069 adults aged 55–84 (M = 68.0) at baseline in the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam, the Netherlands. We included 18 different life events across the life course. Using hybrid multilevel models, we tested whether the effects of proximate life events (

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  • Almar A L Kok & Jos W R Twisk & Fenneke Blom & Aartjan T F Beekman & Martijn Huisman & Shevaun Neupert, 2021. "Steeling or Sensitizing? A Longitudinal Examination of How Ongoing Accumulation of Negative Life Events Affects Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults [Measuring personality: A comparison of three per," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 76(10), pages 2041-2053.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:76:y:2021:i:10:p:2041-2053.
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