Age disparities in mental health during the COVID19 pandemic: The roles of resilience and coping

Ling Na, Lixia Yang, Peter G. Mezo and Rong Liu

Social Science & Medicine, 2022, vol. 305, issue C

Abstract: The COVID19 pandemic has caused a mental health crisis worldwide, which may have different age-specific impacts, partly due to age-related differences in resilience and coping. The purposes of this study were to 1) identify disparities in mental distress, perceived adversities, resilience, and coping during the COVID-19 pandemic among four age groups (18–34, 35–49, 50–64, and ≥65); 2) assess the age-moderated time effect on mental distress, and 3) estimate the effects of perceived adversities on mental distress as moderated by age, resilience and coping.

Keywords: Mental health; Health disparity; Resilience; Coping; Age disparity; COVID-19; Pandemic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115031

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