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Social Sciences Gerontology American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

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Socioeconomic and Psychosocial Adversity in Midlife and Depressive Symptoms Post Retirement: A 21-year Follow-up of the Whitehall II Study

Marianna Virtanen, Jane E. Ferrie, G. David Batty, Marko Elovainio, Markus Jokela, Jussi Vahtera, et al.
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry Summary & key facts 2014 33 citations

Researchers followed 3,939 British civil servants from midlife into retirement (about 21 years) to see if problems in midlife predicted depressive symptoms after retirement. They measured midlife socioeconomic problems (job grade, satisfaction with standard of living) and psychosocial problems (job strain, number of close relationships), and later assessed depressive symptoms…

Employment and Welfare Studies Health disparities and outcomes Retirement, Disability, and Employment
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