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Age disparities in mental health during the COVID19 pandemic: The roles of resilience and coping
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Title
Age disparities in mental health during the COVID19 pandemic: The roles of resilience and coping
Author
Ling Na, Lixia Yang, Peter Mezo, Rong Liu
Publication Type
Journal paper
Outlet
Social Science & Medicine
Year
2022
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 the 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.