Positive Affect Is Inversely Associated with Mortality in Individuals without Depression

Positive Affect Is Inversely Associated with Mortality in Individuals without Depression

BACKGROUND Some studies have analyzed the relation between well-being and mortality but none of them have attempted to disentangle the differential influence that positive affect, negative affect, and evaluative well-being might have on mortality using a longitudinal design in the general population and measuring independently and accurately each component of well-being. The aim of the present ...

Is Life Expectancy Associated with Depression in the Elderly?

Introduction: Depression is one of the most common psychiatric disorders and risk factors for suicide in aging that often underdiagnosed and those who are more hopeful, suffer from less depression. The present study was conducted to determine the relationship between life expectancy and depression among older people in Yazd, Iran.   Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was con...

Serum Level of Soluble CD226 Receptor in Healthy Individuals is Highly Variable and Associated with Age

Validity of self-reported hypertension is inversely associated with the level of education in Brazilian individuals.

BACKGROUND Self-reported hypertension is an important piece of information for public health that is available in epidemiological studies. For proper use of this information, such studies should be validated. OBJECTIVE To validate self-reported hypertension and associated factors in adults and elderly individuals in São Paulo, Brazil. METHODS Participants were selected from the sample of a ...

Coping and Positive Affect in Adolescents of Mothers With and Without a History of Depression.

The adolescent children of depressed mothers are at increased risk for depression, but little is known about protective factors for these children. Maintenance of positive affect in a stressful context may be an important marker of resilience. Mothers with (n = 34) and without (n = 38) a history of depression and their adolescent children completed questionnaires regarding adolescents' coping a...