ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
Younger Adults Report More Emotional Distress: A Cross-Cultural Study of Depression, PTSD, and Life Satisfaction
- Alejandra Zaragoza Scherman
Aarhus University - Sinué Salgado
Aarhus University - Zhifang Shao
East China Normal University - Dorthe Berntsen
Aarhus University
Abstract
This study examined depression, PTSD, and life satisfaction in ∼1000 young and middle-aged/older adults from Mexico, Greenland, China, and Denmark. Compared with middle-aged/older adults, the young adults reported significantly more depression and PTSD symptoms and less life satisfaction in all samples. Age interacted with culture for PTSD symptoms only.
Lifespan Development