ICPS

2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019

Younger Adults Report More Emotional Distress: A Cross-Cultural Study of Depression, PTSD, and Life Satisfaction

Paris, France · March 2019

Posters · Clinical Science

  • 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.

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