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Zelfstandigheid bij activiteiten van het dagelijks leven en depressieve verschijnselen van verpleeghuisbewoners. Speelt sociale vergelijking een modererende of een mediërende rol?

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Activities of daily living and depressive symptoms of nursing home residents. Does social comparison play a moderating or a mediating role?

The present study examines the influences of activities of daily living and social comparison on depressive symptoms. Furthermore, this study investigates whether social comparison moderates or mediates the relationship between activities of daily living and depressive symptoms. Residents of a nursery home (N = 102)were interviewed using structured questionnaires. As predicted, activities of daily living are negatively relatedto depressive symptoms. Downward and upward social comparison did not moderate the relationship between activities of daily living and depressive symptoms. Downward and upward social comparison mediated the relationship between activities of daily living and depressive symptoms. Theoretical and practical implications of this study are discussed.

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Edith D. Stam, Arjan E.R. Bos en Daantje Derks zijn werkzaam bij de Open Universiteit Nederland. Birgit Mayer is werkzaam bij de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam. Correspondentieadres: Dr. Arjan Bos, Faculteit Psychologie, Open Universiteit Nederland, Postbus 2960, 6401 DL Heerlen.

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Stam, E., Bos, A.R., Mayer, B. et al. Zelfstandigheid bij activiteiten van het dagelijks leven en depressieve verschijnselen van verpleeghuisbewoners. Speelt sociale vergelijking een modererende of een mediërende rol?. PSEG 33, 176–183 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03071080

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