Li Wang1, Chris Ji2, Peter Kitchen3, Allison Williams4. 1. Offord Centre for Child Study & Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. 2. Department of Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. 3. School of Earth, Environment and Society, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1, Canada. 4. School of Earth, Environment and Society, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1, Canada. awill@mcmaster.ca.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: This study used two waves of data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) to investigate the association between social participation and depressive symptoms in carer-employees (CEs) and non-carer-employees (NCEs). METHODS: Adopting Pearlin et al.'s stress model, multivariate linear regression was used to examine the relationships among carer role, social participation, and depressive symptoms in Canadian employees using the first two waves of CLSA data, while controlling for possible confounders. RESULTS: Higher levels of social participation were found to be associated with lower depressive symptoms in both waves. Social participation was found to moderate depressive symptoms for CEs when compared with NCEs in Wave 2 but not in Wave 1. CONCLUSION: The present study highlights the importance of social participation in reducing CEs' depressive symptoms. The findings provide support for innovative policy and intervention efforts to encourage and enhance social participation at work via carer-friendly workplace policies for CEs across Canada.
OBJECTIVES: This study used two waves of data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) to investigate the association between social participation and depressive symptoms in carer-employees (CEs) and non-carer-employees (NCEs). METHODS: Adopting Pearlin et al.'s stress model, multivariate linear regression was used to examine the relationships among carer role, social participation, and depressive symptoms in Canadian employees using the first two waves of CLSA data, while controlling for possible confounders. RESULTS: Higher levels of social participation were found to be associated with lower depressive symptoms in both waves. Social participation was found to moderate depressive symptoms for CEs when compared with NCEs in Wave 2 but not in Wave 1. CONCLUSION: The present study highlights the importance of social participation in reducing CEs' depressive symptoms. The findings provide support for innovative policy and intervention efforts to encourage and enhance social participation at work via carer-friendly workplace policies for CEs across Canada.
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Keywords:
CLSA; Carer-employees; Depressive symptoms; Social participation
Authors: José A Luchsinger; Dante Tipiani; Gabriela Torres-Patiño; Stephanie Silver; Joseph P Eimicke; Mildred Ramirez; Jeanne Teresi; Mary Mittelman Journal: Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen Date: 2015-01-29 Impact factor: 2.035