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Factors associated with paranoid symptoms in a community sample of older adults.

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Blazer, DG; Hays, JC; Salive, ME
Published in: Gerontologist
February 1996

Symptoms of paranoia were found in 9.5% of a community sample of older adults in North Carolina. In cross-sectional analyses, these symptoms were associated most strongly with black race, lower income and education, less exercise, and more depressive symptoms. In longitudinal analysis, paranoid symptoms three years following initial interview were predicted by baseline paranoid symptoms, education and depressive symptoms at the initial interview. In blacks, paranoid symptoms may represent an appropriate response to a hostile environment rather than a psychopathic trait.

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Gerontologist

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ISSN

0016-9013

Publication Date

February 1996

Volume

36

Issue

1

Start / End Page

70 / 75

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • White People
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Social Environment
  • Sensory Deprivation
  • Risk Factors
  • Psychosocial Deprivation
  • Personality Assessment
  • Paranoid Disorders
  • North Carolina
  • Male
 

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Blazer, D. G., Hays, J. C., & Salive, M. E. (1996). Factors associated with paranoid symptoms in a community sample of older adults. Gerontologist, 36(1), 70–75. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/36.1.70
Blazer, D. G., J. C. Hays, and M. E. Salive. “Factors associated with paranoid symptoms in a community sample of older adults.Gerontologist 36, no. 1 (February 1996): 70–75. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/36.1.70.
Blazer DG, Hays JC, Salive ME. Factors associated with paranoid symptoms in a community sample of older adults. Gerontologist. 1996 Feb;36(1):70–5.
Blazer, D. G., et al. “Factors associated with paranoid symptoms in a community sample of older adults.Gerontologist, vol. 36, no. 1, Feb. 1996, pp. 70–75. Pubmed, doi:10.1093/geront/36.1.70.
Blazer DG, Hays JC, Salive ME. Factors associated with paranoid symptoms in a community sample of older adults. Gerontologist. 1996 Feb;36(1):70–75.
Journal cover image

Published In

Gerontologist

DOI

ISSN

0016-9013

Publication Date

February 1996

Volume

36

Issue

1

Start / End Page

70 / 75

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • White People
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Social Environment
  • Sensory Deprivation
  • Risk Factors
  • Psychosocial Deprivation
  • Personality Assessment
  • Paranoid Disorders
  • North Carolina
  • Male