Older Adults Display Concurrent but not Delayed Associations Between Life Stressors and Depressive Symptoms: A Microlongitudinal Study

The lack of a time-lagged relationship suggests that older adults with depressive symptoms may recover more quickly from life stressors than previously thought, although additional research using varying time frames is needed to pinpoint the timing of this recovery as well as to identify older adults at risk of long-term effects of life stressors.