Acute exposure to violent neighborhood crime and depressive symptoms among older individuals in Colombia

Philipp Hessel; María Alejandra Martínez Botero; Jorge Cuartas

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102162

Acute exposure to violent neighborhood crime and depressive symptoms among older individuals in Colombia

Philipp Hessel, María Alejandra Martínez Botero, Jorge Cuartas

Applied Psychology

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Abstract

To assess the association between acute exposure to neighborhood violent crimes and depression we combined representative, individual-level and geo-coded data for individuals aged 60 years and above living in four major cities in Colombia from the 2010 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) with objective information on the timing and location of violent crimes. Exploiting spatial and temporal variation in the occurrence of crimes we find that being acutely exposed to a violent crime is positively associated with the number of depressive symptoms.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	102162
Journal	Health and Place
Volume	59
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102162
State	Published - Sep 2019

Keywords

Acute stressor
Aging
Colombia
Community crime
Mental health

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Health(social science)
Sociology and Political Science
Life-span and Life-course Studies

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