https://library.icmglt.org/files/original/c6961f45d2fbfd3b36352b167060533d.gif 62aa46185bc947f8d50ffc136292a992 Electronic Resource View Source <a href="https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000212">https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000212</a> Document Type Journal article Author(s) Yafit Levin, Sharon Avidor, Zahava Solomon Volume Vol. 88 Issue No. 2 Publisher Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice Journal Name American Journal of Orthopsychiatry Publication Date 2018 Region Israel Language English Access Restricted Access Abstract This longitudinal study assesses the trajectories of depressive symptoms and subjective age and the mediating role of guilt in the association between them. Two groups of aging Israeli combat veterans (M age = 57), 128 ex-prisoners of war (ex-POWs), and 106 comparable combat veterans (controls), were assessed at 3 times: 18 (Time 1 [T1]), 30 (Time 2 [T2]), and 35 (Time 3 [T3]) years after the war. They filled out self-report questionnaires on depression, guilt, and subjective age. Results revealed that significantly more ex-POWs had chronic or delayed clinical levels of depressive symptoms than did controls and that chronic and delayed depressive symptoms were associated with a higher subjective age at T3. Furthermore, the path between depressive symptoms at T1 for predicting subjective age at T3 was fully explained by levels of guilt-distress at T2. Although the mediation effect was found in both study groups, it was significantly stronger among ex-POWs than among controls. These findings suggest that not only is depression a long-term sequela of traumatic stress, it is also a risk factor for psychological aging among war veterans. Furthermore, guilt-distress appears to play an important role in advancing subjective age, especially among ex-POWs. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved) Cataloger Kristen Walker Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Guilt as a Mediator Between Depressive Symptoms and Subjective Age: A 17-Year Longitudinal Study of Israeli Ex- Prisoners of War Subject The topic of the resource Psychology Depression Ex-POWs Guilt Israel Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Psychological Trauma