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Resilience significantly influences older African Americans' willingness to seek mental health care for depression. Bolstering resilience may improve access to mental health services for this demographic.

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Area of Science:

Gerontology
Psychiatry
Public Health

Background:

Older African Americans experience underdiagnosis and undertreatment of depressive symptoms.
Community-dwelling older adults often face barriers to accessing mental health services.
Personal resilience is a key factor in health-seeking behaviors.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the impact of personal resilience on the willingness of African Americans aged 65 and older to seek mental health care for depressive symptoms.
To examine the relationship between resilience and the intention to seek mental health services among older African Americans with undiagnosed depression.

Main Methods:

Cross-sectional, correlational, causal modeling design.
158 community-dwelling older African Americans (aged 65+) recruited from various community settings.
Validated instruments measured depressive symptoms, resilience, and willingness to seek mental health care.

Main Results:

Depressive symptoms and resilience together explained 15.4% of the variance in willingness to seek mental health care.
Resilience alone was a significant predictor, explaining 0.9% of the variance after accounting for depressive symptoms.
A direct, predictive relationship between higher resilience and increased willingness to seek mental health care was established.

Conclusions:

Resilience is a critical factor influencing mental health service utilization among older African Americans.
Interventions aimed at enhancing resilience may improve mental health care seeking behaviors in this population.
Findings have implications for developing targeted interventions for marginalized older adults globally.