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Is Psychological Vulnerability Related to the Experience of Fraud in Older Adults?
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Financial exploitation, and particularly thefts and scams, are increasing at an alarming rate. In this study we (a) determined the national prevalence of older adults who report having been a victim of fraud, (b) created a population-based model for the prediction of fraud, and (c) examined how fraud is experienced by the most psychologically vulnerable older adults. The older adults studied were 4,400 participants in a Health and Retirement Study substudy, the 2008 Leave Behind Questionnaire. The prevalence of fraud across the previous 5 years was 4.5%. Among measures collected in 2002, age, education, and depression were significant predictors of fraud. Financial satisfaction and social-needs fulfillment were measured in 2008 and were significantly related to fraud above and beyond the 2002 predictors. Using depression and social-needs fulfillment to determine the most psychologically vulnerable older adults, we found that fraud prevalence was three times higher (14%) among those with the highest depression and the lowest social-needs fulfillment than among the rest of the sample (4.1%; χ2 = 20.49; p < .001). Clinical gerontologists and other professionals in the field need to be aware of their psychologically vulnerable clients' heightened exposure to financial fraud.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Lichtenberg, P. A., Stickney, L., & Paulson, D.
- Affiliations
- Wayne State University (US)
- Illinois Institute of Technology (US)
- Corresponding author
- Lichtenberg, Peter A.
- Venue
- Clinical Gerontologist
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2013-02-28
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 132-146
- ISSN
- 0731-7115 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-2301
- PMC
- PMC3755896
- OpenAlex
- W2061349246
- Cited by
- 146
- References
- 22
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- FWCI
- 11.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Clinical Gerontologist (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Aging (T32AG000275)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Geriatrics and Gerontology › Elder Abuse and Neglect
- Social Sciences › Law › Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies
- Social Sciences › Life-span and Life-course Studies › Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
- Keywords
- fraud victimization, older adults, economic violence, psychological vulnerability, depression, financial satisfaction, fraud risk prediction, scams
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