The main limitation of the current study relates to the generalizability of the findings. The percentage of participants reporting high depressive symptoms was low in the current sample (9.6%) compared to approximately 15% in prevalence studies (Anstey et al., 2007). Similarly all of the participants were healthy and living independently. Given that the study sample were essentially healthy community-dwelling adults the results cannot be extrapolated to clinically depressed populations or residents of aged care facilities without replication studies in these groups. Future intervention studies in which depressive symptoms are treated are needed and will further help to better understand the mechanisms of the ‘thinking, feeling, moving’ triad in relation to falls.