日常生活における社会的交流と孤独:若い成人と認知的に多様な高齢者の研究

Tess Wild¹, Emily C Willroth², Tammy English²

¹Cornell University, Department of Psychology.

Developmental psychology

|September 2, 2025

まとめ

年配の人よりも社交的なやり取りで孤独を感じる人が多いのです特に軽度の認知障害 (MCI) を抱えている人にとって面と向かっての交流は孤独感を緩和します

科学分野:

心理学
ゲロントロジー
認知科学

背景:

孤独は一般的な経験で感情が交流のレベルに合わない社会的不均衡をよく表しています
年齢や認知状態による日々の孤独の変動や社会的なやり取りとの関係は明らかになっていません

研究の目的:

若い成人,認知障害のない高齢者,軽度の認知障害 (MCI) の高齢者における日常の孤独感と社会的相互作用のグループ差異を調査する.
孤独感が異なる年齢と認知能力のグループで社会的相互作用パターンに変化する様子を調べる

主な方法:

219人の被験者 (21歳から84歳) を対象に経験採取の方法論が採用された.
参加者は若者,認知障害のない高齢者,軽度の認知障害 (MCI) の高齢者でした.

主要な成果:

孤独感は高齢者に比べて最近の社会的な交流と強く結びついています
認知障害のない高齢者は,社会的なやり取りと孤独の間の関連性が弱いことを示し,MCIの高齢者は関連性がないことが判明しました.
面と向かっての交流はすべてのグループで孤独感を軽減し,パートナーとの親密さはMCIの高齢者の孤独感を減らすための鍵でした.

結論:

孤独感に弱いのは若い人たちです社会的交流が彼らの感情に大きな影響を与えます
社交的な交流は孤独感を和らげます
MCIを患っている高齢者は大きな社会的不対称性を経験し,ターゲットに絞られた社会的支援の必要性を強調しています.

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