持久的纽带:生命后期的亲密关系中的持续时间和接触
Karen L Fingerman1, Zexi Zhou1, Meng Huo2
1Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
The Gerontologist
|July 12, 2023
概括
老年人与长期朋友的不经常接触可能会加剧压力. 保持联系,即使不经常接触,对于心理健康和缓冲日常压力因素至关重要.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 心理健康 心理健康
背景情况:
- 老年人保持不同持续时间和接触频率的社会联系.
- 低接触,长期的社会联系在提供连接和缓冲压力的作用尚未得到充分理解.
研究的目的:
- 调查是否与长期社会关系的不经常接触提供了连接和安全感.
- 为了检查这些关系是否缓冲人际关系压力对老年人情绪的影响.
- 通过社会联系,为旨在改善心理健康的干预提供信息.
主要方法:
- 313名65岁以上的参与者报告了他们的社交关系的持续时间和接触频率.
- 生态瞬间评估 (EMA) 用了5-6天的时间来捕捉日常的社交遭遇和情绪.
- 社会关系被分为持续时间长 (10年以上) 或更短的,以及活跃的 (每月接触) 或休眠的 (不经常接触).
主要成果:
- 长期活跃的关系中,压力较大的遭遇更有可能发生.
- 活跃的关系与积极的情绪有关,而长期的休眠关系与消极的情绪有关.
- 活跃的关系缓冲了情绪上的压力影响,而长期的休眠关系加剧了它们.
结论:
- 与社会关系的频繁接触对情绪产生积极影响,支持社会融合理论.
- 与长期关系的不频繁接触可能会加剧人际关系压力对情绪的影响.
- 干预措施应鼓励加强与长期社会伙伴的联系,可能通过电话或电子媒体,以加强老年人的心理健康.
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