热即时温度和影响:作为低社会经济地位的老年人缓冲的有意义的活动
Zhixuan Lin1, David C W Chin1, Helene H Fung1
1Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Innovation in aging
|July 27, 2023
概括
极端高温对老年人产生负面影响.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- 极端高温对心理健康构成重大威胁,尤其对弱势群体,如社会经济地位较低的老年人 (SES).
- 了解高温对心理健康的微妙影响,对于制定有针对性的干预措施和减轻健康差异至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究瞬间高温对老年人的情感福祉的直接影响.
- 确定有意义的参与是否可以缓冲极端高温的负面情感后果,特别是对于那些SES较低的人来说.
主要方法:
- 在两个炎热天气季节中,在城市香港的344名老年人 (60岁以上) 进行了一项定量时间采样研究.
- 参与者报告了10天每天三次影响和有意义的活动参与,同时使用传感器监测环境温度.
- 多级建模分析了温度,SES,有意义的参与和影响之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 在老年人中,更高的瞬间温度与增加的负面影响和减少的积极影响有关.
- 有意义的参与显著减轻了暴露于热量的不良影响.
- 这种缓冲效应在社会经济地位较低的老年人中更为明显.
结论:
- 有意义的参与是保护因素,减少极端高温对老年人的负面情绪影响,特别是那些SES较低的人.
- 利用有意义的活动可以成为解决与气候有关的健康社会不平等问题的可行策略.
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