了解老年人的快乐:一个范围审查
Victoria A Goodwin1, Abi J Hall1, Alison Bethel1
1University of Exeter, Exeter, EX1 2LU, UK.
Archives of gerontology and geriatrics
|July 29, 2023
概括
老年人的快乐是研究不足的. 这次审查发现,社会联系和有意义的活动是快乐的关键来源,对老年人的福祉至关重要.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 研究人员对老年人喜乐的概念给予了有限的关注.
- 快乐被老年人认为对他们的健康和整体福祉很重要.
研究的目的:
- 进行范围审查,以确定现有的关于老年人群快乐的证据的范围和性质.
- 确定与65岁及以上个体的快乐体验和评估相关的关键主题和发现.
主要方法:
- 搜索是在2022年1月在10个数据库中进行的,并于2023年1月重新运行.
- 包括的研究集中在65岁以上的个人居住在他们通常的环境中,检查快乐的体验或评估.
- 在独立查和数据提取后,包括了11篇论文 (5篇定性论文,6篇定量论文),涉及1487名参与者 (平均年龄81.6岁).
主要成果:
- 该审查确定了五项关于快乐体验的研究,三项关于其评估,三项关于其与其他因素的关联.
- 七项研究是在住院护理环境中进行的,四项研究是在社区环境中进行的.
- 发现的快乐的主要来源包括社会联系和参与个人有意义的活动.
结论:
- 尽管它对老年人的健康和福祉有重要意义,但快乐仍然是学术文献中未被充分探讨的主题.
- 研究结果强调了促进社会互动和有意义的活动的重要性,以促进晚年生活中的快乐.
- 需要进一步的研究,以全面理解和支持老年人对快乐的体验.
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