探索中国老年人中心理健康和方言使用之间的关系:一个温和的调解估计
Tianxin Li1, Jin Li2, Xigang Ke1
1Department of Literature, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China.
Frontiers in psychology
|August 14, 2023
概括
方言的使用对中国老年人的心理健康产生了负面影响. 收入不平等加剧了这种影响,主观福祉改善了这种影响,突出了干预的关键因素.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 社会语言学 社会语言学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 中国面临着日益老龄化的人口和日益严重的心理健康问题.
- 有限的研究存在于方言对老年中国成年人的心理健康的影响.
研究的目的:
- 研究中国老年人的方言使用与心理健康之间的关系.
- 探索收入不平等的调解作用和主观福祉的调节作用.
主要方法:
- 利用来自中国家庭小组研究 (N=4,420) 的横截面数据.
- 采用调节调解模型,方言作为独立变量,心理健康作为依赖变量.
- 包括收入不平等作为调解者和主观福祉作为调节者.
主要成果:
- 使用方言与较差的心理健康结果有显著的关联 (系数 = -0.354).
- 收入不平等对方言与心理健康关系产生了积极的调解 (系数=0.019).
- 主观幸福感负面调节了这种关系 (系数 = -0.126).
结论:
- 方言使用与中国老年人的心理健康状况恶化有关.
- 收入不平等加剧了这种负面关联,而主观的福祉提供了缓解效应.
- 调查结果为决策者和医疗保健提供者提供了有关影响老年人精神健康的因素的信息.
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