种族,日常歧视,以及晚年生活中的认知功能
Kenneth F Ferraro1,2, Callie J Zaborenko1,2
1Department of Sociology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America.
PloS one
|October 25, 2023
概括
歧视会根据其类型对认知功能产生不同的影响. 日常的全球性歧视与认知能力较差有关,而种族歧视与认知能力较差有关.
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
- 认知科学 认知科学
背景情况:
- 在晚年生活中歧视对认知功能的影响显示出不一致的发现.
- 日常的歧视是一个重要的压力因素,可能会对健康产生长期后果.
- 了解不同形式的歧视如何影响认知轨迹对于公共卫生至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究两种类型的日常歧视与老年人认知功能轨迹之间的关系.
- 确定歧视的频率是否预测了最初的认知功能和随时间的变化.
- 检查种族和种族如何调节这些关系.
主要方法:
- 利用了2008-2016年健康和退休研究 (HRS) 的数据.
- 使用生长曲线模型来分析认知功能及其变化.
- 在基线测量了日常全球歧视和日常种族歧视.
主要成果:
- 日常的全球歧视与较差的初始认知功能和较慢的认知衰退有关.
- 这些关联在种族和族群之间是一致的.
- 日常的种族歧视显示出不同的模式,与黑人成年人更好的初步认知有关,但与西班牙裔或白人成年人不同.
结论:
- 歧视是一个多方面的现象,以多种方式影响认知功能.
- 歧视的类型和个人的种族/族裔影响后来的认知结果.
- 调查结果强调需要细微的方法来解决歧视对认知衰老的影响.
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