老龄人口中的性取向和认知:加拿大老龄化纵向研究的结果
Wook Yang1, Shelley L Craig2, John A E Anderson3
1Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services, California State University Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032, USA.
Acta psychologica
|December 22, 2023
概括
老龄化的同性恋男性表现出更好的认知灵活性. 社会支持保护老年女同性恋妇女的认知健康,突出了对性少数群体包容性服务的需要.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 认知神经科学 认知神经科学
- 卫生社会学 卫生社会学
背景情况:
- 了解老龄化性少数群体的认知健康差异至关重要.
- 以前的研究还没有充分探索老年人性取向和认知功能的细微差别.
- 社会因素的作用,如支持和参与认知衰老需要进一步调查.
研究的目的:
- 调查加拿大老年人口中性取向和认知健康 (认知灵活性,口语流) 之间的关联.
- 检查社会支持和社会参与在这些关系中的调解作用.
- 确定性取向与认知健康联系中的性别特异性模式.
主要方法:
- 利用了加拿大长度老龄化研究 (CLSA) 的数据.
- 在调解分析中包括45,993名受访者.
- 按性别分层分析以探索差异.
主要成果:
- 与异性恋男性相比,老龄化的同性恋男性表现出优越的认知灵活性.
- 社会支持被确定为老年女同性恋女性认知健康的保护因素.
- 社会参与也在观察到的关系中发挥了调解作用.
结论:
- 性取向与老年人的认知健康结果有关.
- 社会支持和参与是重要的调解者,特别是在性少数群体妇女中.
- 临床和社会服务部门应制定包容性战略,以支持老龄化性少数群体的认知福祉.
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