离婚和丧偶后的认知衰退:婚姻损失总是损失吗?
Douglas William Hanes1, Sean A P Clouston1,2
1Program in Public Health, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA.
Innovation in aging
|April 25, 2024
概括
婚姻损失会以不同的方式影响认知轨迹. 离婚与较慢的认知衰退有关,而寡妇与老年人的加速衰退有关.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 关系状况会影响老年人的认知表现.
- 以前的研究表明,已婚人士的认知功能更好,痴呆风险更低.
- 婚姻解散对认知的影响需要进一步调查,因为它可以是压力或减轻压力的因素.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定婚姻损失的类型 (离婚与寡居) 是否与认知变化率有关.
- 探索婚姻变化影响认知结果的机制.
- 调查婚姻终止是否可以提高认知表现.
主要方法:
- 分析了来自健康和退休研究 (1998-2016,N=23,393) 的纵向数据.
- 轨迹分析确定了认知轨迹的集群及其与婚姻损失类型的关联.
- 多级建模检查了离婚或丧偶前后的认知分数.
主要成果:
- 离婚的参与者在轨迹分布上没有差异.
- 寡妇参与者更有可能处于表现较差和认知能力下降较快的认知群体中.
- 离婚与认知能力下降的速度较慢有关 (β=.136,p<.001),而丧偶则显示加速 (β=-.183,p<.001) 和立即下降 (β=-.113,p=.028).
结论:
- 婚姻损失的类型显著影响认知轨迹.
- 离婚预测一些人的认知能力有所改善,而寡妇预测认知能力下降.
- 离婚的个人在认知方面表现最好,而丧偶或分居的个人表现更差.
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