在中年和老年性少数群体和异性成年人中探索性:多维分析
1University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
概括
弹性,包括乐观和感知控制,影响性少数群体老年人的健康. 不同的弹性方面影响身体和心理健康,在像女同性恋和双性恋女性这样的子组之间存在差异.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- 有限的研究存在于性少数群体中年和老年人的性.
- 弹性被理解为多维,包括特征,动态和关系方面.
- 了解弹性对于解决老龄化性少数群体健康差异至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 检查特征弹性 (乐观),动态弹性 (感知控制) 和关系弹性 (社会支持) 在身体和心理健康中的作用.
- 分析这些角色在中年和年长的性少数群体成年人.
- 识别各种性少数群体的复原力-健康关联的差异.
主要方法:
- 利用了美国中年期 (MIDUS) 2和MIDUS Refresher研究的数据.
- 分析了492名参与者的样本 (164名性少数群体,328名异性倾向匹配).
- 采用统计分析来评估弹性措施与健康结果 (慢性疾病,抑郁症) 之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 在性少数群体中,感知控制与较少的慢性疾病有关,乐观对较低的抑郁影响.
- 感知控制与异性恋参与者的两种健康结果有关.
- 观察到显著的子组变化,特别是在女同性恋和双性恋女性中;对于同性恋或双性恋男性没有发现任何关联.
结论:
- 特征和动态性过程在性少数群体老年人的健康中起着复杂的作用.
- 健康结果与特定的弹性因素有关,但这些关联在性取向和性别子组之间有所不同.
- 需要进一步的研究,以了解不同性少数群体的弹性和健康之间的细微关系.
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