重新想象衰老:一种基于过程的干预措施,以减少内化年龄主义
Dallas J Murphy1,2, Corey S Mackenzie1,2, Michelle M Porter1
1Centre on Aging, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Clinical gerontologist
|May 22, 2024
概括
内化年龄主义对老年人产生负面影响. 通过增加心理灵活性和正念,重新想象衰老干预有效地改善了自我认知和对衰老的态度.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 内部化的年龄歧视,即老年人对衰老采取负面的社会刻板印象,可能会导致有害的健康结果.
- 有限的研究存在于有效的干预措施,以减轻老年人群内化年龄歧视.
研究的目的:
- 设计和评估基于6周过程的新干预措施Reimagine Aging的有效性,旨在减少内化年龄主义.
- 探索心理机制,包括心理灵活性,正念和感知控制,这些机制调解干预的效果.
主要方法:
- 一项试点研究涉及72名老年人 (平均年龄为70.4岁),他们参加了为期6周的"重新想象衰老"计划.
- 采集数据是使用干预前,干预后和干预后两个月的问卷进行的,以评估感知和心理因素的变化.
主要成果:
- 在参与者对衰老的自我认知 (η2=0.37,p<.001) 和他们对老年人的认知 (η2=0.27,p<.001) 中观察到显著的改善,效应大小很大.
- 这些积极的变化在很大程度上是通过心理灵活性,正念和感知控制的增加来实现的.
结论:
- "重新想象衰老"的干预措施初步显示出它是减少老年人内化年龄歧视的有效策略.
- 这些发现表明,针对心理灵活性,正念和感知控制可能是旨在打击年龄歧视对健康的负面影响的干预措施的关键组成部分.
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