青少年的同理心和成年后的表观遗传衰老:作为调解者的物质使用
Marlon Goering1, Amanda Moore1, Malcolm Barker-Kamps1
1Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Developmental psychology
|November 12, 2024
概括
青春期早期更高的同理心与成年后表观遗传衰老的减缓有关,可能是通过减少吸烟. 这表明同情心有助于长期健康和减缓生物衰老.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 表观遗传学 在表观遗传学中,表观遗传学是指表观遗传学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 青少年的亲社会行为与改善的身体健康和较慢的表观遗传衰老有关.
- 同理心在表观遗传衰老中的特定作用及其调解机制,如物质使用,仍未得到充分探索.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查青少年早期的同理心是否预测年轻成年期的表观遗传衰老.
- 检查物质使用是否调解同理心和表观遗传衰老之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 长度研究,343名参与者 (58%女性,81%黑人,19%白人) 在13岁,17岁和27岁接受了采访.
- 13岁时自我报告的同情心和17岁和27岁的物质使用 (酒精,烟草,大麻).
- 从唾液DNA中使用GrimAge,DunedinPACE和PhenoAge时钟在27岁时评估了表观遗传衰老.
主要成果:
- 在13岁时更高的同理心显著预测了在年轻成年期的GrimAge时钟上更慢的表观遗传衰老,独立于风险因素.
- 调解分析表明,较低的烟草使用完全解释了同理心和较慢的表观遗传衰老之间的关联在所有三个时钟.
结论:
- 青少年早期的同理心与年轻成年期表观遗传衰老的减缓有关.
- 减少烟草使用似乎是一个关键的机制,将同情心与更健康的衰老轨迹联系起来.
- 研究结果表明,通过影响物质使用和生物衰老,同情心可能会带来长期的健康益处.
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