墨西哥老年人的性别婚姻权力,抑郁症和认知能力
Nekehia T Quashie1, Joseph L Saenz2, Connor Sheehan3
1Department of Public Health, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA.
概括
婚姻力量失衡会对墨西哥老年人的认知产生负面影响,特别是当妻子拥有更少的权力时,导致抑郁症和认知能力下降. 这突显了婚姻关系和认知健康中的性别动态.
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
- 家庭社会学 家庭社会学
背景情况:
- 墨西哥面临着人口快速老龄化,认知障碍和痴呆症的患病率增加.
- 由于社会福利有限,家庭,特别是配偶是主要的照顾者.
- 以前的研究将婚姻权力不平衡与老年人的抑郁症联系在一起,但其认知影响和性别差异尚未得到充分研究.
研究的目的:
- 研究墨西哥老年人的婚姻力量和认知能力之间的关系.
- 为了检查抑郁症在这种关系中的调解作用.
- 为了确定婚姻权力如何影响认知,性别差异.
主要方法:
- 利用了2012年,2015年和2018年墨西哥健康和衰老研究的数据 (N=2,643个异性恋对象).
- 雇佣参与者-合作伙伴相互依赖模型 (APIM) 来分析婚姻权力不平衡对认知的个人和合作伙伴影响.
- 评估认知功能,感知婚姻力量和抑郁水平.
主要成果:
- 较低的基线婚姻权力直接与仅在丈夫的后续认知能力较低有关.
- 丈夫的较高婚姻力量对妻子的认知产生了负面影响;妻子的较低婚姻力量对丈夫的认知产生了积极影响.
- 妻子的婚姻权力不平衡预测了双方的抑郁程度更高,这反过来又与认知能力下降有关.
结论:
- 婚姻权力的性别动态显著影响墨西哥老年夫妇的认知健康.
- 妻子的婚姻力量失衡通过增加抑郁症间接影响认知.
- 婚姻权力关系代表了在墨西哥的父权背景下理解认知衰老的关键,研究不足的领域.
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