应对方式作为生活目的和认知功能之间的调解者:一项纵向研究
Amanda A Miller1, Páraic S O'Súilleabháin2,3, Martina Luchetti1
1Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
Research on aging
|January 6, 2025
概括
在生活中具有强烈的目标与通过应对策略改善认知功能有关. 具体来说,以问题为中心的应对增强了记忆力,而以情感为中心的应对也在认知健康中发挥着作用.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
背景情况:
- 生活中的目的是与幸福相关的重要心理资源.
- 应对机制,包括以情绪为中心和以问题为中心的策略,对于应对生活压力因素至关重要.
- 了解目的,应对和认知功能之间的相互作用对于维持整个生命周期的大脑健康至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 检查生活目标与应对策略之间的关联.
- 调查应对是否调解生活目标和认知功能之间的关系.
- 确定以情绪为中心和以问题为中心的应对在这种调解中的具体作用.
主要方法:
- 利用美国中年发展研究 (MIDUS) 的纵向数据.
- 在MIDUS I评估生活目标,在MIDUS II评估应对策略 (以情绪为中心和以问题为中心).
- 在2386名参与者的样本中,在MIDUS III测量了认知功能 (记忆,执行功能,全球认知).
主要成果:
- 生活中更高的目标与增加了以问题为中心的应对能力和减少了以情绪为中心的应对能力有关.
- 应对策略部分调解了生活目标与认知功能之间的关联.
- 情绪为中心的应对介导了目标对认知功能的影响的14.3%,而问题为中心的应对介导了目标和情节性记忆之间的关联的16.7%.
结论:
- 生活中的目的显然与不同的应对方式有关.
- 应对机制是通过目的影响认知功能的部分途径.
- 这些发现强调了通过适应性应对策略培养有目的感的重要性,以支持认知健康,特别是记忆.
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