在COVID-19期间的衰老和主观认知困难:压力和积极的经历
Dakota D Witzel1, Suzanne C Segerstrom2,3, Maria L Kurth1,3
1Center for Healthy Aging, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA.
Anxiety, stress, and coping
|February 20, 2025
概括
在COVID-19大流行期间,增加的压力与老年人更大的主观认知困难有关. 年轻的老年人从压力和积极事件中经历了更多的认知影响.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 压力和健康 压力和健康
背景情况:
- 现有的研究往往强调压力较大的经历,而不是与认知功能相关的积极经历.
- COVID-19大流行提供了一个独特的背景来研究轻微和重大压力和积极的经历及其对认知的影响.
- 人们如何感知他们的认知功能的个体差异受生活事件的影响.
研究的目的:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间调查压力和积极经历与老年人主观认知障碍 (SCD) 之间的关系.
- 通过不同的时间尺度 (每周和每月/纵向) 检查这些关联.
- 探索年龄是否会缓和体验和SCD之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 研究1:245名老年人 (平均年龄71.1岁) 接受了8周的每周评估,对压力,积极经历和SCD进行评估.
- 研究2:116名老年人 (平均年龄76.16岁) 每六个月进行一次,长达2.5年的压力,积极经历和SCD评估.
- 这两项研究都利用了COVID-19大流行期间的自我报告措施.
主要成果:
- 在这两项研究中,较高的典型压力水平 (每周的强度和生活事件) 始终与增加的SCD相关.
- 在研究1中,年龄较大与SCD较少有关,特别是在高压力和积极经历的周内.
- 这种与年龄相关的缓冲效应在SCD中没有在研究2中观察到.
结论:
- 压力和积极的经历显著影响老年人的主观认知功能,特别是在重大生活事件如流行病期间.
- 年龄可以起到缓和作用,年轻的老年人可能会更容易受到压力和积极经历的认知影响.
- 了解个体差异对于识别生活压力因素对他们感知认知的影响最大的是谁至关重要.
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