在没有痴呆症的中年和老年人中,金融剥削的脆弱性和社会联系
Daisy T Noriega-Makarskyy1, Aaron C Lim1, Shaneen Upal1
1Department of Psychology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Aging & mental health
|March 8, 2025
概括
亲密的关系,而不是社交网络的大小,降低了老年人的财务剥削风险. 培养深厚的社会联系可以保护老年人免受金融欺诈.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
背景情况:
- 对老年人的经济剥削是一个重要的社会问题.
- 假设社会嵌入性是为了防止金融剥削.
- 推动这种保护的社会联系的具体方面 (关系深度与网络多样性) 尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 研究社会网络多样性和关系深度与老年人金融剥削脆弱性之间的关系.
- 确定社会角色的数量或关系的深度是否在减轻金融剥削风险方面更为关键.
- 检查关系深度的特定组成部分的影响,例如归属感.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及118名50岁及以上社区成年人的研究.
- 使用问卷来评估关系深度 (人际支持评估清单),社交网络多样性 (社交网络指数总社会角色) 和感知到的金融剥削脆弱性 (感知到的金融脆弱性表).
- 采用等级线性回归来分析社会连接变量与金融剥削脆弱性之间的关联,控制人口,认知和心理因素.
主要成果:
- 在对共变量进行控制后,在金融剥削脆弱性和关系深度之间发现了显著的负相关性 (B(SE) = -0.09(0.03),p = 0.004).
- 强烈的归属感,关系深度的子尺度,与较低的金融剥削脆弱性有显著的关联 (B(SE) = -0.28(0.06),p < 0.001).
- 在金融剥削脆弱性和社交网络多样性 (不同社会角色的数量) 之间没有发现显著的关联 (B(SE) = -0.02(0.11),p = 0.85).
结论:
- 培养深厚的人际关系,特别是强烈的归属感,可能会减少老年人对财务剥削的脆弱性.
- 调查结果强调了关系质量的重要性,而不是社会角色的数量,以防止金融剥削.
- 旨在增强老年人社会联系的干预措施应侧重于培养有意义的关系.
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