针对GrimAge加速的情绪调节保护效应的种族相关差异是由攻击性创伤驱动的
Aishwarya Chowdhary1, Terrell Holloway1, Ke Xu1
1Department of Psychiatry, Yale University.
Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy
|April 15, 2025
概括
情绪调节可能会保护黑人成年人免受因逆境而加速的生物衰老. 这项研究探讨了情绪调节,逆境以及它们对表观遗传衰老的影响的种族差异.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 老年学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 非西班牙裔黑人成年人与其他种族/族群相比,死亡率更高.
- 在这些差异中,心理弹性,特别是情绪调节的作用未被充分探索.
研究的目的:
- 为了检查黑人和白人成年人之间情绪调节的种族差异.
- 研究情绪调节,逆境和生物衰老之间的联系.
- 探索情绪调节对黑人成年人加速衰老的保护作用.
主要方法:
- 这是一项对459名健康志愿者 (21.1%是黑人) 的横截面研究.
- 通过使用情绪调节难度量表来评估情绪调节.
- 用累积逆境库存测量一生的逆境,用GrimAge测量生物年龄.
主要成果:
- 黑人参与者表现出比白人参与者更好的情绪调节.
- 在整个样本中,更大的一生逆境与较差的情绪调节有关.
- 情绪调节显著保护黑人参与者免受逆境对表观遗传衰老 (GrimAge加速) 的不利影响.
结论:
- 情绪调节可能对黑人成年人加速表观遗传衰老起到保护作用,特别是在面对逆境时.
- 需要进一步的研究,以了解在性和逆境中的种族差异,以解决老龄化中的健康差异.
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