福利和记忆功能:测试双向协会在英国长度老化研究 (ELSA) 中
Amber John1,2, Roopal Desai1, Aphrodite Eshetu1
1Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, ADAPT Lab, UCL, London, UK.
Aging & mental health
|June 18, 2025
概括
在50岁以上的成年人中,更高的幸福感与更好的记忆有关. 这项为期16年的研究没有发现任何证据表明,改善记忆能带来更好的幸福感,这表明幸福感可以保护认知功能.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 了解心理健康和认知功能之间的相互作用对于健康的衰老至关重要.
- 纵向数据对于确定福祉与记忆之间的关系方向性至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在一个大型,全国代表性的老年人样本中调查幸福感和情节性记忆之间的双向关系.
- 为了确定幸福感是否预测未来的记忆性能,以及记忆性能是否预测未来的幸福感.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自英国长度老龄化研究 (ELSA) 的数据,该研究对12 099名50岁以上的个人进行了队列研究.
- 采用交叉滞后模型来分析16年 (9波) 的幸福感 (CASP-19) 和情节性记忆的重复测量.
主要成果:
- 在所有时间点 (小效果大小) 中,更高的幸福感始终与更好的后续即时和延迟记忆得分有关.
- 没有发现有意义的证据来支持这样的假设,即更高的记忆得分预测后来的幸福感.
结论:
- 在50岁以上的成年人中,提升的幸福感与16年内保存的记忆功能有关.
- 这些发现表明,幸福感可能会作为认知健康的保护因素,但记忆的改善似乎不会提高这个年龄段的幸福感.
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