压力内化是美国中华老年人与年龄相关的认知衰退的主要风险之一
Michelle H Chen1, Yiming Ma2, Charu Verma3
1Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, Rutgers University, 112 Paterson St., New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA; Department of Neurology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, 125 Paterson St., New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.
The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease
|July 19, 2025
概括
压力内化,包括绝望和良心低,与老年华裔美国人的记忆力下降有关. 这些因素,虽然可能是不适应的,但可以修改以支持认知健康.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 潜伏因素经常同时影响多种与健康有关的行为,特别是在移民人口中.
- 了解这些潜在因素对于解决健康差异至关重要.
- 内部和外部特征可以影响认知衰老.
研究的目的:
- 检查内部 (融入文化,行为,幸福) 和外部 (邻居,社区) 因素之间的相互关系.
- 评估这些因素对与年龄相关的认知衰退的影响.
- 为了研究芝加哥大都会地区的一群老年华裔美国人.
主要方法:
- 对中国老年人人口研究 (PINE) 纵向队列的二次数据分析.
- 包括1528名60岁以上的非痴呆症华裔美国人,跨越三个波.
- 心理行为和社会文化变量的因子分析;认知测试的主要组成部分分析 (MMSE,EBMT,数字跨度向后,口语符号数字模式测试).
主要成果:
- 因子分析揭示了三个构造:压力内部化,邻里/社区凝聚力和外部压力减轻.
- 压力内化 (感知到的压力,绝望,良心低) 与纵向记忆力下降有关.
- 文化和活动参与并没有预测认知能力下降,但与更好的基线认知能力相关.
结论:
- 压力处理因子 (绝望,良心) 在这个群体中独特地预测了纵向记忆力下降.
- 这些潜在的可修改的不适应性特征与亚洲模式少数群体刻板印象有关.
- 限制包括潜在的选择偏见,文化测量问题和有限的认知/临床数据.
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