感知是重要的:身体上的邻居劣势和老年人的情感健康
1Department of Sociology and Criminology, Pennsylvania State University, Susan Welch Liberal Arts Building, 137 Fischer Rd, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
Wellbeing, space and society
|August 20, 2025
概括
邻居不利影响老年人的情绪健康,增加焦虑和愤怒. 像掌握这样的心理社会资源可以帮助,但效果因种族和性别的群体地位而异.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 环境心理学 环境心理学
- 卫生社会学 卫生社会学
背景情况:
- 邻里环境对老年人的福祉有很大的影响,作为成功老龄化的支持或慢性压力的来源.
- 在老年人群中,感知到的邻居劣势与负面的情绪健康结果,特别是焦虑和愤怒有关.
研究的目的:
- 检查65岁及以上的成年人感知到邻居处于不利地位如何影响情绪健康 (焦虑,愤怒).
- 探讨掌握作为心理社会资源的调节和/或调解作用.
- 通过交叉性和社会化理论,探索这些关系在不同种族和性别群体状态中的变化.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自健康和退休研究 (HRS) 的数据,包括7106名老年人.
- 采用结构方程建模 (路径分析) 来分析变量之间的关系.
- 检查了感知邻里不利对焦虑和外化愤怒 (愤怒) 的影响.
主要成果:
- 感知到邻居的劣势与增加的焦虑和外化愤怒有显著的关联.
- 减少掌握部分调解了邻里不利对焦虑和愤怒的影响.
- 有证据表明,种族性别群体地位会缓和这些关联.
结论:
- 老年人对邻居压力因素的看法对他们的情绪健康产生不利影响.
- 掌握是一种至关重要的心理社会资源,可以缓冲负面影响,尽管它的有效性可能受到种族-性别动态的影响.
- 了解这些复杂的相互作用对于开发有针对性的干预措施来支持老龄化人口的情感福祉至关重要.
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