跨界歧视和晚年精神健康:年龄歧视作为一个核心维度
Yi Wang1, Yifan Lou2, Huei-Wern Shen3
1School of Social Work, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States.
概括
歧视归因,特别是那些涉及与身体和社会经济因素相交的年龄歧视,在以后的生活中显著影响心理健康. 了解这些模式是针对性干预的关键.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 广泛的研究将歧视与健康结果联系起来.
- 关于特定的歧视归因及其差异性健康关联的理解有限.
- 本研究通过检查歧视归因的潜在类型学及其与老年人心理健康的交叉联系来解决这一差距.
研究的目的:
- 在老年人中确定不同类型的歧视归因.
- 调查这些类型和心理健康指标之间的关系.
- 突出跨学科性在所感知的歧视及其健康后果中的作用.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自2016年健康和退休研究心理社会遗弃调查问卷的6282名受访者的数据.
- 采用隐性类别分析来识别基于自我报告的歧视原因 (例如,种族,性别,年龄,种族) 的歧视归因类型.
- 进行了带有边际效应的回归模型,以评估归因类型和心理健康结果之间的差异关联.
主要成果:
- 确定了五种不同的歧视归因类型:很少的经历 (33%),未指定的属性 (5%),基于年龄 (48%),基于年龄/种族/种族 (8%) 和基于年龄/身体/社会经济劣势 (5%).
- 发现歧视经历与心理健康指标,包括抑郁症状和孤独感之间存在显著的关联.
- 除了年龄之外的多个因素,特别是身体和社会经济上的不利因素所导致的歧视,显示出最强烈的负面健康关联.
结论:
- 年龄歧视是歧视经历中普遍存在的主题,经常与其他特征相交.
- 对歧视的交叉归因与不良的心理健康结果最为密切相关.
- 调查结果强调了在社会政策,临床实践和未来关于歧视和健康的研究中考虑交叉性的重要性.
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