平均或非同寻常? 一个关于两个研究样本在COVID-19后的焦虑相关恢复工作的故事
Gail Low1, Alex Bacadini Franca2, Anila Naz3
1Faculty of Nursing, MacEwan University, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Frontiers in public health
|October 10, 2025
概括
加拿大老年人有效地管理了疫情后的焦虑,表现出性和各种应对策略. 在应对公共卫生挑战时,年龄是资产,而不是弱点.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19的流行,人们面临着严重的心理困境,尤其是弱势群体.
- 公共话语经常将老年人描述为在疫情期间身体和精神上的脆弱.
- 新兴研究表明,年龄可能是一种资产,与积极心理学原则保持一致.
研究的目的:
- 探索加拿大平均老年人如何在解除公共卫生措施后管理与流行病相关的焦虑.
- 挑战现有的老年人的叙述,认为老年人在健康危机期间是唯一脆弱的.
主要方法:
- 调查了基于全国人口普查的老年加拿大人 (N=1,327) 的配额样本.
- 为了进行比较分析,招募了一个方便样本 (N=1,200).
- 一项电子调查收集了2022年7月1日至8月16日之间的焦虑程度和应对机制的数据.
主要成果:
- 这两项研究样本都采用了各种各样的应对策略来管理与大流行有关的焦虑.
- 加拿大老年人有效地管理焦虑,与更健康,更受教育,通常更年长的同龄人相比.
- 描述性网络分析突出了不同群体应对机制的共同点.
结论:
- 平均年长的加拿大人表现出管理焦虑的能力,将年龄重新定义为资产而不是脆弱性.
- 研究结果支持积极的心理学观点,对面对逆境的老年人有弹性.
- 未来的研究应该包括流行后的比较分析,以进一步了解适应和应对.
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