社会活动参与,年龄和认知之间的跨部门关联:来自健康和退休研究的证据
Layla Katharine Santana1, Hongdao Meng1, Yujun Liu2
1University of South Florida, Tampa, USA.
Sage open aging
|October 30, 2025
概括
参与社会活动对老年人的认知功能有积极的影响. 更多地参与社会活动可能会减轻与衰老相关的认知能力的典型下降.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 认知神经科学 认知神经科学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 认知功能自然会随着年龄的增长而下降.
- 社会活动是一个可改变的因素,可能会影响认知健康.
- 了解衰老,社会参与和认知之间的相互作用对于公共卫生至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查社会活动是否能缓和50岁及以上美国成年人年龄和认知功能之间的关系.
- 确定社会参与水平对不同年龄组认知表现的影响.
主要方法:
- 来自2016年和2018年健康和退休研究 (HRS) 波的数据分析 (N=10,985).
- 利用多变量线性回归模型来评估年龄和社会活动对认知功能的主要和相互作用影响.
- 调整为共变量,并使用家庭聚类来进行可靠的统计分析.
主要成果:
- 在年龄和认知表现之间发现了显著的负面关联 (β = -.089).
- 社会活动参与与认知表现有显著的积极关联 (β = .127).
- 一个显著的相互作用效应 (β = .004,p < .05) 表明年龄-认知联系与社会参与水平有所不同. 慈善工作,教育活动和非宗教会议是关键预测因素.
结论:
- 增加社交活动与老年人更好的认知表现有关.
- 社会参与可能会解释年龄和认知之间的逆关系的一些变化.
- 强调社会参与对认知健康的重要性,尽管因果关系需要进一步纵向调查.
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