衡量不同观点的衰老方面之间的联系,以及它们与中年和老年人的认知和情绪功能之间的关联:一个横截面研究
Elena Carbone1, Omar Paccagnella2, Erika Borella1
1Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Frontiers in psychology
|November 14, 2025
概括
个人对衰老的看法会影响情绪和认知. 对衰老的积极态度和对与年龄相关的收益的认识与更好的情绪有关,而与年龄相关的变化会影响记忆.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 老龄化心理学的心理学
- 健康心理学 心理健康心理学
背景情况:
- 个人对衰老的看法 (VoA) 影响健康和寿命.
- VoA包括主观年龄,对衰老的态度,以及对与年龄相关的变化的意识.
- 了解VoA对情绪和认知的影响对于中年和老年人至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查VoA方面之间的关联:主观年龄,对自身衰老的态度 (ATOA) 和与年龄相关的变化意识 (AARC).
- 检查VoA方面在解释情绪和认知功能方面的共同贡献.
- 确定AARC在VoA结果关系中的调解作用.
主要方法:
- 在主观年龄,ATOA和AARC (收益/损失) 上调查了350名年龄在40-92岁的成年人.
- 评估工作记忆和情绪.
- 利用结构方程建模来分析VoA与情绪和认知结果的关联.
主要成果:
- AARC调解了VoA方面与情绪之间的关系,但不是认知.
- 积极的ATOA与较高的AARC-收益和较低的AARC-损失相关.
- 较低的AARC损失与更好的情绪有关.
- 年轻的主观年龄与较高的ATOA和AARC-Gains有关.
- 较大的AARC-收益和损失与较差的工作记忆有关.
结论:
- 个人VoA方面有复杂的相互作用,大大解释了中年和老年人的情绪结果.
- 意识到与年龄相关的变化在VoA-情绪关系中发挥着关键的调解作用.
- 主观年龄和对年龄相关变化的看法对情绪和认知功能都有影响.
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