与冷水浸泡相结合的正念训练对中老年人和老年人的情绪和执行功能感知的影响:试点研究
Ambra Gentile1, Sara Vivirito2, Musa Kirkar2
1Department of Psychology, Educational Sciences and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Frontiers in public health
|November 24, 2025
概括
这项试点研究发现,20周的正念和冷水浸泡计划显著减少了中年和老年人的抑郁和焦虑症状. 这项培训对老年人来说在改善情绪方面特别有效.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- 与年龄相关的认知衰退和情绪障碍,如抑郁和焦虑,在中年和老年人中普遍存在.
- 这些情况可以预测神经退行性疾病,强调了预防性干预的必要性.
- 众所周知,正念训练可以改善情绪和执行功能,而冷水浸泡则显示出对认知增强和情绪恢复的潜力.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究20周的正念和冷水浸泡计划对中年和老年人的情绪和执行功能的影响.
- 为了确定这种联合干预是否可以减轻与年龄相关的认知衰退和情绪障碍.
- 为了探索中年和老年成年参与者之间的有效性差异.
主要方法:
- 进行了一项试点研究,涉及46名成年参与者 (平均年龄为60.67岁).
- 参与者完成了为期20周的综合正念和冷水浸泡计划.
- 抑郁症状,焦虑症状和执行功能感知在干预前和干预后使用问卷进行了评估,并进行了线性混合模型分析.
主要成果:
- 综合训练显著减少了抑郁症状 (p=0.003),在老年人中观察到更大的效果 (p=0.042).
- 此外,不论年龄组,也发现焦虑症状显著减少 (p=0.008),不论年龄组.
- 在执行功能感知方面没有观察到任何显著的变化 (p=0.06).
结论:
- 综合的正念和冷水浸泡计划证明了作为健康衰老的有益干预的潜力.
- 这项训练有效地改善了老年人的情绪,减少了老年人的抑郁和焦虑症状.
- 需要进一步的研究来探索这种联合干预对认知健康的长期影响和机制.
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