Steverink Nardi, Lindenberg Siegwart
Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
Psychol Aging. 2006 Jun;21(2):281-90. doi: 10.1037/0882-7974.21.2.281.
In this study the authors investigated how satisfaction levels of affection, behavioral confirmation, and status, as three human social needs, relate to age, physical loss, and subjective well-being. Results (N=883, aged 65 to 98 years) revealed that (a) affection was relatively high and status was relatively low in all age and loss groups; behavioral confirmation showed negative age and loss effects but was better predicted by loss; (b) the three needs relate differentially to indicators of subjective well-being: affection and behavioral confirmation relate positively to life satisfaction; status and behavioral confirmation relate positively to positive affect and negatively to negative affect. It is concluded that the need for behavioral confirmation is more difficult to satisfy with high physical loss, but none of the three social needs becomes less important with advancing age.
在本研究中，作者调查了作为人类三种社会需求的情感满足感、行为确认和地位与年龄、身体机能丧失及主观幸福感之间的关系。结果（样本量N = 883，年龄在65至98岁之间）显示：(a) 在所有年龄组和身体机能丧失组中，情感满足感相对较高，而地位相对较低；行为确认呈现出负面的年龄和身体机能丧失效应，但身体机能丧失对其的预测性更强；(b) 这三种需求与主观幸福感指标的关联各不相同：情感满足感和行为确认与生活满意度呈正相关；地位和行为确认与积极情绪呈正相关，与消极情绪呈负相关。研究得出结论，身体机能高度丧失时，行为确认需求更难得到满足，但这三种社会需求均不会随着年龄增长而变得不再重要。
