Bierman Alex
Department of Sociology, California State University, Northridge, CA 91330-8318, USA.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2009 May;64(3):425-34. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbp010. Epub 2009 Feb 27.
This study examines whether the effects of neighborhood disorder on changes in levels of depression differ between the married and nonmarried, and whether these differences are because the married are less likely to experience a decrease in mastery due to neighborhood disorder.
Data are derived from a longitudinal study of adults aged 65 and older in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area over a 2-year period (2001-2003).
Neighborhood disorder is positively related to change in depression and negatively related to change in mastery, but only for the nonmarried. Differences between the married and nonmarried in changes in mastery explain differences in effects of neighborhood disorder on change in depression.
This research contributes to the study of aging and health by demonstrating that neighborhood conditions continue to affect mental health well into late life by shaping older adults' mastery, but a social connection to a marital partner helps mitigate these effects.
本研究考察邻里失序对抑郁水平变化的影响在已婚者和未婚者之间是否存在差异，以及这些差异是否源于已婚者因邻里失序而经历掌控感下降的可能性较低。
数据来自对华盛顿特区大都市区65岁及以上成年人进行的一项为期两年（2001 - 2003年）的纵向研究。
邻里失序与抑郁变化呈正相关，与掌控感变化呈负相关，但仅适用于未婚者。已婚者和未婚者在掌控感变化上的差异解释了邻里失序对抑郁变化影响的差异。
本研究通过表明邻里状况通过塑造老年人的掌控感在晚年仍持续影响心理健康，为衰老与健康研究做出了贡献，但与婚姻伴侣的社会联系有助于减轻这些影响。
