百岁老人的积极生活方式、个性与心理状态
Engaged Lifestyle, Personality, and Mental Status Among Centenarians.
作者信息
Martin Peter, Baenziger Joan, Macdonald Maurice, Siegler Ilene C, Poon Leonard W
机构信息
Gerontology Program, Iowa State University, 1096 LeBaron Hall, Ames, IA 50011, USA
出版信息
J Adult Dev. 2009 Dec;16(4):199-208. doi: 10.1007/s10804-009-9066-y.
This study assessed engaged lifestyle activities (e.g., volunteering, traveling, and public speaking) for centenarians of the Georgia Centenarian Study. A total of 285 centenarians and near-centenarians (i.e., 98 years and older) and their proxy informants participated in this study. The Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE) was assessed for all centenarians, and proxy informants reported on lifestyle activities and personality traits of the centenarians. Results suggested that participants who had volunteered, traveled, and those who had given public talks and balanced their checkbooks were more likely to show relatively high mental status scores (i.e., MMSE > 17). Personality traits were found to be moderators in the relationship between engaged lifestyle and mental status: Participants with high levels of Emotional Stability, Extraversion, Openness, and Conscientiousness and with high levels of engaged lifestyle were more likely to show relatively high mental status scores (i.e., MMSE > 17), whereas participants with low levels of Emotional Stability, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness and with low levels of engaged lifestyle were more likely to show relatively low mental status scores (i.e., MMSE < 18). The results suggest that engaged lifestyle, particularly in combination with personality traits, plays an important role in the level of cognitive functioning among oldest old adults.
本研究评估了佐治亚百岁老人研究中百岁老人的积极生活方式活动(如志愿服务、旅行和公开演讲)。共有285名百岁老人和接近百岁的老人(即98岁及以上)及其代理 informant 参与了本研究。对所有百岁老人进行了简易精神状态检查表(MMSE)评估,代理 informant 报告了百岁老人的生活方式活动和人格特质。结果表明,曾参与志愿服务、旅行的人,以及那些进行过公开演讲并能平衡支票簿的人,更有可能表现出相对较高的精神状态得分(即MMSE>17)。研究发现人格特质在积极生活方式与精神状态之间的关系中起调节作用:情绪稳定性、外向性、开放性和尽责性水平较高且积极生活方式水平较高的参与者,更有可能表现出相对较高的精神状态得分(即MMSE>17),而情绪稳定性、外向性、开放性、宜人性和尽责性水平较低且积极生活方式水平较低的参与者,更有可能表现出相对较低的精神状态得分(即MMSE<18)。结果表明,积极的生活方式,特别是与人格特质相结合,在最年长者的认知功能水平中起着重要作用。