Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, 1800 Main Building, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Soc Sci Med. 2011 Nov;73(9):1428-35. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.07.035. Epub 2011 Aug 31.
This study examines gender differences in the pathways among social engagement, physical limitations and cognitive limitations among U.S. older adults. It improves upon previous literature by longitudinally testing both social benefit and selection hypotheses, examining gender differences in these relationships, gaining modeling advantages through structural equation modeling, and by incorporating the frequency of participation in social activities as an important source of social integration that may influence health among older adults. This study uses U.S. panel data of adults aged 60 and older from the Americans' Changing Lives survey (N = 1642) from 1986, 1989, and 1994 in a cross-lagged panel design to better understand these relationships. For women, the flow is from greater social engagement to lower levels of subsequent physical and cognitive limitations, whereas for men the flow is from greater physical and cognitive limitations to lower levels of subsequent social engagement.
本研究考察了美国老年人群体中社会参与度、身体限制和认知限制之间的路径中的性别差异。它通过纵向测试社会收益和选择假设、检验这些关系中的性别差异、通过结构方程建模获得建模优势，以及通过将社会活动参与的频率作为影响老年人健康的重要社会融合来源，改进了之前的文献。本研究使用了美国成年人的面板数据，年龄在 60 岁及以上，来自美国人生活变化调查（N=1642），时间跨度为 1986 年、1989 年和 1994 年，采用交叉滞后面板设计，以更好地理解这些关系。对于女性来说，这种流动是从更多的社会参与到随后较低水平的身体和认知限制，而对于男性来说，这种流动是从更大的身体和认知限制到随后较低水平的社会参与。
