Durant T J, Christian O
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.
Int J Aging Hum Dev. 1990;31(3):205-17. doi: 10.2190/L0TV-DXXC-Y32W-H0HC.
A study of 200 older clients of senior service centers in a metropolitan area was conducted to determine their level of alienation and the extent to which selected socio-economic variables (race, education, income, health, living arrangement, church work, and volunteer work) were associated with four subtypes of alienation. Group isolation and powerlessness were found to be much more prevalent than personal isolation or normlessness. Health, race, education, and income were found to be the strongest predictors of alienation. Higher levels of alienation were found among older blacks, and those with lower health rating, lower education, and lower income, compared to their opposites. The implications of the findings are discussed.
对大都市地区200名老年服务中心的老年客户进行了一项研究，以确定他们的疏离程度，以及选定的社会经济变量（种族、教育程度、收入、健康状况、生活安排、教会工作和志愿工作）与四种疏离亚型的关联程度。结果发现，群体孤立和无力感比个人孤立或无规范感更为普遍。健康状况、种族、教育程度和收入被发现是疏离感的最强预测因素。与健康状况较好、教育程度较高和收入较高的老年人相比，老年黑人以及健康评级较低、教育程度较低和收入较低的老年人疏离感更强。文中讨论了这些研究结果的意义。
