养老院老年居民对公正世界的信念与抑郁
Belief in a just world and depression in elderly nursing home residents.
作者信息
Carifio James, Nasser Ramzi
机构信息
O'Leary Library 527, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, 1 University Ave., Lowell, MA 01854-5104, USA.
出版信息
Work. 2012;43(3):303-12. doi: 10.3233/WOR-2012-1371.
OBJECTIVE
Belief in a just world (BJW) modulates people's abilities to cope with anxiety, fear, and life transitions and thus depression and its debilitating effects. Little is known about how Belief in a just world modulates these coping abilities in elderly nursing home residents or their levels of depression either.
PARTICIPANTS
A sample of 354 cognitively able elderly nursing home residents in Lebanon was selected for the study.
METHODS
This study, therefore, explored elderly belief in a just world (BJW-S) by gender and length of time in elderly homes in its relation to levels of depression as measured by the Geriatric Depression Rating Scale (GDS) and the Mini-Mental State Examination screening instrument for older adults.
RESULTS
The findings showed no main significant effects for gender or length-of-stay on level of depression. The chief significant difference found was for scores on the belief in a just world scale and levels of depression. Those who had high scores on belief in a just world scored low on depression, and vice-versa.
CONCLUSIONS
Therefore, a strong belief in a just world seemed to act as a preventative or coping mechanism against depression from initial transition forward for elderly nursing home residents.
目的
对公正世界的信念（BJW）调节人们应对焦虑、恐惧和生活转变的能力，进而影响抑郁及其削弱性影响。然而，对于公正世界信念如何调节老年疗养院居民的这些应对能力以及他们的抑郁水平，我们知之甚少。
参与者
选取了黎巴嫩354名认知能力正常的老年疗养院居民作为研究样本。
方法
因此，本研究通过性别和在养老院的居住时长来探究老年人对公正世界的信念（BJW-S），及其与通过老年抑郁评定量表（GDS）和老年人简易精神状态检查表测量的抑郁水平之间的关系。
结果
研究结果表明，性别或居住时长对抑郁水平没有主要显著影响。发现的主要显著差异在于公正世界信念量表得分与抑郁水平之间。公正世界信念得分高的人抑郁得分低，反之亦然。
结论
因此，对于老年疗养院居民来说，对公正世界的强烈信念似乎从最初过渡阶段起就作为一种预防或应对抑郁的机制。
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