Simon J M
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 1990;11(1):17-31. doi: 10.3109/01612849009014542.
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the relationship between the use of humor as a coping strategy and health indicators as measured by perceived health, life satisfaction, and morale in older adults. A packet of questionnaires was administered to a nonrandom sample of 73 noninstitutionalized adults over age 55. Of the independent variables of situational humor, coping humor, residence, gender, age, living arrangements, and socioeconomic status (SES), none are significant predictors of perceived health at the .017 alpha level, whereas the variable of living arrangements is predictive of life satisfaction. Furthermore, coping humor and socioeconomic status are predictive of morale in older adults. This study adds to the knowledge of humor as a coping strategy as well as a developmental concept in older adults. Implications for nursing practice and research are discussed.
本调查的目的是研究老年人将幽默作为应对策略的使用情况与通过感知健康、生活满意度和士气衡量的健康指标之间的关系。向73名年龄在55岁以上的非机构化成年人的非随机样本发放了一组问卷。在情境幽默、应对幽默、居住情况、性别、年龄、生活安排和社会经济地位（SES）这些自变量中，在α水平为0.017时，没有一个是感知健康的显著预测因素，而生活安排这一变量可预测生活满意度。此外，应对幽默和社会经济地位可预测老年人的士气。本研究增加了关于幽默作为老年人应对策略以及发展概念的知识。还讨论了对护理实践和研究的启示。
