Schure Marc B, Odden Michelle, Goins R Turner
Puget Sound Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Center at 1100 Olive Way, Suite 1400, Seattle, WA 98101, USA.
Am Indian Alsk Native Ment Health Res. 2013;20(2):27-41. doi: 10.5820/aian.2002.2013.27.
We examined the association of resilience with measures of mental and physical health in a sample of older American Indians (AIs). A validated scale measuring resilience was administered to 185 noninstitutionalized AIs aged>=55 years. Unadjusted analyses revealed that higher levels of resilience were associated with lower levels of depressive symptomatology and chronic pain, and with higher levels of mental and physical health. Resilience remained significantly associated with depressive symptomatology after controlling for demographic and other health measures. Our findings suggest that resilience among older AIs has important implications for some aspects of mental and physical health.
我们在一组美国印第安老年人样本中研究了心理弹性与心理和身体健康指标之间的关联。对185名年龄≥55岁的非机构化美国印第安人施测了一个经过验证的心理弹性量表。未调整分析显示,较高水平的心理弹性与较低水平的抑郁症状和慢性疼痛相关,且与较高水平的心理和身体健康相关。在控制了人口统计学和其他健康指标后,心理弹性仍与抑郁症状显著相关。我们的研究结果表明,美国印第安老年人的心理弹性对心理和身体健康的某些方面具有重要意义。