Swift Audrey U, Chipperfield Judith G
Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0W3.
Faculty of Arts, University of Manitoba.
Can J Aging. 2013 Dec;32(4):349-59. doi: 10.1017/S0714980813000391. Epub 2013 Sep 24.
Few studies of older individuals have directly assessed secondary control beliefs, previously defined by Morling and Evered in 2006 as a combination of psychological adjustment and acceptance. We classified older adults ( n = 223, M age = 85 years, 62% women) into three categories of secondary control beliefs: psychological adjustment only, psychological adjustment and acceptance, and neither psychological adjustment nor acceptance. Relative to individuals who emphasized beliefs about psychological adjustment only, those who emphasized a combination of secondary control beliefs (including both psychological adjustment and acceptance), reported more frequent positive emotions, greater life satisfaction, and less severe chronic conditions. Our findings have implications in both theoretical and applied contexts. Theoretically, our findings extend contemporary thinking on secondary control. In applied contexts, they suggest ways of thinking that could enhance well-being in the very old.
针对老年人的研究中，很少有直接评估二级控制信念的，二级控制信念先前由莫林和埃弗雷德在2006年定义为心理调适与接纳的结合。我们将老年人（n = 223，平均年龄 = 85岁，62%为女性）分为三类二级控制信念：仅心理调适、心理调适与接纳、既无心理调适也无接纳。相对于仅强调心理调适信念的个体，那些强调二级控制信念结合（包括心理调适和接纳）的个体报告了更频繁的积极情绪、更高的生活满意度以及不太严重的慢性病。我们的研究结果在理论和应用背景下都有意义。从理论上讲，我们的研究结果扩展了关于二级控制的当代思维。在应用背景下，它们提出了一些思维方式，这些方式可以提高高龄老人的幸福感。
