Lee Kyuho, Holst Marissa, Martin Peter, Poon Leonard W
1 Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.
2 University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2018 Mar;86(2):111-130. doi: 10.1177/0091415017702905. Epub 2017 Apr 5.
The goal of this study was to explore the influences of proximal and distal life events on mental status in later life. Additionally, life events were categorized into positive and negative experiences. Data from 208 older adults over 80 years of age from the Georgia Centenarian Study were included in this study. Results from a series of blockwise regression analyses indicated that the number of distal negative life events that older adults had experienced was a predictor of older adults' better mental status. Oldest-old adults' age, education, social supports, and social provision were also associated with their cognition. Cumulative negative life events may protect people in cognitive function as implicated by our results.
本研究的目的是探讨近期和远期生活事件对晚年心理状态的影响。此外，生活事件被分为积极和消极经历。来自佐治亚百岁老人研究的208名80岁以上老年人的数据被纳入本研究。一系列逐步回归分析的结果表明，老年人经历的远期消极生活事件的数量是老年人心理状态较好的一个预测指标。高龄老年人的年龄、教育程度、社会支持和社会供给也与他们的认知有关。我们的研究结果表明，累积的消极生活事件可能对人们的认知功能有保护作用。
