School of Foreign Languages and Tourism, Wuxi Institute of Technology , Wuxi Jiangsu, China.
Rosen College of Hospitality Management, University of Central Florida , Orlando, FL, USA.
Clin Gerontol. 2021 Mar-Apr;44(2):169-180. doi: 10.1080/07317115.2019.1655123. Epub 2019 Aug 17.
: This study aims to test the mediating effect of attitude toward aging and the moderating effect of social support in the association between perceived health status and depression in older adults. : The study hypotheses were tested by using quantitative data collected from 6485 Chinese older adults. SPSS macro PROCESS was employed to analyze the data. : The results show that the relationship between perceived health status and depression in older adults is mediated by their attitude toward aging. In addition, both direct and indirect impacts of perceived health status on depression are significantly buffered by social support. : This study suggests a potential mediating role of attitude toward aging and a moderating role of social support in the association between physical health and mental health among older adults. : The findings of the study suggest that clinicians might need to consider attitudes toward aging along with social support as they work with older adults with comorbid physical illnesses and depression. The findings also reveal that social support is not only about the external resources that older adults need to cope with stressful life events, but also serves as an inner sustenance to make older adults less sensitive to the deleterious effects of poor health status and negative attitude toward aging.
本研究旨在检验老年人对衰老的态度在健康感知与抑郁之间的中介作用，以及社会支持在其中的调节作用。研究假设通过对 6485 名中国老年人的定量数据进行检验。采用 SPSS 宏 PROCESS 分析数据。结果表明，老年人健康感知与抑郁之间的关系受其对衰老态度的中介作用影响。此外，社会支持显著缓冲了健康感知对抑郁的直接和间接影响。本研究表明，在老年人的身体健康和心理健康之间，对衰老的态度具有潜在的中介作用，社会支持具有调节作用。研究结果表明，临床医生在治疗患有共病躯体疾病和抑郁的老年人时，可能需要考虑对衰老的态度以及社会支持。研究结果还表明，社会支持不仅是老年人应对压力生活事件所需的外部资源，也是一种内在支持，使老年人对健康状况不佳和对衰老的消极态度的不良影响不那么敏感。
