School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA.
Department of Human Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
Res Aging. 2020 Mar-Apr;42(3-4):105-114. doi: 10.1177/0164027519884765. Epub 2019 Nov 10.
To examine whether (a) negative social encounters and physical pain are linked throughout the day, (b) negative mood mediates these associations, and (c) these associations vary by closeness with social partners.
Adults aged 65+ ( = 313) completed ecological momentary assessments and reported their negative social encounters, physical pain, and mood every 3 hr throughout the day for 5-6 days.
Multilevel models revealed that negative social encounters were associated with greater pain at each 3-hr interval and that this association was mediated by negative mood during the same interval. Negative encounters with less close partners were associated with pain, but negative encounters with close partners were not.
Regulating older adults' negative emotions may be crucial to improving their daily pain. Further, interventions focusing on negative encounters with less close partners in daily life may help mitigate older adults' experiences of pain throughout the day.
探讨(a)消极的社交经历和身体疼痛是否在一天中始终存在关联,(b)消极情绪是否在这些关联中起中介作用,以及(c)这些关联是否因与社交伙伴的亲密程度而异。
年龄在 65 岁及以上的成年人(n=313)完成了生态瞬时评估,并在 5-6 天内每隔 3 小时报告一次他们的消极社交经历、身体疼痛和情绪。
多层次模型显示,消极的社交经历与每个 3 小时间隔的更大疼痛相关,而这种关联在同一间隔内由消极情绪中介。与不太亲密的伙伴的消极交往与疼痛相关,但与亲密伙伴的消极交往则不然。
调节老年人的消极情绪对于改善他们的日常疼痛可能至关重要。此外,在日常生活中关注与不太亲密的伙伴的消极交往的干预措施可能有助于减轻老年人全天的疼痛体验。