Faculty of Psychology, Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of Ministry of Education, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China.
School of Social Work, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
J Elder Abuse Negl. 2020 Jan-Feb;32(1):46-59. doi: 10.1080/08946566.2020.1731042. Epub 2020 Feb 20.
This study examined correlates of the vulnerability to fraud among a group of urban Chinese older adults, focusing on the influence of personality traits and loneliness. A non-probability sample of 321 older participants recruited from six urban communities in Tianjin, China participated in a survey. Key measures included the Elder Risk for Fraud Scale, the short Big Five Inventory, and the Emotional-Social Loneliness Inventory. Regression analyses found that agreeableness personality was associated with lower risks for fraud while social loneliness was associated with higher risks for fraud. Older participants who needed medical assistance with their daily living were found at higher risks for fraud than their counterparts without medical needs. It is recommendded that policymakers and helping professionals in China should assess psychosocial risk factors for fraud. Great attention needs to be paid to older adults who demonstrate low levels of agreeableness and high levels of social loneliness.
本研究考察了一群城市中国老年人易受欺诈影响的相关因素，重点关注人格特质和孤独感的影响。本研究从中国天津的六个城市社区招募了 321 名非概率样本的老年参与者，让他们参与了一项调查。主要测量包括老年人欺诈风险量表、短版大五人格量表和情感社会孤独感量表。回归分析发现，宜人性人格与较低的欺诈风险相关，而社会孤独感与较高的欺诈风险相关。需要医疗协助日常生活的老年参与者比没有医疗需求的参与者更容易受到欺诈。本研究建议中国的政策制定者和援助专业人员应该评估欺诈的社会心理风险因素。需要特别关注表现出低宜人性和高社会孤独感的老年人。
