Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
BMC Geriatr. 2021 Feb 17;21(1):128. doi: 10.1186/s12877-021-02076-2.
Middle-aged and older adults are more vulnerable to hospitalization and mortality if they are infected with the COVID-19 virus. The present study investigates the longitudinal effects of subjective successful aging on middle-aged and older adults' emotional and coping responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, and explores an underlying mechanism through perceived time limitation during the pandemic.
A sample of 311 Hong Kong Chinese middle-aged and older adults (M = 64.58, SD = 10.14, Range = 45-90 years) were recruited from an Adult Development and Aging Project and participated in a questionnaire study via an online platform or phone interview. Their levels of subjective successful aging, perceived time limitation, and emotional and coping responses to the pandemic were measured.
The respondents who perceived themselves as more successful in aging process reported more positive and fewer negative emotions compared with their counterparts with lower levels of subjective successful aging. The mediation analysis showed that perceived time limitation could partially account for the effects of subjective successful aging on emotional and coping responses.
Findings of this study unveil the beneficial effects of subjective views of successful aging on emotional and coping responses to the pandemic through alleviating their perception of time limitation.
感染 COVID-19 病毒的中老年人如果住院和死亡，更容易受到影响。本研究调查了主观成功老龄化对中老年人对 COVID-19 大流行的情绪和应对反应的纵向影响，并通过大流行期间感知到的时间限制探索了一种潜在机制。
从一个成人发展与老龄化项目中招募了 311 名香港中老年成年人（M=64.58，SD=10.14，范围 45-90 岁），他们通过在线平台或电话访谈参与了一项问卷调查研究。测量了他们对主观成功老龄化、感知时间限制以及对大流行的情绪和应对反应。
与主观成功老龄化水平较低的同龄人相比，那些认为自己在衰老过程中更成功的受访者报告说，他们的积极情绪更多，消极情绪更少。中介分析表明，感知到的时间限制可以部分解释主观成功老龄化对情绪和应对反应的影响。
这项研究的结果揭示了主观成功老龄化观点通过减轻对时间限制的感知，对大流行的情绪和应对反应产生有益影响。
