Seow Pei Shing, Byrne Gerard J, Arnold Elizabeth, Pachana Nancy A
School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Queensland, Australia.
Academy of Psychiatry & Centre for Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Queensland, Queensland, Australia.
Clin Gerontol. 2025 Jan-Feb;48(1):128-140. doi: 10.1080/07317115.2022.2072791. Epub 2022 May 20.
This study aimed to explore the relationships between aging attitudes and the outcomes of successful aging, including whether aging attitudinal types moderate psychological adjustment in the context of medical and mental health diagnoses.
In total, 409 community-dwelling women aged 40-79 years in Australia completed the Reactions to Aging Questionnaire (RAQ), Geriatric Depression Scale, Center of Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, and Geriatric Anxiety Inventory. Information about medical and mental health diagnoses were collected.
Overall, aging attitudes and all three RAQ subscales were negatively correlated with scores on measures of depression and anxiety, and number of medical diagnoses. Attitudinal types toward aging were found to moderate the relationship between the number of mental health diagnoses and scores on the psychological measures of depression but not anxiety. Unique RAQ domain-specific relationships were found with the number of mental health diagnoses.
The findings support the link between aging attitudes and psychological outcomes, the potential clinical value of RAQ attitudinal typologies classification as well as a multidimensional conceptualization of aging attitudes.
The findings reinforce the need for efforts to reduce ageism on a societal level, as well as informing clinical decision-making with older clients.
本研究旨在探讨衰老态度与成功衰老结果之间的关系，包括衰老态度类型是否在医学和心理健康诊断背景下调节心理调适。
澳大利亚409名年龄在40 - 79岁的社区居住女性完成了衰老反应问卷（RAQ）、老年抑郁量表、流行病学研究中心抑郁量表和老年焦虑量表。收集了有关医学和心理健康诊断的信息。
总体而言，衰老态度及RAQ的所有三个分量表与抑郁、焦虑测量得分及医学诊断数量均呈负相关。发现对衰老的态度类型调节了心理健康诊断数量与抑郁心理测量得分之间的关系，但与焦虑无关。发现RAQ特定领域与心理健康诊断数量存在独特关系。
研究结果支持衰老态度与心理结果之间的联系、RAQ态度类型分类的潜在临床价值以及衰老态度的多维概念化。
研究结果强化了在社会层面努力减少年龄歧视的必要性，并为老年患者的临床决策提供信息。
