School of Psychology, Georgia, Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
School of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2023 Jun 26;78(7):1163-1168. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbac173.
Based on socioemotional selectivity theory, one might predict that older adults' well-being would be less negatively affected by coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19)-stress, as with other stressors, than younger people. However, whether sleep quality, which is negatively affected by aging, is similarly protected from the negative consequences of Covid-19-stress with age is unknown. Here, we examined the association between Covid-19-stress, above and beyond general-stress, and sleep quality and how it varies by age.
From December 2020 to April 2021, 386 adults reported their Covid-19-stress, sleep quality, and resilience in an online study.
While older age was related to lower Covid-19-stress, Covid-19-stress was associated with worse sleep quality with greater age.
These results suggest that at least some aspects of one's well-being may be more susceptible to the negative consequences of stress with increasing age. Our results might be better understood via the strength and vulnerability integration model, which posits that older adults have increased susceptibility to prolonged and unavoidable stress.
基于社会情绪选择理论,人们可能会预测,与其他压力源相比,老年人的幸福感受 2019 年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)压力的负面影响较小。然而,睡眠质量会随着年龄的增长而下降,其是否会像其他压力源一样,免受 COVID-19 压力的负面影响,目前尚不清楚。在这里,我们研究了 COVID-19 压力(超过一般压力)与睡眠质量之间的关联,以及这种关联随年龄的变化。
2020 年 12 月至 2021 年 4 月,386 名成年人在一项在线研究中报告了他们的 COVID-19 压力、睡眠质量和适应力。
虽然年龄较大与 COVID-19 压力较低有关,但 COVID-19 压力与睡眠质量较差有关,且年龄越大,睡眠质量越差。
这些结果表明,幸福感的至少某些方面可能更容易受到压力的负面影响,随着年龄的增长而增加。我们的研究结果可以通过强度和脆弱性整合模型更好地理解,该模型认为,老年人对长期和不可避免的压力更敏感。