Lei Man-Kit, Ong Mei Ling, Carter Sierra E, Jenkins August I C, Beach Steven R H
Department of Sociology, University of Georgia.
Center for Family Research, University of Georgia.
J Fam Psychol. 2025 Aug;39(5):592-602. doi: 10.1037/fam0001328. Epub 2025 Mar 20.
The study builds upon prior research demonstrating the long-term benefits of the Protecting Strong African American Families (ProSAAF) intervention on both relationship and individual functioning (e.g., Barton et al., 2021; Beach et al., 2023; Lei & Beach, 2023). The current findings extend prior findings by showing that participants in the ProSAAF condition exhibited attenuated correlations between poor relationship quality and accelerated biological aging ( = -.059, = .582) relative to those in the control condition ( = .251, = .006) ( = 208 individuals). A direct test of moderation showed that condition significantly moderated the association of relationship quality with change in biological aging, and the pattern was replicated across four indicators of relationship quality. ProSAAF demonstrates promise as a preventive intervention with significant implications for health disparities and relationship enhancement. Future directions include exploration of potential mechanisms of ProSAAF's moderating effects, such as increased attachment security and reduced hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).
该研究建立在先前研究的基础之上，先前研究表明“保护强大非裔美国家庭”（ProSAAF）干预措施对人际关系和个人机能具有长期益处（例如，巴顿等人，2021年；比奇等人，2023年；雷和比奇，2023年）。当前研究结果扩展了先前的发现，表明与处于对照条件下的参与者相比（β = 0.251，p = 0.006）（n = 208人），处于ProSAAF条件下的参与者在不良关系质量与生物衰老加速之间的相关性减弱（β = -0.059，p = 0.582）。一项调节效应的直接检验表明，条件显著调节了关系质量与生物衰老变化之间的关联，并且这种模式在关系质量的四个指标上都得到了重复验证。ProSAAF作为一种预防性干预措施显示出前景，对健康差异和关系改善具有重大意义。未来的研究方向包括探索ProSAAF调节效应的潜在机制，如依恋安全性增加和下丘脑 - 垂体 - 肾上腺轴活动减少。（《心理学文摘数据库记录》（c）2025年美国心理学会，保留所有权利）
