探究社会支持与照顾儿童及老年人关系中的压力之间的纵向关系及其对认知功能的影响。
Examining Longitudinal Relationships between Social Support and Strain in Relationships with Children and Older Adults' Cognitive Functioning.
作者信息
Caputo Jennifer, Waite Linda, Cagney Kathleen A
机构信息
Westat, Rockville, MD, USA.
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
出版信息
J Health Soc Behav. 2025 Apr 25:221465251335039. doi: 10.1177/00221465251335039.
Relationships with children are often highly salient to older adults and can be characterized by both social support and strain. Although research suggests that social support and strain are linked to older adults' cognitive functioning, few studies have considered reciprocal effects or examined potential explanatory mechanisms. This study uses data from the Health and Retirement Study (N = 7,639) to examine longitudinal, bidirectional relationships between social support and strain in relationships with children and cognitive functioning among older U.S. adults. Results from dynamic panel models suggest that higher social support from children predicts modestly better later cognitive functioning and that strain from children is negatively linked to subsequent cognition. Older adults with higher cognitive functioning report less later strain in relationships with children. Depressive symptoms and receipt of children's help with functional limitations play modest roles in helping to explain associations between social support and strain from children and cognitive functioning.
与子女的关系对老年人来说往往非常重要，其特点既有社会支持，也有压力。尽管研究表明社会支持和压力与老年人的认知功能有关，但很少有研究考虑到相互影响或探讨潜在的解释机制。本研究使用健康与退休研究（样本量N = 7,639）的数据，来检验美国老年人与子女关系中的社会支持和压力之间的纵向双向关系，以及与认知功能的关系。动态面板模型的结果表明，来自子女的更高社会支持预示着后期认知功能会适度更好，而来自子女的压力与随后的认知呈负相关。认知功能较高的老年人报告称，他们与子女关系后期的压力较小。抑郁症状以及在功能受限方面得到子女的帮助，在解释来自子女的社会支持和压力与认知功能之间的关联时起到了一定作用。
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