Hunter K, Linn M W, Pratt T C
Exp Aging Res. 1979 Apr;5(2):95-108. doi: 10.1080/03610737908257190.
Many factors combine to make middle age a critical period with respect to views about aging. To examine the effects of culture, background, and familial characteristics on attitudes toward old age, 304 middle-aged women from Black, Cuban, American Indian, Chicano, and white cultures were studied. A stepwise multiple regression analysis examined the contribution of each variable in the prediction of attitudes toward old age. Attitude toward death, attitude toward family, and church affiliation were found to be important predictors of attitude toward old age. Thus, clinicians dealing with middle-aged women having negative attitudes or fears about aging and old age in general may need to examine family dynamics as well as views about death and dying for possible problems. Where religion is already an integral part of a client's life, perhaps clinicians could use this orientation for added support.
诸多因素共同作用，使中年成为人们对衰老看法的关键时期。为研究文化、背景和家庭特征对老年态度的影响，对来自黑人、古巴人、美国印第安人、奇卡诺人和白人文化背景的304名中年女性进行了研究。逐步多元回归分析检验了每个变量在预测老年态度方面的作用。对死亡的态度、对家庭的态度以及教会归属被发现是老年态度的重要预测因素。因此，临床医生在处理对衰老和老年总体持消极态度或恐惧的中年女性时，可能需要审视家庭动态以及对死亡和临终的看法，以发现可能存在的问题。在宗教已经成为服务对象生活不可或缺一部分的情况下，或许临床医生可以利用这种导向提供更多支持。
