Swan G E, Carmelli D
Center for Health Sciences, SRI International, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.
Psychol Aging. 1996 Sep;11(3):449-53. doi: 10.1037//0882-7974.11.3.449.
Research suggests that curiosity in older people is associated with maintaining the health of the aging central nervous system. We examined prospectively the relationship of curiosity in 1,118 community-dwelling older men to subsequent survival over a 5-year period. Curiosity was measured when the participants were a mean age of 70.6 years. Initial levels of trait and state curiosity were higher in survivors than in those who subsequently died. After adjustment for other risk factors, the state curiosity-mortality association remained significant in the Cox regression model. Ancillary analyses in 1,035 older women (M age at initial examination = 68.6 years) confirmed the pattern found in the men. State curiosity in these women was significantly associated with survival after adjustment for other risk factors. This is the first study to identify a predictive role for curiosity in the longevity of older adults.
研究表明，老年人的好奇心与维持衰老中枢神经系统的健康有关。我们前瞻性地研究了1118名社区居住的老年男性的好奇心与随后5年生存情况之间的关系。在参与者平均年龄为70.6岁时测量好奇心。幸存者的特质好奇心和状态好奇心初始水平高于随后死亡的人。在对其他风险因素进行调整后，状态好奇心与死亡率的关联在Cox回归模型中仍然显著。对1035名老年女性（初次检查时的平均年龄 = 68.6岁）的辅助分析证实了在男性中发现的模式。在对其他风险因素进行调整后，这些女性的状态好奇心与生存显著相关。这是第一项确定好奇心在老年人长寿中具有预测作用的研究。
