Do Negative Views of Aging Influence Memory and Auditory Performance Through Self-Perceived Abilities?
Do Negative Views of Aging Influence Memory and Auditory Performance Through Self-Perceived Abilities?
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DOI：
10.1037/a0039723
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发表时间：
2015-12-01
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Singh, Gurjit
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作者：
Chasteen, Alison L.;Pichora-Fuller, M. Kathleen;Singh, Gurjit
记忆和听力是老年人日常交流和社交活动中相互作用的关键领域。为了更全面地了解老龄化如何影响这些领域的表现，需要对老龄化观点和自我感知能力等社会变量的作用进行更深入的研究。本研究探讨了老龄化的观点，自我感知的能力，并在记忆和听力的领域内和跨领域的性能之间的联系，连接，从来没有一起检查在同一样本的老年人。对于这两个领域，301名老年人完成了他们对衰老的看法，自我感知能力和行为测试的测量。使用结构方程模型，我们测试了一个假设的模型，老年人对衰老的负面看法预测他们在记忆和听力领域的表现，通过负面影响他们在这些领域的自我感知能力。虽然这个模型达到了足够的拟合，另一种模型，其中听力性能预测自我感知的听力也得到了支持。这两个模型表明，听力影响记忆的行为和自我认知的措施，以及老化的负面看法影响自我认知在这两个领域。这些结果突出了老龄化和自我认知的能力在这些领域内和跨的重要性。
Memory and hearing are critical domains that interact during older adults' daily communication and social encounters. To develop a more comprehensive picture of how aging influences performance in these domains, the roles of social variables such as views of aging and self-perceived abilities need greater examination. The present study investigates the linkages between views of aging, self-perceived abilities, and performance within and across the domains of memory and hearing, connections that have never been examined together within the same sample of older adults. For both domains, 301 older adults completed measures of their views of aging, their self-perceived abilities and behavioral tests. Using structural equation modeling, we tested a hypothesized model in which older adults' negative views of aging predicted their performance in the domains of memory and hearing through negatively affecting their self-perceived abilities in those domains. Although this model achieved adequate fit, an alternative model in which hearing performance predicted self-perceived hearing also was supported. Both models indicate that hearing influences memory with respect to both behavioral and self-perception measures and that negative views of aging influence self-perceptions in both domains. These results highlight the importance of views of aging and self-perceptions of abilities within and across these domains.