Age-related differences among adults coping with pain: Evaluation of a developmental life-context model
Age-related differences among adults coping with pain: Evaluation of a developmental life-context model
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DOI：
10.1037/h0087250
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发表时间：
2005-04-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Hadjistavropoulos, T
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作者：
Lachapelle, DL;Hadjistavropoulos, T
关于疼痛和应对的文献非常有限，因为它几乎只关注年轻人。我们的目标是开发和评估理论上合理的应对方式与年龄相关的差异模型。与年龄相关的以情绪为中心和以回避为导向的应对方式的增加以及以问题为中心的应对方式的减少预计是由于与年龄相关的生活背景（例如健康状况、压力水平）和疼痛经历的差异而引起的。问卷数据收集自 280 名患有疼痛的老年人和年轻人。年龄的增长与较低的疼痛严重程度/干扰和对疼痛的更强的感知控制有关。生活背景在一定程度上调节了这种关系。正如假设的那样，以问题为中心的应对能力会随着年龄的增长而下降。然而，与预期相反，老年人使用的以情绪为中心的应对策略也较少。讨论了这些发现的含义。
The pain and coping literature is limited because of its almost exclusive focus on young adults. Our goal was to develop and evaluate a theoretically sound model of age-related differences in coping. Age-related increases in emotion-focused and avoidance-oriented coping and decreases in problem-focused coping were expected to arise from age-related differences in life-context (e.g., health status, stress levels) and in the pain experience. Questionnaire data were collected from 280 older and younger adults with pain. Increasing age was associated with lower pain severity/interference and greater perceived control over pain. Life-context partially mediated this relationship. As hypothesized, there were age-related declines in problem-focused coping. Contrary to expectations, however, older adults also used fewer emotion-focused coping strategies. The implications of these findings are discussed.