Individual, Community, and National Resiliencies and Age: Are Older People Less Resilient than Younger Individuals?
Individual, Community, and National Resiliencies and Age: Are Older People Less Resilient than Younger Individuals?
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jagp.2016.03.002
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发表时间：
2016-08-01
影响因子：
7.2
通讯作者：
Leykin, Dmitry
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作者：
Eshel, Yohanan;Kimhi, Shaul;Leykin, Dmitry
目标：调查以色列老年人和年轻人的复原力。设计和背景：使用以色列犹太人口的代表性样本（N = 1,022）。参与者：参与者分为三个成人年龄组（18-35 岁、36-64 岁和 65 岁以上）。其中一半是女性，她们平均代表了左翼和右翼的政治态度。测量：复原力是通过个人、社区和国家的力量与脆弱性的比率来测量的。结果：年长参与者与年轻人在危险感方面没有差异；报告的痛苦症状水平较低；与年轻人相比，根据强度与脆弱性比率，显示出更高的个人、社区和国家复原力得分。结论：这些数据支持了这样的论点：以色列老年人比年轻人更有弹性。他们长期直接或间接经历的战争和恐怖袭击并没有削弱他们的韧性，甚至可能增强了他们的韧性。
Objectives: The resilience of older and younger Israelis was investigated. Design and Setting: A representative sample of the Jewish population in Israel (N = 1,022) was used. Participants: The participants were three adult age-groups (18-35, 36-64, and 65+ years). Half of them were women, and they evenly represented left-wing and right-wing political attitudes. Measurements: Resilience was measured by the ratio of strength and vulnerability of the individual, the community, and the nation. Results: Older participants did not differ from younger people in sense of danger; reported lower level of distress symptoms; and showed higher individual, community, and national resilience scores based on strength to vulnerability ratio, compared with younger individuals. Conclusions: These data support the contention that older Israelis are more resilient than younger cohorts. Their long direct or indirect experience with wars and terror attacks has not decreased their resilience, and has perhaps even strengthened it.