The Potential for Prevention Science in Middle and Late Adulthood: a Commentary on the Special Issue of Prevention Science.
The Potential for Prevention Science in Middle and Late Adulthood: a Commentary on the Special Issue of Prevention Science.
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DOI：
10.1007/s11121-023-01544-y
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发表时间：
2023-07
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Catalano, Richard F
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作者：
Epstein, Marina;Kosterman, Rick;Catalano, Richard F
这篇关于预防科学特刊的评论，“走向终身预防科学：关注中年和成年后期”，回顾了该问题中包含的研究，比较了研究结果，并对这一新兴领域的未来方向提出了建议。本期文章讨论了预防科学的一些关键要素，包括确定近端和远端风险和保护因素，这些因素在中晚期成人健康和福祉中发挥作用，为预防性干预提供初步证据，以缓和压力反应，并提出一种理论方法来预防整个生命周期的物质滥用。我们的评论围绕着中年和晚年预防科学的三个关键领域：理论建设的重要性，对酒精及其在中年健康中的作用的关注，以及健康差距。本期的每篇文章至少涉及其中一个领域。我们的结论是，在中年和晚年的预防重点有很大的潜力，需要进一步的研究。
This commentary on the special issue of Prevention Science, “Toward a Lifespan Prevention Science: A Focus on Middle and Late Adulthood” reviews the studies included in the issue, compares findings, and makes recommendations for future directions in this emerging field. Articles in this issue addressed a number of the key elements of prevention science, including identifying proximal and distal risk and protective factors that play a role in middle and late adult health and well-being, providing preliminary evidence for a preventive intervention to moderate stress reactivity, and proposing a theoretical approach to preventing substance misuse across the lifespan. Our commentary centers around three critical areas for mid and later life prevention science: the importance of theory building, a focus on alcohol and its role in midlife health, and health disparities. Each of the articles in this issue touched on at least one of these areas. We conclude that a focus on prevention in mid and later life has strong potential, and further research is needed.