Avoidance of Potentially Traumatic Stimuli Mediates the Relationship Between Accumulated Lifetime Trauma and Late-Life Depression and Anxiety
Avoidance of Potentially Traumatic Stimuli Mediates the Relationship Between Accumulated Lifetime Trauma and Late-Life Depression and Anxiety
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DOI：
10.1002/jts.20512
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发表时间：
2010-04-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Passmore, Teesha
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作者：
Dulin, Patrick L.;Passmore, Teesha
本研究以居住在新西兰的1,216名65-94岁的老年人为样本，研究了终生累积创伤对晚年心理健康的影响。多元回归分析表明，在这个样本中，累积创伤可以预测抑郁和焦虑。这一假设得到了支持，即回避记忆和先前创伤周围的情况会在累积创伤与抑郁和焦虑之间的关系中起中介作用。回避先前的创伤记忆和情况可以解释累积创伤和抑郁之间的差异的49%和累积创伤和焦虑之间的差异的46%。结果还表明，青壮年和中年的创伤经历比童年和青春期的创伤更能预测老年人的焦虑和抑郁。
This study examined the in influence of lifetime accumulated trauma on late-life mental health in a sample of 1,216 older adults, 65-94 years old, residing in New Zealand. Multiple regression analyses indicated that accumulated trauma predicted both depression and anxiety in this sample. The hypothesis that avoidance of memories and situations surrounding prior trauma mediates relationships between cumulative trauma and depression and anxiety was supported. Avoidance of prior traumatic memories and situations explained 49% of the variance between accumulated trauma and depression and 46% of the variance between accumulated trauma and anxiety. Results also suggest that traumatic experiences during young adulthood and middle age are stronger predictors of anxiety and depression among older adults than trauma experienced in childhood and adolescence.