Loving Others: The Impact of Compassionate Love on Later-Life Psychological Well-being.
Loving Others: The Impact of Compassionate Love on Later-Life Psychological Well-being.
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爱他人：富有同情心的爱对晚年心理健康的影响。
DOI：
10.1093/geronb/gbaa188
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2021
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Lekhak,Nirmala
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Kahana,Eva;Bhatta,TirthR;Kahana,Boaz;Lekhak,Nirmala
ObjectivesExisting scholarship in social gerontology has payed relatively little attention to broader love emotions，such as compassionate and altruistic love，as potentially significant mechanisms for improving later-life psychological well-being outside a family framework.MethodDrawing from a 3-wave longitudinal survey of community dwelling elder residents（n= 334）of迈阿密，佛罗里达，我们利用广义估计方程模型来检验同情之爱的变化的影响（即，感受到对他人的爱和体验到他人的爱）对抑郁症状的影响。结果被爱感（β = − 0. 77，p <0. 001）和对他人的爱感（β = − 0. 78，p <0. 001）的增加导致随着时间的推移报告更高水平抑郁症状的几率下降。对于那些报告说感受到他人爱（β = 0.63，p <0.001）和表达对他人的爱（β = 0.43，p <0.05）的老年人来说，报告更高水平的积极情感的几率显著更大。感受到爱和表达对他人的爱的老年人，分别比那些报告低水平爱的人报告更高的负面影响的有序对数几率低0.71和0.54点。即使在调整了利他主义态度和情感支持之后，被爱的感觉对所有幸福结果的统计学显著影响仍然存在。除了抑郁症状，这样的调整解释了对他人的爱对幸福outcomes.DiscussionOur的研究结果的积极影响强调了强大的影响力，接收和给予爱的情绪，为维护晚年的心理健康。
ObjectivesExisting scholarship in social gerontology has paid relatively little attention to broader loving emotions, such as compassionate and altruistic love, as potentially meaningful mechanisms for improving later-life psychological well-being outside a family framework.MethodDrawing from a 3-wave longitudinal survey of community-dwelling older residents (n= 334) of Miami, Florida, we utilized generalized estimating equation models to examine the influence of changes in compassionate love (i.e., feeling love toward other persons and experiencing love from others) on depressive symptoms over time. We also explored cross-sectional relationship between compassionate love and positive and negative affects.ResultsAn increase in the feeling of being loved (β = −0.77,p< .001) and feeling love for others (β = −0.78,p< .001) led to a decline in odds of reporting greater levels of depressive symptoms over time. The odds of reporting higher level of positive affect were significantly greater for older adults who reported feeling loved by others (β = .63,p< .001) and expressed love for other people (β = 0.43,p< .05). Older adults who felt loved and expressed love for other people, respectively, had 0.71 and 0.54-point lower ordered log odds of reporting higher negative affect than those who reported lower levels of love. The statistically significant impact of feeling loved on all well-being outcomes was maintained even after adjustment for altruistic attitudes and emotional support. Except for depressive symptoms, such adjustments explained the positive influence of love for others on well-being outcomes.DiscussionOur findings underscore the powerful influence of both receiving and giving loving emotions for the maintenance of later-life psychological well-being.