Life Events and Loneliness Transitions Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults Around the World.
Life Events and Loneliness Transitions Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults Around the World.
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世界各地中老年人的生活事件和孤独转变。
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10.1093/geronb/gbad149
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2024
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Verdery,AshtonM
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Sheftel,MaraGetz;Margolis,Rachel;Verdery,AshtonM
成人孤独是一个重要的社会问题，也是世界各国政策制定者日益关注的问题。我们评估了中年和老年人孤独发作的预测因素是否在世界各地区的大量环境中因国家而异。以生命历程的角度来看，我们专注于共同的生活事件，在我们的焦点年龄范围内，包括在伙伴关系，同居，工作和健康的变化，我们测试它们的变化是否有可比的前瞻性协会与孤独发作在不同的countries.MethodsWe借鉴的回应者水平的数据，从多样性的世界地区调查在7个协调的跨国研究在20个国家，占全球50岁以上人口的47%。我们创新的纵向方法估计前瞻性的转变概率模型，研究如何预测每个生活事件的过渡到lonely.ResultsDespite在我们的样本中的国家范围内的孤独和生活事件的患病率有很大的变化，我们的研究结果突出了一致性的孤独过渡的预测。家庭和家庭的变化，如离婚，同居，尤其是丧偶是最重要的预测跨设置的孤独过渡，在工作和健康的变化发挥更小的和不那么普遍的roles.DiscussionThe结果表明，家庭和家庭的连接在确定这些年龄段的孤独发挥的重要性。这些发现表明，解决晚年孤独可能需要关注关键的生活事件，特别是那些与家庭和家庭变化有关的事件。
ObjectivesAdult loneliness is a substantial social problem and a growing point of concern for policymakers around the world. We assess whether the predictors of loneliness onset among middle-aged and older adults vary from country to country in a large array of settings across world regions. Taking a life course perspective, we focus on common life events in our focal age range, including changes in partnership, coresidence, work, and health, and we test whether changes in them have comparable prospective associations with loneliness onset in different countries.MethodsWe draw on respondent-level data from a diversity of world regions surveyed in 7 harmonized cross-national studies in 20 countries, representing 47% of the global population over the age of 50. Our innovative longitudinal approach estimates prospective transition probability models that examine how each life event predicts the transition into loneliness.ResultsDespite substantial variation in the prevalence of loneliness and life events across the range of countries in our sample, our results highlight consistency in the predictors of loneliness transitions. Family and household changes like divorce, coresidence, and especially widowhood are paramount predictors of loneliness transition across settings, with changes in work and health playing more minor and less universal roles.DiscussionThe results demonstrate the importance that family and household connections play in determining loneliness at these ages. These findings suggest that addressing late-life loneliness may require a focus on key life events, especially those concerning changes in families and households.