Impact of combat exposure on mental health trajectories in later life: Longitudinal findings from the VA Normative Aging Study.
Impact of combat exposure on mental health trajectories in later life: Longitudinal findings from the VA Normative Aging Study.
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战斗经历对晚年心理健康轨迹的影响：退伍军人管理局规范老龄化研究的纵向发现。
DOI：
10.1037/pag0000334
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发表时间：
2019
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Spiro,Avron
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作者：
Lee,Hyunyup;Aldwin,CarolynM;Choun,Soyoung;Spiro,Avron
横断面研究表明，关于战斗暴露对晚年心理健康的影响，结果相互矛盾。我们研究了战斗暴露是否会影响老年男性退伍军人的心理健康症状轨迹，使用退伍军人事务部规范老化研究（N= 1，105，1985年年龄范围= 40-86岁）从1985年至1991年收集的纵向数据。非战斗退伍军人的抑郁和焦虑症状随着年龄的增长几乎没有系统性的变化，而战斗退伍军人则表现出U形的非线性变化，中年时的水平较高，直到60年代中期才下降，然后在70年代和80年代再次上升。这些发现支持了这样一种观点，即服兵役，特别是战斗暴露，是衰老研究中的一个隐藏变量。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2020阿帕，保留所有权利）
Cross-sectional studies have shown contradictory results concerning the impact of combat exposure on mental health in later life. We examined whether combat exposure influences trajectories of mental health symptoms in older male veterans using longitudinal data collected from 1985 to 1991 in the Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study (N= 1,105, age range= 40–86 years in 1985). Noncombat veterans showed little systematic change in depressive and anxiety symptoms with age, whereas combat veterans showed U-shaped nonlinear changes, with higher levels in midlife decreasing until the mid-60s and then increasing again in the 70s and 80s. These findings support the notion that military service, and especially combat exposure, is a hidden variable in aging research.(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)