Differences in life satisfaction among older community-dwelling Hispanics and non-Hispanic Whites.
Differences in life satisfaction among older community-dwelling Hispanics and non-Hispanic Whites.
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DOI：
10.1080/13607863.2014.971706
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发表时间：
2015
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Jeste DV
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文献类型：
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作者：
Marquine MJ;Maldonado Y;Zlatar Z;Moore RC;Martin AS;Palmer BW;Jeste DV
拉美裔是美国老年人口中增长最快的种族群体，然而，人们对这一群体的积极心理健康状况知之甚少。我们研究了老年西班牙裔和非西班牙裔白人人口统计学匹配组之间生活满意度的差异，并试图确定与这些差异相关的特定因素。参与者包括126名年龄在50岁及以上的社区居住的讲英语的西班牙裔人，以及126名年龄，性别和教育相匹配的非西班牙裔白人。参与者完成了生活满意度和假设相关性的标准化测量，包括身体，认知，情感和社会功能，以及积极的心理特征和宗教信仰/灵性。西班牙裔的生活满意度高于非西班牙裔白人（p<0.001）。种族群体在生活满意度的大多数假设相关性上是可比的，除了西班牙裔人的认知表现水平较低，日常精神体验、私人宗教实践和同情心水平较高（ps<0.001）。在这些因素中，精神体验，宗教习俗和同情心与整体样本中的生活满意度显着相关。多变量分析测试这三个因素对种族和生活满意度之间的关联的影响表明，较高的精神在西班牙裔占种族差异的生活满意度。50岁及以上讲英语的西班牙裔似乎比非西班牙裔白色人对生活更满意，这些差异主要是由西班牙裔人更高的灵性驱动的。未来的研究应探讨积极的心理健康在不同的西班牙裔亚群，包括西班牙语，作为一个重要的一步，发展文化敏感的预防和干预计划，旨在促进积极的心理健康。
Hispanics are the fastest growing ethnic/racial group of the older adult population in the U.S., yet little is known about positive mental health in this group. We examined differences in life satisfaction between demographically-matched groups of older Hispanics and non- Hispanic Whites, and sought to identify specific factors associated with these differences. Participants included 126 community-dwelling English-speaking Hispanics ages 50 and older, and 126 age-, gender-, and education-matched non-Hispanic Whites. Participants completed standardized measures of life satisfaction and postulated correlates, including physical, cognitive, emotional and social functioning, as well as positive psychological traits and religiosity/spirituality. Hispanics reported greater life satisfaction than non-Hispanic Whites (p<0.001). Ethnic groups were comparable on most postulated correlates of life satisfaction, except that Hispanics had lower levels of cognitive performance, and higher levels of daily spiritual experiences, private religious practices and compassion (ps<0.001). Among these factors, spiritual experiences, religious practices, and compassion were significantly associated with life satisfaction in the overall sample. Multivariable analyses testing the influence of these three factors on the association between ethnicity and life satisfaction showed that higher spirituality among Hispanics accounted for ethnic differences in life satisfaction. English-speaking Hispanics ages 50 and older appeared to be more satisfied with their lives than their non-Hispanic White counterparts, and these differences were primarily driven by higher spirituality among Hispanics. Future studies should examine positive mental health among various Hispanic subgroups, including Spanish-speakers, as an important step toward development of culturally-sensitive prevention and intervention programs aimed at promoting positive mental health.
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作者：
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影响因子：
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DOI：
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发表时间：
2006-04-01
影响因子：
3.3
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