LEISURE EXPERIENCES AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AMONG CHINESE OLDER PEOPLE: A NATIONAL SURVEY IN TAIWAN
LEISURE EXPERIENCES AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AMONG CHINESE OLDER PEOPLE: A NATIONAL SURVEY IN TAIWAN
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DOI：
10.1080/03601271003744632
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发表时间：
2011-01-01
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Lu, Luo
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作者：
Lu, Luo
本研究旨在探讨台湾老年人的主观休闲体验，并进一步检视此类体验与其抑郁症状之关联性。已知的抑郁症相关因素，如人口统计、身体健康和社会支持，都被考虑在内。通过面对面的访谈，使用结构化问卷从具有全国代表性的社区老年人(N=1308，65岁以上)样本中收集数据。我们发现(A)女性、年龄较大、单身、受教育程度较低和家庭收入较低是抑郁症的人口学危险因素；(B)身体健康较差、日常生活活动中缺乏独立功能和残疾与较少的抑郁症状有关；(C)较大的社会支持与较少的抑郁症状有关；(D)在控制了人口统计学、身体健康和社会支持的影响后，积极的休闲经历与较少的抑郁症状独立相关。讨论了有意义的休闲追求对成功衰老的好处。
We aimed to explore older people's subjective leisure experiences and to further examine associations of such experiences with their depressive symptoms in Taiwan. Known correlates of depression, such as demographics, physical health, and social support, were taken into account. Face-to-face interviews were conducted to collect data using structured questionnaires from a national representative sample of community older people (N = 1308, aged 65+). We found that (a) being female, older, single, less educated, and having lower family income were demographic risk factors of depression; (b) worse physical health, lack of independent functioning in Activities of Daily Living (ADL), and disability were related to more depressive symptoms; (c) greater social support was related to fewer depressive symptoms; (d) having controlled for effects of demographics, physical health, and social support, positive leisure experiences were independently related to fewer depressive symptoms. The benefits of meaningful leisure pursuits for successful aging are discussed.