The relationship between self-reported health and mental health problems among older adults in New Zealand: Experiential avoidance as a moderator
The relationship between self-reported health and mental health problems among older adults in New Zealand: Experiential avoidance as a moderator
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DOI：
10.1080/13607860601086587
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发表时间：
2007-01-01
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Dulin, P. L.
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作者：
Andrew, D. H.;Dulin, P. L.
这项研究试图考察体验回避(EA)作为老年人报告的身体健康问题与焦虑和抑郁之间的调节变量的影响。在以前的研究中，经验回避被发现与年轻人的一些心理障碍密切相关，但在老年人中得到的关注很少。来自新西兰的208名年龄在70岁到92岁之间的人参与了这项研究。采用老年焦虑量表、老年抑郁量表和接受与行动问卷分别测量焦虑、抑郁和电针。这是假设，自我报告的健康(SRH)和电针将与抑郁和焦虑在零级水平相关。我们还假设电针将是抑郁和焦虑的唯一预测因子，并将缓和SRH和抑郁和焦虑之间的关系。多元回归分析表明，电针可以解释8%的抑郁和20%的焦虑，并缓和了SRH与抑郁和焦虑的关系。这项研究还发现，在这个老年样本中，涉及电针的关系与焦虑相比，与抑郁相比更明显。讨论了这些发现的理论和实际应用。
This study sought to examine the influence of experiential avoidance ( EA) as a moderating variable between reported physical health problems and anxiety and depression among older adults. Experiential avoidance has been found in previous studies to be strongly associated with a number of psychological disorders in younger adults but has received minimal attention in older populations. Two- hundred- and- eight individuals from New Zealand between the ages of 70 and 92 years old participated in this study. The Geriatric Anxiety Inventory, the Geriatric Depression Scale and the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire were used to measure anxiety, depression and EA, respectively. It was hypothesized that self- reported health ( SRH) and EA would be associated with depression and anxiety at the zero order level. We also hypothesized that EA would be a unique predictor of depression and anxiety and would moderate the relationships between SRH and both depression and anxiety. Multiple regression analyses indicated that EA explained 8% of the unique variance in depression, 20% in anxiety and moderated the relationships between SRH and both depression and anxiety. This study also found that the relationships involving EA were more pronounced with anxiety as compared with depression in this elderly sample. The theoretical and practical applications of these findings are discussed.