STABILITY OF OLDER ADULTS SELF REPRESENTATIONS

老年人自我表达的稳定性

• 批准号: 2878025
• 负责人: MANFRED K. DIEHL
• 金额: $ 6.25万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-09-30 至 2001-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2878025
• 关键词: aging; anxiety; behavioral /social science research tag; depression; human old age (65+); human subject; identity; personality; self concept

This study uses self-concept theory to examine the temporal stability in older adults' self-representations as one facet of their personality. Specifically, the proposed research will examine the stability of the context-independent self and the stability of role-specific selves in a sample of 160 older adults (young-olds: n=80; old-olds: n=80), at two times of measurement 3 months apart. This study extends previous research on older adults' self-representations in two ways: (1) it examines multiple self-facets and uses multiple methods of assessment; (2) it examines structural equation models of self-concept differentiation (SCD) and psychological outcomes, such as subjective well-being, depression, and anxiety. The specific aims of the study are: (1) To examine the stability of multiple self-representations in older adults over a 3-month period. It is expected that the context- independent self-representation will show significantly greater temporal stability than the role-specific self-representations. It is also expected that old-old adults show greater stability than young-old adults. (2) To examine the stability of the structural arrangement of older adults' self-representations. This study will examine whether there are differences in stability depending on the structural importance of self-descriptors. It is expected that self-descriptors of central and peripheral importance show greater stability than self- descriptors of intermediate importance. It is also hypothesized that this effect is constant across age groups. (3) To examine the convergent validity of three different indexes of SCD. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) will be used to examine the convergent validity of 3 separate indexes of SCD. It is expected that findings from the CFA will support the convergent validity of the three methods used. (4) To examine whether different indexes of SCD show the same relations with psychological outcomes. This study will examine whether the different indexes of SCD show the same predictive relations with measures of psychological functioning and personality, after the effects of age, education, and physical health have been controlled for. (5) To test conceptual models examining the effect of SCD on psychological outcomes. Structural equation modeling (SEM) will be used to examine direct and indirect predictor models of SCD and psychological outcomes. A third model will examine whether SCD itself is a mediator of the effects of other variables (e.g., self-esteem) on psychological outcomes.

本研究使用自我概念理论来检验时间稳定性。 在老年人的自我表征中作为其个性的一个方面。 具体地说，拟议的研究将检查 情境无关自我与角色特定自我的稳定性 对160名老年人(年轻人：80人；老年人：80人)进行抽样调查，年龄为2 测量时间相隔3个月。这项研究是对先前研究的扩展 老年人自我表征的两个方面研究：(1)自我表征 审视自我的多个方面，使用多种评估方法； (2)考察了自我概念的结构方程模型 区分(SCD)和心理结果，如主观 幸福、抑郁和焦虑。这项研究的具体目的 研究的主要内容有：(1)考察自我表征的稳定性 3个月以上的老年人。预计上下文- 独立的自我表征将表现出明显更多的时间性 稳定性强于角色特定的自我表征。它也是 预计老年人会比年轻人表现得更稳定 成年人。(2)审查结构安排的稳定性 老年人的自我表征。这项研究将考察 根据结构的不同，稳定性存在差异 自我描述符的重要性。预计自我描述符 中心和外围的重要性表现出比自我更稳定 中等重要性的描述符。它还假设 这种影响在各个年龄段都是恒定的。(3)审查 SCD三个不同指标的收敛效度。确认性 将使用因子分析(CFA)来检验收敛效度 在SCD的3个独立指标中。预计终审法院的调查结果 将支持所使用的三种方法的收敛有效性。(4)至 检验SCD的不同指标是否显示相同的关系 心理结果。这项研究将检验不同的 SCD各指标与各指标之间具有相同的预测关系 心理功能和个性，在年龄的影响之后， 教育和身体健康都受到了控制。(5)测试 检验SCD对心理结果的影响的概念模型。 结构方程模型(SEM)将被用来检验直接和 SCD和心理结局的间接预测模型。三分之一 模型将检验SCD本身是否是影响 影响心理结果的其他变量(如自尊)。