PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH AMONG THE ELDERLY

该项目旨在扩大目前对 老年人的身体健康和情绪健康之间的相互作用。 具体地说，建议的研究集中在关系上 在自我报告的健康指标中(身体和情感)和 活动(社会和身体)以及它们在 全球健康自我评级的结构和意义。九 将利用现有的数据集来系统地评估 物理尺寸的两个关键尺寸的测量规范 健康(目前的身体健康状况和功能状态)； 情绪健康的三个维度(躯体症状、抑郁 情感和积极情感)；两种类型的活动(社交和 身体健康)；以及全球健康自我评级。其他目标 还包括开发和检查休闲模特 它试图(A)整合身体健康的各个维度， 情绪功能、社交和身体活动；和(B) 勾勒出它们在理解全球自评指数中的作用 健康。这项研究将使用两个国家和七个地方 调查。在允许的情况下，有四项地方调查是纵向的 测量的横断面和纵向评价 规格和因果联系。一种结构方程模型 将采用一种方法来进行分析。此外， 将审查拟议的测量模型和因果联系。 关于以下分组：年龄(青年、老年人和老年人-- 旧)性别和种族(黑人、盎格鲁人和墨西哥裔美国人)。 因此，设计允许有机会总结相似之处 以及关于定义和测量的差异 跨越数据集、跨越时间和跨越 子组。同样，也有可能总结调查结果 关于因果模型中联系的大小和稳健性 描述和解释各维度之间的相互作用 身体和心理健康。通过系统地检查 测量规范和测试因果模型，它将是 可能会填补一些空白，并为 关于生理和心理健康关系的未来研究 老年人的情绪健康。

The project aims to extend current understanding about the interplay between physical and emotional health among the elderly. Specifically, the proposed research focuses on the relationships among self-reported measures of health (physical and emotional) and activities (social and physical), as well as their role in the structure and meaning of global self-ratings of health. Nine existing data sets will be drawn upon to systematically evaluate measurement specifications of: two critical dimensions of physical health (current physical health conditions an functional status); three dimensions of emotional health (somatic symptoms, depressed affect, and positive affect); two types of activities (social and physical); and global self-ratings of health. Other objectives also include the development and examination of a casual model which attempts to (a) integrate the dimensions of physical health, emotional functioning, and social and physical activities; and (b) delineate their roles in understanding indices of global self-rated health. The research will use two national and seven local surveys. Four of the local surveys are longitudinal, permitting cross-sectional and longitudinal evaluation of measurement specifications and causal linkages. A structural equation modeling approach will be used to conduct the analyses. Furthermore, the proposed measurement models and causal linkages will be examined with regard to the following subgroups: age (young-old and old- old) gender, and ethnicity (Blacks, Anglos, and Mexican Americans). Thus, the design permits the opportunity to summarize similarities and differences about the definition and measurement of the individual constructs across data sets, across time, and across subgroups. Similarly, it will be possible to summarize findings about the magnitude and robustness of linkages in a causal model depicting and explaining the interplay among the dimensions of physical and emotional health. By systematically examining measurement specifications and testing causal models, it will be possible to fill in some of the gaps and provide direction for future research concerning the relationship between physical and emotional health among the elderly.