Resilience and Health in Communities and Individuals.

描述(申请人提供)：本次调查提出的基本问题是，从最近的理论进展和经验研究中确定的复原力衡量标准是否将预测身体和情绪功能，而不是来自广泛背景的社区居民疾病和心理健康不良的既定风险因素所提供的功能。将从40个人口普查社区抽取年龄在40岁至65岁(总计N=800)的男性和女性的社区样本，这些社区的平均收入、年龄和种族构成各不相同。使用多层次方法，将根据全球风险和弹性指数对参与者和他们的社区进行评估。将通过实验室测试和电子日记评估，从更大的参与者池中抽取一个子样本(N=200)，对潜在的风险和弹性的生物行为机制进行更深入的探索。中年人目前的功能和未来健康状况的先兆将被视为结果。对于那些有孩子的中年成年人，也将在他们的孩子接近成年(16至24岁；N=160)时评估结果衡量标准，以探索弹性在几代人之间的传递。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The fundamental question asked in this investigation is whether measures of resilience capacity, identified from recent theoretical advances and empirical study, will predict physical and emotional functioning beyond that provided from well-established risk factors for disease and psychological ill-health for community residents from a wide range of backgrounds. A community sample of men and women aged 40 to 65 (total N = 800) will be drawn from 40 census neighborhoods that vary in average income, age, and ethnic composition. Using multi-level methods, participants and their neighborhoods will be evaluated on global indices of risk and resilience. Deeper probing of the underlying bio-behavioral mechanisms of risk and resilience will be conducted through laboratory testing and electronic diary assessments with a sub-sample (N = 200) drawn from the larger pool of participants. Current functioning and precursors of future health status of the mid-aged adults will be taken as outcomes. For those mid-aged adults with children, the outcome measures will also be assessed in one their children approaching adult life (aged 16 to 24 years; N = 160) to probe the transmission of resilience across generations.