Resilience and Health in Communities and Individuals.

描述（由申请人提供）：在这项调查中提出的基本问题是，从最近的理论进展和实证研究中确定的弹性能力的措施是否会预测身体和情绪功能，超出了从广泛背景的社区居民的疾病和心理健康不良的既定风险因素提供的功能。一个年龄在40岁至65岁之间的男性和女性的社区样本（总N = 800）将从40个平均收入、年龄和种族组成各不相同的人口普查社区中抽取。使用多层次的方法，参与者及其社区将根据全球风险和复原力指数进行评估。将通过实验室测试和电子日记评估，从更大的参与者库中抽取子样本（N = 200），对风险和弹性的潜在生物行为机制进行更深入的探索。中年人的当前功能和未来健康状况的前兆将被视为结果。对于那些有孩子的中年人，也将在他们的孩子接近成年生活（16至24岁; N = 160）中评估结果指标，以探讨跨代的韧性传递。

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.