亲子支持与老年人抑郁情绪的关系:安全感和情绪表达的作用

Parent-child Support and Elders'Depression:Roles of Sense of Security and Emotional Expression

采用问卷调查法,以362名老年人为研究对象,考察亲子支持与老年人抑郁情绪的关系,同时探讨安全感的中介作用以及情绪表达的调节作用。结果发现:(1)亲子支持显著负向预测老年人抑郁情绪;(2)安全感在亲子支持与老年人抑郁情绪的关系中起部分中介作用;(3)情绪表达调节亲子支持与老年人安全感的关系,相较于高情绪表达能力老年人,低情绪表达能力老年人的安全感更易受亲子支持的影响。本研究的发现表明,增强老年人的安全感以及情绪表达能力有助于减缓老年期抑郁情绪和维护老年人心理健康。

In the current study,362 elderly people were recruited to investigate the relationship between parentchild support and elders'depression through questionnaires,and to explore the mediating role of security and the moderating role of emotional expression.The results showed that:(1)Parent-child support significantly negatively predicted elders'depression;(2)Sense of security partially mediated the relationship between parent-child support and elders'depression;(3)Emotional expression moderated the relationship between parent-child support and elders'sense of security.In particular,elders with low emotional expression ability were more susceptible to parentchild support than elders with high emotional expression ability.The findings of the current study indicated that elevating the level of elders'sense of security and emotional expression contributes to alleviating depression in old age and maintaining elders'mental health.