非亲属情感支持对空巢老人孤独感的影响

Influence of non-relative emotional support on loneliness of empty nesters

目的:探讨非亲属情感支持对空巢老人孤独感的影响。方法:采用多阶段抽样法,应用社区支持、社会支持量表及孤独感量表(ULS-6)对781名空巢老人进评估。结果:获得志愿者服务的空巢老人,孤独感更低(P<0.05)。朋辈情感支持、邻里情感支持、社区情感支持能降低空巢老人孤独感(P<0.05)。当其他影响因素保持不变时,朋辈情感支持、邻里情感支持、社区情感支持每增加1个单位,空巢老人孤独感分别降低0.151、0.109、0.054倍。结论:为减少空巢老人孤独感的产生,老年人应多交友以获得朋辈群体情感支持,维护好邻里关系以获得邻里情感支持,社区(或村委会)和志愿者组织应对空巢老人提供相应服务,降低其孤独感。

Objective:To explore the influence of non-relative emotional support on the loneliness of empty nesters.Methods:Community Support Scale,Social Support Scale and Loneliness Scale(ULS-6)were used to evaluate 781 empty-nesters by multistage sampling method.Results:The empty nesters who received volunteer services had lower loneliness(P<0.05).Peer emotional support,neighborhood emotional support and community emotional support can significantly reduce the loneliness of empty nesters(P<0.05).When other influencing factors remain unchanged,peer emotional support,neighborhood emotional support,community emotional support increased by 1 unit,empty nesters loneliness decreased 0.151,0.109 and 0.054 times.Conclusion:In order to reduce the loneliness of empty nesters,the elderly should make more friends to obtain the emotional support of peer groups,maintain good neighborhood relations to obtain the emotional support of neighbors,and the community(or village committee)and volunteer organizations should provide corresponding services for empty nesters to reduce their loneliness.