乐观的年龄差异

Optimistic Age Difference

随着预期寿命的延长、医疗卫生领域的发展和人民生育观念的改变,中国逐步进入人口老龄化社会,社会对老年人的身体健康和心理健康的关注逐渐增多。乐观是一生中重要的心理资源,其与身体健康、适应性行为和应对困难情况的改善等方面有关,甚至对健康的好处延伸到了成年以后。基于社会情绪选择理论,有许多研究发现老年人相比于年轻人更加乐观,但是也有一些研究得出了不同的结论。例如老人对未来会更加悲观,或者乐观可能呈U型的模式。

With the extension of life expectancy, the development of medical and health fields, and the change in people’s fertility concept, China has gradually entered an aging society, and the social attention to the physical and mental health of the elderly has gradually increased. Optimism is an important psychological resource in life. It is related to physical health, adaptive behavior, and the improvement of coping with difficulties, and even extends to the benefits of health after adulthood. Based on the theory of social-emotional choice, many studies have found that the elderly are more optimistic than the young, but some studies have reached different conclusions. For example, the elderly will be more pessimistic about the future, or optimism may be U-shaped.