ABSTRACT

Objectives

This study aimed to explore the relationships between aging attitudes and the outcomes of successful aging, including whether aging attitudinal types moderate psychological adjustment in the context of medical and mental health diagnoses.

Methods

In total, 409 community-dwelling women aged 40–79 years in Australia completed the Reactions to Aging Questionnaire (RAQ), Geriatric Depression Scale, Center of Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, and Geriatric Anxiety Inventory. Information about medical and mental health diagnoses were collected.

Results

Overall, aging attitudes and all three RAQ subscales were negatively correlated with scores on measures of depression and anxiety, and number of medical diagnoses. Attitudinal types toward aging were found to moderate the relationship between the number of mental health diagnoses and scores on the psychological measures of depression but not anxiety. Unique RAQ domain-specific relationships were found with the number of mental health diagnoses.

Conclusions

The findings support the link between aging attitudes and psychological outcomes, the potential clinical value of RAQ attitudinal typologies classification as well as a multidimensional conceptualization of aging attitudes.

Clinical Implications

The findings reinforce the need for efforts to reduce ageism on a societal level, as well as informing clinical decision-making with older clients.

中文翻译：

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中老年妇女的老龄化态度与成功老龄化结果之间的关系

摘要

目标

本研究旨在探讨老龄化态度与成功老龄化结果之间的关系，包括老龄化态度类型是否会在医学和心理健康诊断的背景下调节心理调整。

方法

澳大利亚共有 409 名 40-79 岁的社区居住女性完成了对老龄化反应问卷 (RAQ)、老年抑郁量表、流行病学研究中心抑郁量表和老年焦虑量表的反应。收集了有关医疗和心理健康诊断的信息。

结果

总体而言，老龄化态度和所有三个 RAQ 分量表都与抑郁和焦虑测量得分以及医疗诊断数量呈负相关。发现对衰老的态度类型可以调节心理健康诊断数量与抑郁心理测量得分之间的关​​系，但不影响焦虑。发现独特的 RAQ 领域特定关系与心理健康诊断的数量。

结论

研究结果支持老龄化态度与心理结果之间的联系、RAQ 态度类型分类的潜在临床价值以及老龄化态度的多维概念化。

临床意义

这些发现强调了在社会层面减少年龄歧视的必要性，以及为老年客户的临床决策提供信息。