老年人心理压力、应对方式与心理健康关系的研究

为了探讨心理压力和应对方式对老年人心理健康的影响,本研究采用社会再适应量表、应对方式量表和心理健康症状自评量表,对武汉市随机抽取的442位60岁以上老年人进行了问卷调查。研究结果表明:心理压力对老年人心理健康有直接影响,心理压力越大,老年人心理健康水平越低;解决问题、自责和幻想三种应对方式在心理压力与心理健康之间起中介作用,采用解决问题的应对方式,有利于调节压力对老年人心理健康的影响;反之,采用自责和幻想的应对方式则不利于老年人心理健康。

A Study on the Relationship between Stress, Coping Styles and Mental Health of the Elderly

To probe the mental health of the elderly influenced by their stress and coping styles.About 442 elderly over 60 years old were chosen by random selection in Wuhan.They were surveyed based on Social Readjustment Rating Scale,Coping Style Questionnaire and Symptom Checklist 90.The results showed that stress directly affected their mental health;and the heavier the stress they had,the lower the mental health they had.The coping styles of solving problem,self-blame and illusion played a mediator role between stress and mental health of the elderly.Solving problem played a helpful mediator role between stress and mental health of the elderly,but self-blame and illusion had adverse effects on the mental health of the elderly.