The role of implicit theories of intelligence and personality in older adults' resilience: cognitive functioning and social participation as two mediators.

IF 2.8 3区 医学 Q3 GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY
Aging & Mental Health Pub Date : 2024-10-01 Epub Date: 2024-03-05 DOI:10.1080/13607863.2024.2323950
Yatian Zhou, Tianyuan Li
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Abstract

Objectives: Resilience during old age reflects the capacity to adapt to changes and challenges associated with normative aging and is an important component of successful aging. Belief in the incremental theory of intelligence and personality could help older adults maintain cognitive functioning and social engagement, which may further contribute to their resilience. The current study investigated how implicit theories of intelligence and personality affected older adults' resilience and examined cognitive functioning and social participation as two mediators.

Method: A total of 108 older adults aged 60-92 were recruited and completed relevant scales and cognitive tasks. Path analyses were conducted to estimate the expected mediation model.

Results: The incremental theory of intelligence, but not personality, was positively related to older adults' resilience. Both cognitive functioning and social participation mediated the effect of the implicit theory of intelligence in the model without covariates. When background variables were controlled, the mediation effect of cognitive functioning remained significant, while the link between the implicit theory of intelligence and social participation was weakened.

Conclusion: Older adults' implicit theory of intelligence plays a significant role in fostering resilience in late adulthood, especially through maintaining older adults' cognitive functioning.

内隐智力和人格理论在老年人复原力中的作用:认知功能和社会参与是两个中介。
目标:老年期的复原力反映了适应与正常老龄化相关的变化和挑战的能力,是成功老龄化的重要组成部分。相信智力和人格递增理论有助于老年人保持认知功能和社会参与,从而进一步增强他们的复原力。本研究调查了内隐智力和人格理论如何影响老年人的复原力,并研究了认知功能和社会参与这两个中介因素:方法:共招募了 108 名 60-92 岁的老年人,他们完成了相关的量表和认知任务。方法:共招募了 108 名 60-92 岁的老年人,他们完成了相关的量表和认知任务,并进行了路径分析,以估计预期的中介模型:结果:智力增量理论与老年人的复原力呈正相关,但人格与之无关。在不考虑协变量的模型中,认知功能和社会参与都对内隐性智力理论的影响起中介作用。当控制了背景变量后,认知功能的中介效应仍然显著,而内隐智力理论与社会参与之间的联系则减弱了:结论:老年人的内隐智力理论在促进晚年复原力方面发挥着重要作用,尤其是通过维持老年人的认知功能。
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Aging & Mental Health
Aging & Mental Health 医学-精神病学
CiteScore
7.00
自引率
2.90%
发文量
176
审稿时长
4-8 weeks
期刊介绍: Aging & Mental Health provides a leading international forum for the rapidly expanding field which investigates the relationship between the aging process and mental health. The journal addresses the mental changes associated with normal and abnormal or pathological aging, as well as the psychological and psychiatric problems of the aging population. The journal also has a strong commitment to interdisciplinary and innovative approaches that explore new topics and methods. Aging & Mental Health covers the biological, psychological and social aspects of aging as they relate to mental health. In particular it encourages an integrated approach for examining various biopsychosocial processes and etiological factors associated with psychological changes in the elderly. It also emphasizes the various strategies, therapies and services which may be directed at improving the mental health of the elderly and their families. In this way the journal promotes a strong alliance among the theoretical, experimental and applied sciences across a range of issues affecting mental health and aging. The emphasis of the journal is on rigorous quantitative, and qualitative, research and, high quality innovative studies on emerging topics.
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