Association of stressful life events with subjective age and the mediating role of depression: A cross-sectional study of older adults in China

IF 3.5 2区医学 Q2 PSYCHIATRY

Journal of Psychosomatic Research Pub Date : 2024-11-14 DOI:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2024.111979

Xiaoting Liu , Jie Lin , Jiaming Shi , Qi Zhao

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Abstract

Objective

While previous studies have examined the relationship between stressful life events (SLEs) and subjective age (SA), the results were inconclusive and the mechanisms linking the association were unclear. This study investigated whether the experience of SLEs was associated with an older SA and the potential mediating role of depression linking this association in a cross-sectional study of older adults in China.

Methods

Data were drawn from the 2018 China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey (CLASS), comprising 7643 participants aged 60 and older. The association between SLEs and SA was examined using multivariate linear regression, and the mediation effect of depression was evaluated.

Results

Experiencing SLEs over the past year was associated with a 0.018 increase in proportional felt age (95 % CI: 0.012, 0.024) and a 0.011 increase in proportional look age (95 % CI: 0.005, 0.016), respectively. Depression appeared to be a significant mediator, accounting for 22.2 % and 27.3 % of the association of SLEs with proportional felt age and proportional look age, respectively.

Conclusion

Findings revealed that having SLEs was associated with an older SA, partially through the pathway of depression. More attention and appropriate intervention should be given to the older adults incurring SLEs to prevent the adverse effect of older SA.

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生活压力事件与主观年龄的关系以及抑郁的中介作用：一项针对中国老年人的横断面研究。

研究目的虽然以往的研究探讨了生活压力事件（SLEs）与主观年龄（SA）之间的关系，但结果并不确定，而且两者之间的关联机制也不清楚。本研究在一项针对中国老年人的横断面研究中，调查了SLEs经历是否与主观年龄（SA）偏大相关，以及抑郁在这一关联中的潜在中介作用：数据来自 2018 年中国老龄社会纵向调查（CLASS），共有 7643 名 60 岁及以上的参与者。采用多元线性回归研究了系统性红斑狼疮与自闭症之间的关联，并评估了抑郁的中介效应：结果：在过去一年中，患系统性红斑狼疮分别与感觉年龄比例增加 0.018（95 % CI：0.012，0.024）和外观年龄比例增加 0.011（95 % CI：0.005，0.016）有关。抑郁症似乎是一个重要的中介因素，分别占系统性红斑狼疮与感觉年龄和外观年龄比例关系的 22.2% 和 27.3%：研究结果表明，患系统性红斑狼疮与年长的 SA 有关，部分原因是通过抑郁这一途径。对于患有系统性红斑狼疮的老年人，应给予更多的关注和适当的干预，以防止老年自闭症的不利影响。

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来源期刊

Journal of Psychosomatic Research 医学-精神病学

CiteScore

7.40

自引率

6.40%

发文量

314

审稿时长

6.2 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Psychosomatic Research is a multidisciplinary research journal covering all aspects of the relationships between psychology and medicine. The scope is broad and ranges from basic human biological and psychological research to evaluations of treatment and services. Papers will normally be concerned with illness or patients rather than studies of healthy populations. Studies concerning special populations, such as the elderly and children and adolescents, are welcome. In addition to peer-reviewed original papers, the journal publishes editorials, reviews, and other papers related to the journal''s aims.