Correlation Between Typology of Daily Behaviors and Attitudes Toward Aging Among Chinese Older Adults.

IF 2 3区医学 Q2 GERONTOLOGY

Journal of Applied Gerontology Pub Date : 2025-07-18 DOI:10.1177/07334648251360818

Yongmei Wang, Yang Cao, Shuangyan Li, Xuehui Wang

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Abstract

Objectives: This study aims to identify typologies of daily activity patterns among older adults and analyze how these behavioral profiles correlate with aging attitudes. Methods: Data came from the 2020 China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey. Latent Class Analysis (LCA) categorized older adults, and OLS regression with an interaction term was applied. Stata MP 17.0 was used. Results: Four types of older adults' daily behaviors were identified: Active Producers, Healthy Homemakers, Unhealthy Homemakers, and Medical & Care Needy. These categories reflected the shift from professional roles to family duties and health concerns. The study found an inverted "U" shaped trend in self-perceptions of aging, with the most positive views among Unhealthy Homemakers. Notably, Healthy Homemakers, the largest group, had more negative perceptions than Unhealthy Homemakers, indicating a psychosocial gap that needs further study. Discussion: The findings emphasize the importance of recognizing how daily behaviors influence older adults' views on aging.

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中国老年人日常行为类型与老年态度的相关性研究

目的：本研究旨在确定老年人日常活动模式的类型，并分析这些行为特征与老龄化态度的关系。方法：数据来自2020年中国老龄化纵向社会调查。潜在类别分析（LCA）对老年人进行分类，并应用OLS回归与交互项。采用Stata MP 17.0。结果：确定了四种老年人的日常行为：积极生产者、健康家庭主妇、不健康家庭主妇和需要医疗和护理的人。这些类别反映了从专业角色到家庭责任和健康问题的转变。研究发现，人们对衰老的自我认知呈倒U型趋势，不健康的家庭主妇对衰老的看法最为积极。值得注意的是，健康的家庭主妇是最大的群体，比不健康的家庭主妇有更多的负面看法，这表明社会心理差距需要进一步研究。讨论：研究结果强调了认识到日常行为如何影响老年人对衰老的看法的重要性。

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Journal of Applied Gerontology GERONTOLOGY-

CiteScore

5.10

自引率

13.30%

发文量

202

期刊介绍： The Journal of Applied Gerontology (JAG) is the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society. It features articles that focus on research applications intended to improve the quality of life of older persons or to enhance our understanding of age-related issues that will eventually lead to such outcomes. We construe application broadly and encourage contributions across a range of applications toward those foci, including interventions, methodology, policy, and theory. Manuscripts from all disciplines represented in gerontology are welcome. Because the circulation and intended audience of JAG is global, contributions from international authors are encouraged.