Understanding the mechanisms underlying the effects of loneliness on vulnerability to fraud among older adults.

IF 1.6 2区心理学 Q3 GERONTOLOGY

Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Epub Date: 2022-01-13 DOI:10.1080/08946566.2021.2024105

Jing Wen, Hang Yang, Qianhan Zhang, Jingjin Shao

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Abstract

The current study aimed to clarify the relationships among loneliness, susceptibility to persuasion, self-control, and vulnerability to fraud among older adults. Especially, we wanted to investigate whether susceptibility to persuasion mediates the association between loneliness and vulnerability to fraud, and whether self-control moderates the relationship in this process. A moderated mediation model was examined with 252 Chinese older adults (M_age = 67.94, SD = 6.27) who completed questionnaires regarding loneliness, susceptibility to persuasion, self-control, and vulnerability to fraud. The results revealed that loneliness significantly predicted older adults' vulnerability to fraud and susceptibility to persuasion partially mediated this relationship. Moreover, this mediating effect was only significant for older adults with low self-control. These findings enrich our understanding of how loneliness affects older adults' vulnerability to fraud and provide practical guidance for establishing protections against fraud targeting older adults.

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了解孤独对老年人欺诈脆弱性影响的潜在机制。

本研究旨在阐明老年人的孤独感、对说服的敏感性、自我控制和对欺诈的脆弱性之间的关系。特别地，我们想要研究说服敏感性是否在孤独和欺诈脆弱性之间起到中介作用，以及自我控制是否在这一过程中起到调节作用。252名中国老年人(Mage = 67.94, SD = 6.27)完成了孤独感、说服易感性、自我控制和欺诈易感性问卷，并对其进行了有调节的中介模型检验。结果表明，孤独感对老年人的欺诈易感性有显著的预测作用，而对说服的易感性在这一关系中起部分中介作用。此外，这种中介效应仅对自制力较低的老年人有显著意义。这些发现丰富了我们对孤独如何影响老年人易受欺诈的理解，并为建立针对老年人的欺诈保护提供了实际指导。

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Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect GERONTOLOGY-

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3.30

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15.80%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect is the peer-reviewed quarterly journal that explores the advances in research, policy and practice, and clinical and ethical issues surrounding the abuse and neglect of older people. This unique forum provides state-of-the-art research and practice that is both international and multidisciplinary in scope. The journal"s broad, comprehensive approach is only one of its strengths—it presents training issues, research findings, case studies, practice and policy issues, book and media reviews, commentary, and historical background on a wide range of topics. Readers get tools and techniques needed for better detecting and responding to actual or potential elder abuse and neglect.