ISSN 1671-3710
CN 11-4766/R
主办:中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

心理科学进展 ›› 2013, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (2): 263-271.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1042.2013.00263

• 研究前沿 • 上一篇    下一篇

空巢老人心理健康的现状及研究述评

卢慕雪;郭成   

  1. 西南大学心理学部, 西南大学心理健康教育研究中心, 重庆 400715
  • 收稿日期:2012-03-27 出版日期:2013-02-15 发布日期:2013-02-15
  • 通讯作者: 郭成
  • 基金资助:

    211工程国家重点学科建设项目资助(NSKD11050)。

Present Situation of the Empty Nest Elderly’s Mental Health and Research Commentary

LU Muxue;GUO Cheng   

  1. School of Psychology in Southwest University, Research Center for Mental Health in Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
  • Received:2012-03-27 Online:2013-02-15 Published:2013-02-15
  • Contact: GUO Cheng

摘要: 空巢老人的心理健康引起了国内外研究者们的高度关注, 逐渐成为一个热点课题。在综合国内外有关空巢老人心理健康的研究文献后发现, 目前, 学界对空巢老人的界定并不统一; 从其心理健康现状来看, 空巢综合症是空巢老人各种身心症状的主要体现, 主要受社会支持、性别、婚姻状况、经济收入以及其他一些社会人口学因素的影响。虽然对空巢老人心理健康的研究已取得一些成就, 但仍存在一些尚待解决的问题, 未来研究应从统一空巢老人的涵义, 完善研究方法, 深入对其自身内部心理因素的探讨及加强跨文化的比较与借鉴等方面来开展。

关键词: 空巢老人, 心理健康, 空巢综合症

Abstract: As a special group of elder people, the empty nest elderly’s mental health has attracted great attention from the domestic and foreign researchers, and has gradually become a hot issue. It is found that in mental health research literature on empty nest elderly that the academic definition of empty nest elderly is not unified. Viewed from the present situation of empty nest elderly's mental health status point of view, the empty nest syndrome is the main embodiment of physical and mental symptoms, influenced by social support, gender, marital status, income and other socio-demographic factors. Although there are some achievements in the field of the research on empty nest elderly’s mental health research, some problems still remain to be solved. Future researches should focus on giving a unified definition of the empty nest elderly, improving research methods, exploring internal factors, and strengthening cross-cultural comparison and using for reference.

Key words: empty nest elderly, mental health, empty nest syndrome