生活事件与老年人受骗易感性：心理压力和自我控制的多重中介作用
Life Events and the Vulnerability to Fraud in Older Adults: Multiple Mediating Effects of Psychological Distress and Self-Control
摘要: 目的：为考察生活事件与老年人受骗易感性的关系以及心理压力与自我控制在其中的作用机制。方法：本研究以250名老年人为被试，采用老年生活事件量表、心理压力量表、自我控制量表和受骗易感性问卷进行调查。结果：1) 生活事件和心理压力与老年人受骗易感性呈显著的正相关，自我控制与老年人受骗易感性呈显著的负相关；2) 心理压力和自我控制在老年生活事件和受骗易感性之间起多重中介作用，自我控制还在心理压力和受骗易感性之间起到部分中介作用。
Abstract: Objective: In order to examine the role of psychological distress and self-control within the rela-tionship between life events and older adults’ vulnerability to fraud. Method: Data on older adults’ life events scale, psychological distress scale, self-control scale and vulnerability to fraud questionnaire were collected among 250 older adults. Results: 1) Life events and psychological distress are positively correlated with older adults’ vulnerability to fraud, self-control is negatively correlated with older adults’ vulnerability to fraud; 2) Psychological distress and self-control are multiple mediators in the relationship between life events and older adults’ vulnerability, self-control is a partial mediator in the relationship between psychological distress and older adults’ vulnerability to fraud.
文章引用：葛梦娇, 伍子昀 (2023). 生活事件与老年人受骗易感性：心理压力和自我控制的多重中介作用. 心理学进展, 13(4), 1577-1586. https://doi.org/10.12677/AP.2023.134190

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