Application of the psychological aging scale for healthy people: A preliminary study based on empirical research

• Published in: Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Journal of Central South University. Yi xue ban Vol. 43; no. 1; p. 76
• Main Authors: He, Ziqiang, Yao, Hui, Long, Yao, Zhou, Jianming, Feng, Jiang, Huang, Helang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 28.01.2018
• Subjects: Age Factors; Aging - physiology; Aging - psychology; Cognition - physiology; Emotions - physiology; Empirical Research; Female; Humans; Leukocytes - ultrastructure; Male; Surveys and Questionnaires; Telomere
• ISSN: 1672-7347
• DOI: 10.11817/j.issn.1672-7347.2018.01.012

To explore the distribution of psychological aging in healthy population and its relationship with telomere length in peripheral blood leukocyte, and to provide reference for aging evaluation.
 Methods: Stratified random samples were obtained according to age and they were divided into 9 age groups. The age-related psychological information were collected from healthy people by using the self-made scale. Situation of psychological aging, correlation between age and telomere length and score of this scale were analyzed by statistical software.
 Results: A total of 2 100 questionnaires were distributed, and 2 060 of them were valid and has been recovered, with an efficiency of 98.10%. The ratio of male to female was 0.95:1; psychological aging score was in the range of 8.62-23.14; cognitive function score was in the range of 2.25-10.77; emotion score was in the range of 1.45-6.73; personality score was in the range of 0.96-4.22; motivation score was in the range of 1.50-7.18. The correlation coefficient of psyc