女性自信多健康
路透社纽约健康消息 发表在《健康心理学杂志》上一份报告指出：在美国，把自己定位在“最优越者”行列的女性无论在心理还是在生理上，似乎都比认为自己不够优秀的女性显得更健康，而且这种现象跟她们的受教育情况，收入高低或工作好坏无关。
研究人员调查了157位年龄在30-46岁之间的健康白人女性，这些女性至少受过高中教育。首先，通过让她们在一幅阶梯图中就自己的收入、教育水平、工作状况在最好与最差之间做出标记，来调查她们对自己的评价如何。结果发现，不管这些女性与她们的同伴的关系有多好，那些将自己列在阶梯图中较高等级的女性往往腹部脂肪较少、心率较慢及对压力有较健康的生理反应。这些都是已知的心血管及其它一些疾病的高危因素。
另外，女性对自我社会经济地位的评价与她们的心理健康有关。那些对自己评价较高的人，较少有长期的压力和消极的情绪，她们往往更能控制自己的生活，处事方式更健康，换句话说，她们有较健康的生活道路。有理由相信，对自己社会地位的主观感觉女性的心理及生理状态有重大影响。
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专家们早已知道许多健康因素与社会经济地位有关，但是这项研究首次揭示出不管实际情况如何，人的主观感觉与其健康状态之间存在着非常密切的关系。
来源：《健康心理学》2000;19:544-550
Women Who Feel in Control Are Healthier
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who see themselves as among the ``best off‘‘ in American society appear to be healthier, both mentally and physically, than those who see themselves as less well off, a report suggests.
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This appears to be true regardless of whether or not the women actually have more education, higher income or better jobs compared with their peers.
``It is not simply the effects of income or education that are linked to better health, but also the perception that one is higher on the social hierarchy,‘‘ according to Dr. Nancy Adler of the University of California, San Francisco, lead author of the report published in the November issue of Health Psychology.
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Adler and colleagues studied 157 healthy white women aged 30 to 46, who all had at least a high school education.
To see how the women rated themselves, the researchers had them mark on a picture of a ladder where they fell between those who were ``the best off‘‘ and those who were ``the worst off‘‘ in terms of money, education and jobs.
Regardless of how well off the women were in relation to their peers, those women who ranked themselves higher on the ladder tended to have less abdominal fat, lower heart rates and a healthier physical response to stress. Such factors have been linked to risk of cardiovascular disease and other ailments.
, 百拇医药
In addition, women‘s perceptions of their socioeconomic status were related to their psychological health: those who rated themselves higher tended to have less chronic stress and negative feelings, more sense of control over their lives, and healthy coping techniques.
All of these factors ``may predispose individuals to better health trajectories,‘‘ according to the authors. They add that ‘‘there is reason to believe that subjective social status is affecting both the mental and physical outcomes‘‘ of these women.
Although experts have long been aware that many health factors are related to socioeconomic status, this is the first research that finds such strong relationships between people‘s perceptions of their status, regardless of actual status.
SOURCE: Health Psychology 2000;19:544-550., http://www.100md.com
研究人员调查了157位年龄在30-46岁之间的健康白人女性，这些女性至少受过高中教育。首先，通过让她们在一幅阶梯图中就自己的收入、教育水平、工作状况在最好与最差之间做出标记，来调查她们对自己的评价如何。结果发现，不管这些女性与她们的同伴的关系有多好，那些将自己列在阶梯图中较高等级的女性往往腹部脂肪较少、心率较慢及对压力有较健康的生理反应。这些都是已知的心血管及其它一些疾病的高危因素。
另外，女性对自我社会经济地位的评价与她们的心理健康有关。那些对自己评价较高的人，较少有长期的压力和消极的情绪，她们往往更能控制自己的生活，处事方式更健康，换句话说，她们有较健康的生活道路。有理由相信，对自己社会地位的主观感觉女性的心理及生理状态有重大影响。
, http://www.100md.com
专家们早已知道许多健康因素与社会经济地位有关，但是这项研究首次揭示出不管实际情况如何，人的主观感觉与其健康状态之间存在着非常密切的关系。
来源：《健康心理学》2000;19:544-550
Women Who Feel in Control Are Healthier
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who see themselves as among the ``best off‘‘ in American society appear to be healthier, both mentally and physically, than those who see themselves as less well off, a report suggests.
, 百拇医药
This appears to be true regardless of whether or not the women actually have more education, higher income or better jobs compared with their peers.
``It is not simply the effects of income or education that are linked to better health, but also the perception that one is higher on the social hierarchy,‘‘ according to Dr. Nancy Adler of the University of California, San Francisco, lead author of the report published in the November issue of Health Psychology.
, http://www.100md.com
Adler and colleagues studied 157 healthy white women aged 30 to 46, who all had at least a high school education.
To see how the women rated themselves, the researchers had them mark on a picture of a ladder where they fell between those who were ``the best off‘‘ and those who were ``the worst off‘‘ in terms of money, education and jobs.
Regardless of how well off the women were in relation to their peers, those women who ranked themselves higher on the ladder tended to have less abdominal fat, lower heart rates and a healthier physical response to stress. Such factors have been linked to risk of cardiovascular disease and other ailments.
, 百拇医药
In addition, women‘s perceptions of their socioeconomic status were related to their psychological health: those who rated themselves higher tended to have less chronic stress and negative feelings, more sense of control over their lives, and healthy coping techniques.
All of these factors ``may predispose individuals to better health trajectories,‘‘ according to the authors. They add that ‘‘there is reason to believe that subjective social status is affecting both the mental and physical outcomes‘‘ of these women.
Although experts have long been aware that many health factors are related to socioeconomic status, this is the first research that finds such strong relationships between people‘s perceptions of their status, regardless of actual status.
SOURCE: Health Psychology 2000;19:544-550., http://www.100md.com