太极拳对老年人某些心理功能衰老的影响

对55名练太极拳2年以上,年龄在60岁以上的老年人及90名60岁以上从未练太极拳的正常老年人进行了人格、行为类型、情绪、注意力、记忆力、睡眠和动作稳定性的测查。发现太极拳组精神质得分低于对照组(P<0.05),SDS、SAS及睡眠质量得分太极拳组低于对照组(P<0.05),PASAT得分太极拳组高于对照组(P<0.05)说明练太极拳对老年人性格中的精神质维度和抑郁、焦虑等负性情绪及睡眠质量有明显的改善作用,对延缓老年人的注意力、记忆力和信息加工速度及动作稳定性等心理功能的衰老有良好的作用。练太极拳对老年人A型行为类型的改变不明显。本研究很大程度上证实了练太极拳对老年人神经系统功能的调节,改善老年人的心理活动,延缓某些心理功能的衰老有良好的作用。

EFFECT OF TAIJIQUAN ON THE SENILITY OF SOME PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS BY OLD MEN

A survey is done between two groups of normal elderly people in terms-of their personality, behaviour types, mood, concentration, memory, sleeping and activity stability. The first group with 55 people of over 60 have practised taijiquan for over two years whereas the second group with 90-people of the same age with the above have never practised taijiquan. The result is that the taijiquan group gets a lower point in paycho diathesis than that of the compared group(P<0.05).Besides,taijhquan group gets lower points in SDS, SAS, and sleeping quality than that of the compared one (P<0.05);but the taijiquan grouq reaches higher points in PASAT than that of the compared one (P<0.05) . It demonstrates that taijiquan plays a good part in greatly improving psycho diathesis quality, and such negative mood as melancholy and anxiety and sleepihg quality, with exist in the elderly people's characteristics. It plays a good part in slowing the senility of the elderly people's concentration, memory, information procersing speed and movement stability, .etc. Practising the sport, however, has not an obvious effect upon changing type A behaviour of the elderly people. This study proves to a large extent that practising taijiquan is qurte helpful in adjusting the elderly people's nervous system, improving their psychological activities and delaying the senility of some pschological functions.