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Grandparents find longer life in caring for grandkids

參與撫養孫輩的祖父母能更長壽

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Researchers in Berlin have found that grandparents who take part inraisingtheir grandchildren live longer than those who do not.

raisev. 提高；籌集；養育

柏林的研究人員發現，參與撫養孫子孫女的祖父母比不參加的祖父母更長壽。

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DECEMBER 30, 2016 —Grandparents who help out occasionally with childcare or provide support to others in their community tend to live longer than seniors who do not care for other people, according to a study from Berlin, Germany.

2016年12月30日--據德國柏林的一項研究顯示，那些偶爾幫忙照顧孩子或在社區中為他人提供支持的祖父母比那些不關心他人的老人壽命更長。

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Having full-timecustodof grandchildren can have anegativeeffect on health, but occasional helping can be beneficial for seniors, the researchers write in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior.

custodyn. 保管；監護

negativeadj. [數] 負的；消極的；否定的

研究人員在《進化與人類行為》(Evolution and Human Behavior)雜誌上撰文指出，讓老年人全職參與帶孩子會對他們的健康產生負面影響，但他們偶爾幫忙照看一下孩子是有好處的。

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"Having no contact with grandchildren at all can negatively impact the health of grandparents," said lead author Sonja Hilbrand, doctoral student in the department ofpsychologyat the University of Basel in Switzerland.

psychologyn. 心理學；心理狀態

瑞士巴塞爾大學(University of Basel)心理系的博士生Sonja Hilbrand表示:「與孫輩沒有任何接觸會對祖父母的健康產生負面影響。」

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"This link could be amechanismdeeply rooted in ourevolutionarypast when help with childcare was crucial for thesurvivalof the human species," Ms. Hilbrand told Reuters Health by email. The findings are drawn from data on more than 500 people over age 70 in the Berlin Aging Study.

mechanismn. 機制；原理

evolutionaryadj. 進化的；發展的

survivaln. 倖存，殘存

「這種聯繫可能是一種根植於我們進化史的機制，在幫助兒童保育的過程中，對人類的生存至關重要，」Hilbrand女士通過電子郵件告訴路透社健康新聞。這項研究結果來自於在柏林老齡化研究中超過500名70歲以上的人的數據。

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The participants completed interviews and medical tests every two years between 1990 and 2009. The study team compared this group with seniors who provided support for non-family members, such as friends or neighbors, and seniors who did not provide any care to other people.

參與者在1990年至2009年間每兩年完成一次面試和體檢。研究小組將這一組與那些為非家庭成員（如朋友或鄰居）提供幫助的老年人，以及沒有提供任何幫助給其他人的老年人做了比較。

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Overall, after accounting for grandparents" age and general state of health, theriskof dying over a 20-year period was one-third lower for grandparents who cared for their grandchildren, compared with grandparents who did not provide any childcare.

riskn. 風險；危險；冒險

總的來說，在考慮到祖父母的年齡和健康狀況後，在20年的時間裡，那些照顧孫輩的祖父母的死亡風險比那些沒有提供任何照顧給孫輩的祖父母們要低三分之一。

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Caregiving was linked with longer life even when the carerecipientwasn"t a relative. "Caregiving may give caregivers a purpose of life because caregivers may feel useful for the others and for the society," said Bruno Arpino, an associate professor at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain.

recipientn. 接受者；容納者

幫助他人與長壽有關，即使受助者不是自己的親屬。西班牙巴塞羅那龐培法布拉大學(Pompeu Fabra University)的副教授布魯諾·阿皮諾(Bruno Arpino)說道:「幫助他人可能會給照顧者一種生活目的，因為照顧者可能會覺得自己對其他人和社會都有所幫助。」

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Arpino noted, however, that caregiving is not the only activity that can improve health, and too many caring responsibilities can take away from otherbeneficialactivities like working, being in social clubs, orvolunteering.

beneficialadj. 有益的，有利的

volunteeringn. 志願活動

然而，Arpino指出，幫助他人並不是唯一能改善健康的活動，人們還可以從其他有益的活動中獲得，比如：工作，參加社交俱樂部，或者做志願者。

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