Longitudinal Dyadic Associations Between Loneliness and Cognition Among Older Couples in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Loneliness is associated with diminished health and cognition for older individuals. However, little research has examined dyadic loneliness-that is, loneliness of both partners in a relationship-and its potential consequences for cognitive functioning among both spouses, nor whether one partner's cognition may affect both partners' loneliness over time.

Methods

We analyze 3-wave dyadic Health and Retirement Study data (2010-2020; N = 1,061 dyads) to determine (a) whether loneliness predicts participants' own and/or their partners' episodic memory and verbal fluency over 8 years, and (b) whether cognitive functioning predicts older spouses' own or their partners' loneliness over the same period.

Results

Loneliness predicted participants' own and their partn

SUBMITTER: Stokes JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10292839 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature