Biopsychosocial contexts influence adult cognitive function concurrently and longitudinally.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cognitive aging is a complex process that impacts human behavior. Identifying the factors that preserve cognitive functioning is a public health priority, given that 20% of the US population will be at least 65 years old in the next decade. Biopsychosocial determinants of cognitive decline across the lifespan are often examined as ecological factors that independently moderate cognitive aging, despite the known complexity surrounding these relationships.

Objective

We aimed to address this gap by exploring the synergistic and simultaneous relationship between risk and protective factors on cognitive functioning.

Method

Using the MIDUS study datasets, we examined the relationships among physiological markers, friendship quality, and global cognition functioni

SUBMITTER: Payen A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10873657 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature