Prior Incarceration and Performance on Immediate and Delayed Verbal Recall Tests: Results From National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health-Parent Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to investigate the cognitive functioning of formerly incarcerated older adults compared to their never-incarcerated counterparts, focusing on immediate and delayed verbal recall.

Methods

Data are from 2,003 respondents who participated in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health-Parent Study (AHPS; ages 47-82, mean age 62). AHPS participants were administered word recall memory exercises to the parent respondent from the Rey Auditory-Verbal administered Learning Test, including (a) 90-s (immediate or short-term verbal memory), (b) 60-s recall tests (delayed or long-term verbal memory), and (c) combined word recall on the 90-s and 60-s tests.

Results

Adjusting for control variables, respondents who reported prior incarce

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC11101758 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature