The Relationship Between 10-Year Changes in Cognitive Control Beliefs and Cognitive Performance in Middle and Later Adulthood.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The present study used a cross-lagged panel design with longitudinal data to test if there is a reciprocal relationship between cognitive control beliefs and cognition (e.g., executive functioning and episodic memory) over 10 years, whether frequency of engaging in stimulating cognitive activities mediated this relationship, and if these relationships varied by age.

Methods

Data were collected as part of the second (M2, 2004-2005) and third (M3, 2013-2014) waves of the Midlife in the United States Study. The analysis sample included 2,532 participants with all variables at M2 and M3. Participants' ages ranged from 33 to 83 (M = 54.92, standard deviation = 11.13) at M2.

Results

There was a reciprocal relationship between cognitive control beliefs and executi

SUBMITTER: Schiloski KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11489874 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature