Socioeconomic, health, and psychosocial mediators of racial disparities in cognition in early, middle, and late adulthood.

ABSTRACT: Racial disparities in cognitive performance exist across the life course, but it is not known whether mediators of disparities differ by age. Understanding sources of cognitive disparities at different ages can inform policies and interventions. Data were obtained for non-Hispanic Black and White respondents to The National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States from 3 age groups: 28-44 (N = 1210; 20% Black); 45-64 (N = 2693; 15% Black); and 65-85 (N = 1298; 11% Black). Moderated mediation models characterized direct and indirect effects of race on episodic memory and executive function composite scores through economic, health, and psychosocial variables as a function of age group. Education, income, chronic health conditions, and external locus of control mediated cognitive d

SUBMITTER: Zahodne LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5369602 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature