Psychological Distress, Self-Beliefs, and Risk of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia.

ABSTRACT: Depressive symptoms and a history of mental disorders are associated with increased risk for dementia. Less is known about whether other aspects of psychological distress and negative self-beliefs also increase risk. The purpose of this research is to examine 1) whether eight aspects of psychological distress and self-beliefs (anxiety, negative affect, hostility, anger-in, anger-out, hopelessness, pessimism, perceived constraints) are associated with risk of incident dementia and cognitive impairment not dementia (CIND), 2) whether the associations are independent of depressive symptoms and history of a mental health diagnosis, and 3) whether the associations are also independent of behavioral, clinical, and genetic risk factors. A total of 9,913 participants (60% female) from the Health a

SUBMITTER: Sutin AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6346268 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature