Psychosocial Pathways to Racial/Ethnic Inequalities in Late-Life Memory Trajectories.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Blacks and Hispanics are at increased risk for dementia, even after socioeconomic and vascular factors are taken into account. This study tests a comprehensive model of psychosocial pathways leading to differences in longitudinal cognitive outcomes among older blacks and Hispanics, compared to non-Hispanic whites.

Methods

Using data from 10,173 participants aged 65 and older in the Health and Retirement Study, structural equation models tested associations among race/ethnicity, perceived discrimination, depressive symptoms, external locus of control, and 6-year memory trajectories, controlling for age, sex, educational attainment, income, wealth, and chronic diseases.

Results

Greater perceived discrimination among blacks was associated with lower initial me

SUBMITTER: Zahodne LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6377058 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature