Positive Psychosocial Factors and Cognitive Decline in Ethnically Diverse Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Previous cross-sectional studies have documented associations between positive psychosocial factors, such as self-efficacy and emotional support, and late-life cognition. Further, the magnitudes of concurrent associations may differ across racial and ethnic groups that differ in Alzheimer's disease risk. The goals of this longitudinal study were to characterize prospective associations between positive psychosocial factors and cognitive decline and explicitly test for differential impact across race and ethnicity.

Methods

578 older adults (42% non-Hispanic Black, 31% non-Hispanic White, and 28% Hispanic) in the Washington Heights-Inwood Columbia Aging Project completed cognitive and psychosocial measures from the NIH Toolbox and standard neuropsychological tests o

SUBMITTER: Zahodne LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8073216 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature