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The Impact of Social Support on Subjective Cognition Across Adulthood

Author(s) -

Annalee Mueller,

Jillian Minahan,

Karen L. Siedlecki

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

innovation in aging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2399-5300

DOI - 10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1986

Subject(s) - cognition , psychology , construct (python library) , social cognition , developmental psychology , association (psychology) , clinical psychology , gerontology , medicine , psychiatry , computer science , psychotherapist , programming language

Increased age is associated with declines in objective cognition (OC). A related but distinct construct is subjective cognition (SC), which is an individual’s self-appraisal of their OC. Research shows that SC impairment is an important precursor to declines in OC (Sánchez-Benavidez et al., 2018). Research has also demonstrated a positive relationship between OC and social support (SS) across adulthood (La Fleur & Salthouse, 2017), but there is limited research on the relationship between SC and SS. Participants (N = 1,873; age range 18-99) from the Virginia Cognitive Aging Project completed assessments of multiple domains of SC, OC, and SS. Results from the current study showed a consistent, significant association between negative interactions with others and poorer SC (Betas ranged from -.077 to .103, p < .05), beyond the influence of sociodemographic, well-being, and health factors. Our findings suggest that negative interactions may adversely impact one’s self-appraisal of cognitive functioning.

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