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P3‐498: CHARACTERIZATION OF WORRY AND COGNITION IN MEXICAN AMERICAN WOMEN
Author(s) -
Large Stephanie,
O'Jile Judith,
Hall James R.,
O'Bryant Sid,
Johnson Leigh Ann
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2018.06.1862
Subject(s) - worry , anxiety , logistic regression , cognition , psychology , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medicine , economics , macroeconomics
younger adults (Trails B-reaction time, seconds: p1⁄4.003; Stroop-reaction time, seconds: p<.001). In the older adult group, both cognitive (p1⁄4.02) and emotional empathy (p1⁄4.02) were negatively correlated with alexithymia. Cognitive empathy was also negatively correlated with Trails B reaction time (p1⁄4.03). Alexithymia positively correlated with time to complete Trails B (p1⁄4.02) and Stroop (p1⁄4.01). In younger adults, cognitive empathy negatively correlated with alexithymia (p1⁄4.04).Conclusions:Older adults, on average, tend to report lower cognitive empathy, higher alexithymia, and perform more poorly on executive function tasks than younger adults. However, we find within the older adult group, those who have higher cognitive empathy also have higher executive function and greater emotional awareness, suggesting that relative preservation of both cognitive and socioemotional functions may co-occur in some older adults. Future studiesmay investigate the degree towhich age-related neural differences may help to explain differences in empathy, alexithymia, and executive function among older adults.