Open AccessLongitudinal Relationships Between Subjective Cognitive Decline and Objective Memory: Depressive Symptoms Mediate Between-Person Associations
Author(s) -
Nikki L. Hill,
Sakshi Bhargava,
Emily BratleeWhitaker,
Jennifer R. Turner,
Monique J. Brown,
Jacqueline Mogle
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of alzheimer's disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.677
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1875-8908
pISSN - 1387-2877
DOI - 10.3233/jad-210230
Subject(s) - depressive symptoms , mediation , dementia , cognition , psychology , cognitive decline , clinical psychology , multilevel model , affect (linguistics) , memory impairment , disease , medicine , psychiatry , communication , machine learning , political science , computer science , law
Subjective cognitive decline (SCD) may be an early indicator of cognitive impairment, but depressive symptoms can confound this relationship. Associations may be influenced by differences between individuals (i.e., between-persons) or how each individual changes in their experiences over time (i.e., within-persons).