NOT ALL CREATED EQUAL: THE IMPACTS OF POSITIVE, NEGATIVE, AND PARTNER RELATIONSHIPS ON COGNITION IN LATELIFE
Nicole Ee, Fiona Matthews, Ruth Peters, Kaarin Anstey · 2023
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Nicole Ee, Fiona Matthews, Ruth Peters, and Kaarin Anstey ask which kinds of social ties protect thinking skills in old age. Their sample held 1,972 Australians aged sixty-eight to seventy-four from a long-running population study. Nine measures of social life were sorted into underlying patterns, then linked to memory and executive function scores.
Partner relationships emerged as their own pattern, distinct from warm ties and strained ties. Surprisingly, strained relationships tied to better memory and executive scores, twice as strongly as partner ties did. Merely pleasant, high-quality contact mattered less. The authors argue that frequent interaction and a wide support structure do the heavy lifting, with partners adding a separate boost.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Nicole Ee, Fiona Matthews, Ruth Peters, Kaarin Anstey |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |