Relationship Between Social Support and Global Cognition by Level of Neighborhood Disadvantage in the HABS‐HD Cohort
Tasha Rhoads, Kimberly Cobos, Sid E. O'Bryant, Justin B Miller, the HABS‐HD Study Team · 2025
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Tasha Rhoads and co-authors ask, in a 2025 study, whether social support protects thinking skills less in poorer neighborhoods. Past work links strong support with better cognition and lower dementia risk, with emotional support standing out. Whether the place one lives changes that link was less clear.
The team studied more than twenty-eight hundred older adults of varied backgrounds in a Texas brain health cohort. Support was split into companionship, emotional backing, and practical help. Neighborhood hardship was scored by a national index, and results were compared across five levels of hardship. The design shows whether friends and family help the mind equally everywhere, or less where hardship runs high.
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| CREATOR | Tasha Rhoads, Kimberly Cobos, Sid E. O'Bryant, Justin B Miller, the HABS‐HD Study Team |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |