ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2018
Dynamic Longitudinal Associations Between Social Support and Cognitive Function: A Prospective Investigation of the Directionality of Associations.
Article in The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Functional social support and cognitive function in middle- and older-aged adults: a systematic review of cross-sectional and cohort studies.Systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Social Support and Cognition: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
- Examining Longitudinal Relationships between Social Support and Strain in Relationships with Children and Older Adults' Cognitive Functioning.Journal of health and social behavior · 2025Article
- Association of Cognitive Reserve Indicator with Cognitive Decline and Structural Brain Differences in Middle and Older Age: Findings from the UK Biobank.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2024Article
- Age-specific findings on lifestyle and trajectories of cognitive function from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging.Epidemiology and health · 2023Article
- Association of social support with cognition among older adults in China: A cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Longitudinal Within-Person Associations Between Quality of Social Relations, Structure of Social Relations, and Cognitive Functioning in Older Age.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2021Article
- Contact frequency and cognitive health among older adults in Israel.Aging & mental health · 2019Article
- Health Disparities in Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: Role of Social Strain, Depression, and C-Reactive Protein.Gerontology & geriatric medicineArticle
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Abstract
Objective: To investigate the reciprocity of social support and cognitive function in late life. Method: Analyses were based on three parallel repeat measures of social support and cognition from the Whitehall II cohort, providing 10-year follow-up of 6,863 participants (mean age 55.8 years, SD 6.0 at baseline). Alternative hypotheses were evaluated via four bivariate dual change score models: Full coupling model estimated mutual influences of social support and cognition on subsequent changes in each other; social causation model assumed a unidirectional influence from social support onto changes in cognition, while the opposite assumption was tested by health selection model; last, no coupling model suggested independent growth of these two sets of variables. Results: A better cognition at the preceding stage was related to less positive changes in confiding support and less negative changes in practical support. In contrast, influences from social support on subsequent changes in cognition were not detected. Discussion: This empirical study provides some evidence for the health selection mechanism, such that cognition modified changes in social support. The hypothesized neuroprotective effect of social support was not detectable.
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