ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2020
Daily Control Beliefs and Cognition: The Mediating Role of Physical Activity.
Article in The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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- Perceived control buffers against variability in day-to-day cognition in midlife and older age.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2026Article
- Patterns of Perceived Control That Buffer Against Cognitive Decline in Midlife and Old Age.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025Article
- When and how perceived control buffers against cognitive declines: A moderated mediation analysis.Psychology and aging · 2025Article
- Increases in adherence to a simplified Mediterranean diet predicts improved next day cognitive functioning.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between 10-Year Changes in Cognitive Control Beliefs and Cognitive Performance in Middle and Later Adulthood.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2024Article
- Preserving What Matters: Longitudinal Changes in Control Over Interpersonal Stress and Noninterpersonal Stress in Daily Life.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2024Article
- Perceived control across the adult lifespan: Longitudinal changes in global control and daily stressor control.Developmental psychology · 2024Article
- Daily Physical Activity: Associations With Memory and Affect.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2023Article
- Daily Stress and Affect Across Adulthood: The Role of Social Interactions via Different Communication Modes.Technology, mind, and behavior · 2021Article
- Using Exercise as a Stress Management Technique During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Differences Between Men and Women in College.International journal of exercise science · 2021Article
- Daily associations between social media use and memory failures: the mediating role of negative affect.The Journal of general psychologyArticle
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objectivesRecent work suggests that physical activity may underlie the positive relationship between control beliefs and cognition. Despite the well-known cognitive benefits, most adults do not engage in enough physical activity, perhaps due to low perceived control. The current study aimed to expand upon past work by investigating these constructs over the short-term by studying the intraindividual variability in daily control beliefs, physical activity, and cognition. We examined whether these constructs were related on a day-to-day basis and if daily physical activity mediated the relationship between control beliefs and cognition.
methodOver 7 consecutive days, 145 participants (M = 50.54 years) completed daily diaries to measure domain-specific control beliefs, wore an ActiGraph to capture objective physical activity, and were administered 2 tasks each day via phone to measure cognition.
resultsUsing multilevel structural equation modeling, our results indicated that on days with higher control beliefs cognition was also higher and this relationship was mediated by one's level of physical activity. DISCUSSION: These findings demonstrate the role of physical activity in linking control beliefs and cognition on a daily level using a within-person approach to investigate the dynamic processes in beliefs and cognition.
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