ArticleThe Gerontologist2022
Perceptions of Childhood Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Cognitive Function in Middle and Late Adulthood.
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- Neighborhood social cohesion and Alzheimer's disease dementia risk in South Asians in the United States.Alzheimer's & dementia. Behavior & socioeconomics of aging · 2025Article
- Racial and Ethnic Differences in Community Belonging and its Impact on Cognitive Function in Older Adults.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025Article
- Social Activities and Cognitive Functioning Across Mid- and Late Life: Evidence From China.The Gerontologist · 2025Article
- 1 km of living area: age differences in the association between neighborhood environment perception and self-rated health among Chinese people.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Systematic Review of Longitudinal Evidence and Methodologies for Research on Neighborhood Characteristics and Brain Health.Public health reviews · 2024Review
- Social Determinants of Health, Risk and Resilience against Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias: The Healthy Brain Initiative.Journal of Alzheimer's disease reports · 2024Article
- Neighborhood Cohesion Across the Life Course and Effects on Cognitive Aging.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2023Article
- Adverse childhood experiences from family and society contribute to increased risk of depressive symptoms and cognitive impairment: a cross-sectional study.General psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesFramed within the life course perspective and the neighborhood stress model, this study investigated the association between perceptions of childhood neighborhood social cohesion and cognitive function among middle-aged and older Chinese adults. We also examined whether gender, childhood hukou status, the Chinese national administrative household registration system, and birth cohort moderated the association. RESEARCH DESIGN AND
methodsThis study used 3 waves of nationally representative data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (2011-2015; N = 11,469). Cognitive function was measured with the Telephone Interview for Cognition Status instrument. Two-level multilevel modeling was employed to address the research questions.
resultsA higher overall level of childhood neighborhood social cohesion was associated with a higher baseline level of cognitive function (b = 0.26, p < .001) and a slower rate of cognitive decline (b = 0.10, p = .010). Birth cohort membership moderated the linkage between childhood neighborhood social cohesion and the level of cognitive function (b = 0.35, p < .001) and cognitive decline (b = 0.19, p = .014). Gender and childhood hukou status did not moderate these associations. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: These findings underscored the long-term ramifications of childhood conditions for later-life cognitive function. Social cohesion at the neighborhood level during childhood may be a factor that promotes healthy cognitive aging.
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