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ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2023

Gender, Personality, and Cognitive Resilience Against Early-Life Disadvantage.

Joseph L Saenz, Sadaf Arefi Milani, Silvia Mejía-Arango

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Article in The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Joseph L SaenzEdson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4200-9615
Sadaf Arefi MilaniDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6631-6532
Silvia Mejía-ArangoInstitute of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Harlingen, Texas, USA.

Funding

UTMB OAIC Research Education Component (REC)P30AG024832 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BR GALVESTON · PI JAMES S. GOODWIN, MD, MELISSA M. MORROW · 2005 to 2026
$26.7M
The Mexican Health and Aging Study - IIR01AG018016 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI Rebeca Wong · 1999 to 2026
$22.6M
UTMB WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH SCHOLARS PROGRAMK12HD052023 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BR GALVESTON · PI BERENSON, ABBEY B · 2005 to 2023
$8.1M
The Texas Resource Center on Minority Aging Research (RCMAR)P30AG059301 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI Kyriakos S Markides, Fernando Riosmena · 2018 to 2026
$5.2M
Education and the Life-Course Pathways of Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, and Cognitive Decline in the United States and MexicoR00AG058799 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI SAENZ, JOSEPH · 2020 to 2022
$745k
Sex Differences in Pain and Treatment and their Association with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related DementiasK01AG075254 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI Sadaf Arefi Milani · 2022 to 2026
$619k
NIA NIH HHS K01 AG075254NIA NIH HHS P30 AG024832NIA NIH HHS P30 AG059301NIA NIH HHS R00 AG058799NIA NIH HHS R01 AG018016NICHD NIH HHS K12 HD052023
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Abstract

objectivesEarly-life disadvantage (ELD) relates to lower late-life cognition. However, personality factors, including having an internal locus of control (LOC) or a conscientious personality, relate to resilience and effective stress coping. We explore whether personality factors convey resilience against the negative effects of ELD on cognition, by gender, in Mexico.

methodsUsing the 2015 Mexican Health and Aging Study, we estimated expected cognition using multiple ELD markers to identify a subsample in the lowest quartile of expected cognition given ELD (n = 2,086). In this subsample, we estimated cross-sectional associations between personality and having above-median observed cognitive ability (n = 522) using logistic regression.

resultsAmong those in the lowest quartile of expected cognition, a more internal LOC (β = 0.32 [men] and β = 0.44 [women]) and conscientious personality (β = 0.39 [men] and β = 0.17 [women]) were significantly associated with having above-median cognitive ability in models adjusted for demographic confounders. Larger benefits of conscientiousness were observed for men than women. Associations between personality and having above-median cognitive ability remained statistically significant after further adjustment for health, stress, and cognitive stimulation variables, regardless of gender. DISCUSSION: Personality factors may convey resilience among individuals who experienced ELD, potentially breaking the link between ELD and worse late-life cognition. Structural factors and gender roles may affect how much women benefit from personality factors.

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AgingPersonalityAdaptation, PsychologicalCognitionCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleAgingCognitive resilienceEarly lifeEducationLife course

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PMID36715207
PMCPMC10174201

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