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ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2024

Prior Incarceration and Performance on Immediate and Delayed Verbal Recall Tests: Results From National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health-Parent Study.

Alexander Testa, Dylan B Jackson, Meghan Novisky, Kyle T Ganson, Jason M Nagata, Jack Tsai

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Article in The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  2. The Impact of Prior Incarceration on Cognitive Trajectories Among Older Adults: Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025
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Alexander TestaDepartment of Management, Policy, and Community Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8686-9115
Dylan B JacksonDepartment of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Meghan NoviskyDepartment of Criminology and Sociology, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4644-9148
Kyle T GansonFactor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Jason M NagataDepartment of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Jack TsaiDepartment of Management, Policy, and Community Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Cleveland State University · USJohns Hopkins University · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · USUnited States Department of Veterans Affairs · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

Add Health Parent Study: Phase IR01AG042794 · NIA · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI HARRIS, KATHLEEN MULLAN, HOTZ, VINCENT JOSEPH · 2013 to 2017
$6.5M
Advancing Health Disparities Research in Aging: The Aging Research in Criminal Justice & Health (ARCH) NetworkR24AG065175 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LISA C BARRY, BRIE A WILLIAMS · 2019 to 2026
$3.3M
Locating the Parents of Add HealthR21AG042663 · NIA · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI HARRIS, KATHLEEN MULLAN · 2012 to 2013
$335k
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG042794NIA NIH HHS R21 AG042663NIA NIH HHS R24 AG065175NIH HHS RO1AG042794
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis study aimed to investigate the cognitive functioning of formerly incarcerated older adults compared to their never-incarcerated counterparts, focusing on immediate and delayed verbal recall.

methodsData are from 2,003 respondents who participated in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health-Parent Study (AHPS; ages 47-82, mean age 62). AHPS participants were administered word recall memory exercises to the parent respondent from the Rey Auditory-Verbal administered Learning Test, including (a) 90-s (immediate or short-term verbal memory), (b) 60-s recall tests (delayed or long-term verbal memory), and (c) combined word recall on the 90-s and 60-s tests.

resultsAdjusting for control variables, respondents who reported prior incarceration had a lower rate of verbal recall on the combined word recall (incidence risk ratio [IRR] = 0.915, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.840, 0.997) and immediate word recall (IRR = 0.902, 95% CI = 0.817, 0.996). When restricting the sample to respondents over age 60, prior incarceration was associated with lower combined word recall (IRR = 0.847, 95% CI = 0.752, 0.954), immediate word recall (IRR = 0.857, 95% CI = 0.762, 0.963), and delayed word recall (IRR = 0.834, 95% CI = 0.713, 0.974). DISCUSSION: This study underscores the adverse impact of prior incarceration on cognitive functioning in the older adult population, emphasizing the need for targeted interventions and support for formerly incarcerated older adults. The results reinforce the importance of addressing the long-term consequences of incarceration, especially as individuals enter older adulthood.

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Mental RecallPrisonersAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansIncarcerationLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedUnited StatesVerbal LearningCognitionIncarcerationMemoryWord recall

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PMID38518200
PMCPMC11101758
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