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ArticleAnxiety, stress, and coping2025

Aging and subjective cognitive difficulties during COVID-19: stress and positive experiences.

Dakota D Witzel, Suzanne C Segerstrom, Maria L Kurth, Paris Crosby, Soyoung Choun, Carolyn Aldwin

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6 authors.

Dakota D WitzelCenter for Healthy Aging, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6920-8801
Suzanne C SegerstromDepartment of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4020-111X
Maria L KurthCenter for Healthy Aging, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5664-986X
Paris CrosbyDepartment of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8770-0496
Soyoung ChounSchool of Human Development and Family Studies, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6206-6027
Carolyn AldwinSchool of Human Development and Family Studies, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7461-5126

Funding

Self-Regulation, Immunological Aging, and Health in Older AdultsR01AG026307 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI GOLD, BRIAN TIMOTHY, SEGERSTROM, SUZANNE C. · 2006 to 2022
$7.5M
Psychosocial Determinants and Biological Pathway to Healthy Aging (Pathways)T32AG049676 · NIA · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI LYNN M. MARTIRE · 2016 to 2026
$3.9M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG026307NIA NIH HHS T32 AG049676
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

OBJECTIVE(S): Stressful and positive experiences may inform subjective perceptions of cognition; however, much of the literature focuses on stressful experiences. The COVID-19 pandemic provided an unprecedented opportunity to examine individual differences related to both minor (weekly) and larger (life) stressful and positive experiences, and subjective cognitive functioning during a worldwide, chronic stressor. The current studies examined these associations in two samples of older adults which used two different time scales - weeks and months. We also examined how age moderated associations.

methodsIn Study 1, 245 older adults (

resultsIn both studies, higher typical stress (weekly stress intensity and life events) was related to more subjective cognitive difficulties. In Study 1 but not Study 2, older age was related to lower levels of subjective cognitive difficulties, especially during weeks with high stress and positive experiences (within-persons).

conclusionThe current study provides information as to whose subjective cognition may be most impacted by stress and positive experiences within a major non-normative event.

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AgingCognitive DysfunctionCOVID-19Stress, PsychologicalAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansLife Change EventsMaleCognitioncognitive reserveCOVID-19intra-individual changelife events and contexts

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PMID39977688
PMCPMC12185241

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