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ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2025

Psychological Pathways Linking Neighborhood Socioeconomic Factors to Cognitive Health in Black and White Older Adults.

Laura B Zahodne, Emily P Morris, Robrielle Pierce, Ketlyne Sol, Kiana Scambray, Monica E Walters, Lauren Taylor, Vivian Ku, Sofia Lomba, Noah Green and 1 more

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Article in The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Laura B ZahodneDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5763-4501
Emily P MorrisDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9709-6023
Robrielle PierceDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Ketlyne SolInstitute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6716-6927
Kiana ScambrayDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9618-6385
Monica E WaltersDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0395-5868
Lauren TaylorDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Vivian KuDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Sofia LombaDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Noah GreenDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Philippa J ClarkeInstitute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4925-2968

Funding

Research Education CoreP30AG024824 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Lona Mody, RAYMOND L YUNG · 2004 to 2026
$29.2M
Statistical Data EnclaveP30AG012846 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI VICKI A. FREEDMAN · 1999 to 2026
$23.2M
Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Core CenterP30AG053760 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LIEBERMAN, ANDREW P · 2016 to 2020
$10.1M
Mechanisms of inequalities in ADRD risk across race and place in the Michigan Cognitive Aging ProjectR01AG082307 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Laura B Zahodne · 2023 to 2026
$3.8M
A National Neighborhood Data Resource to Understand the Health and Socioeconomic Impacts of the 2020 Pandemic in the United StatesU01NR020556 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Philippa Clarke, Grace A Noppert · 2022 to 2026
$3.2M
Risk and resilience mechanisms underlying race disparities in ADRD: An examination of neighborhood resources, social networks, brain integrity, and cognitionK01AG073588 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SOL, KETLYNE · 2021 to 2025
$637k
Multilevel Biopsychosocial Stress Mechanisms Underlying Racial Disparities in ADRD RiskF31AG077758 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI MORRIS, EMILY P. · 2022 to 2023
$74k
Alzheimer's Association AARFD-22-970207NIA NIH HHS F31 AG077758NIA NIH HHS F31AG077758NIA NIH HHS K01 AG073588NIA NIH HHS K01AG073588NIA NIH HHS P30 AG012846NIA NIH HHS P30AG012846NIA NIH HHS P30 AG024824NIA NIH HHS P30AG024824NIA NIH HHS P30 AG053760NIA NIH HHS P30AG053760NIA NIH HHS R01 AG082307NIA NIH HHS R01AG082307NIMHD NIH HHS U01NR020556NINR NIH HHS U01 NR020556
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Abstract

objectivesBoth the level and distribution of neighborhood-level socioeconomic resources are associated with cognitive health in later life. This study examined psychological mechanisms underlying these associations for Black and White older adults.

methodsData from 591 (50% Black, 43% White) older adults from the Michigan Cognitive Aging Project were linked to census tract-level information on neighborhood disadvantage, affluence, and racial income inequality from the National Neighborhood Data Archive. Global cognition was a z-score composite of 5 domains from a comprehensive neuropsychological battery. Psychological mediators were external perceived control and depressive symptoms measured with self-report questionnaires. Simultaneous mediation models accounting for neighborhood clustering examined associations between neighborhood factors and cognition through external perceived control and depressive symptoms.

resultsExternal perceived control, but not depressive symptoms, mediated the negative association between neighborhood disadvantage and cognition in the whole sample. Moderated mediation models showed a stronger neighborhood disadvantage-cognition association independent of the psychological mediators among Black participants and stronger associations between affluence and both psychological mediators among White participants. DISCUSSION: Psychosocial stress may be one pathway linking neighborhood disadvantage to dementia risk among diverse older adults. Future studies should characterize additional modifiable pathways, particularly for Black older adults, who also live in neighborhoods with greater disadvantage than White older adults, on average. Future studies should also investigate why neighborhood affluence may have stronger positive psychological and cognitive effects among White older adults than Black older adults, which could involve discrimination and racially patterned barriers to accessing neighborhood resources.

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CognitionCognitive AgingDepressionNeighborhood CharacteristicsStress, PsychologicalAgedAged, 80 and overBlack or African AmericanFemaleHumansInternal-External ControlMaleMichiganSocioeconomic FactorsWhiteAgingDepressionHealth disparitiesLocus of controlMental health

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PMID40297890
PMCPMC12150777

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