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ArticleJournal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society2026

How Race, Gender, and Cohort Shape Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Americans.

James Iveniuk, Lissette M Piedra, Ashwin Kotwal, Jocelyn Wilder, Louise Hawkley

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Article in Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society, 2026. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Social connection and cognitive health: A review of concepts, measures, and research priorities.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

James IveniukUniversity of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Lissette M PiedraUniversity of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5201-5170
Ashwin KotwalUniversity of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Jocelyn WilderUniversity of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Louise HawkleyUniversity of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

Funding

National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project: Round 5R01AG048511 · NIA · NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER · PI LINDA J WAITE · 2014 to 2026
$49.5M
National Social Life, Health and Aging: Wave 4R01AG043538 · NIA · NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER · PI LINDA J WAITE · 2013 to 2026
$42.7M
National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project: Anaylsis of Wave 1 and Wave 2R37AG030481 · NIA · NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER · PI WAITE, LINDA J · 2008 to 2017
$15.4M
Enhancing NSHAP Caregiving & Social Network Measures to Contextualize Aging & Family Caregiving of AD/ADRD among English- and Spanish-speaking Latino Older AdultsR56AG083174 · NIA · NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER · PI PIEDRA, LISSETTE · 2023 to 2024
$1.3M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG043538NIA NIH HHS R01 AG048511NIA NIH HHS R37 AG030481NIA NIH HHS R56 AG083174
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Older adults' social lives vary by ethno-racial groups, gender, and cohort, and these differences may widen over time. This study used data from four rounds (2005-2023) of the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP;

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COVID-19LonelinessSocial IsolationAgedAged, 80 and overAgingBlack or African AmericanCohort StudiesFemaleHispanic or LatinoHumansMaleSex FactorsUnited StatesWhitedisparitiesgenderlonelinesslongitudinal methodsrace

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PMID40717038
PMCPMC12440364

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