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ArticleAlzheimer's & dementia. Behavior & socioeconomics of aging2025

Is to persevere dangerous for brain health? Effect of active coping and grit on subjective cognitive decline in Black American males.

Darlingtina K Esiaka, Candidus Nwakasi, Chizobam Nweke, Roland J Thorpe, Elizabeth Luth

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Article in Alzheimer's & dementia. Behavior & socioeconomics of aging, 2025. 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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5 authors.

Darlingtina K EsiakaDepartment of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9214-5677
Candidus NwakasiDepartment of Human Development and Family Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5727-1694
Chizobam NwekeDepartment of Human Development and Family Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-5029-2232
Roland J ThorpeProgram for Research on Men's Health, Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Elizabeth LuthDepartment of Family Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1496-1235

Funding

Why Place MattersU54MD000214 · NIMHD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI THORPE, ROLAND J. · 2017 to 2022
$8.8M
The Johns Hopkins Alzheimer's Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research - Research Ed ComponentP30AG059298 · NIA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI MARILYN S. ALBERT · 2018 to 2026
$7.1M
Stress and Mortality Among Black MenK02AG059140 · NIA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI THORPE, ROLAND J. · 2018 to 2022
$1.1M
Enhanced Dementia Instruction and Tool in Home Hospice Care (EDITH-HC)R00AG065624 · NIA · RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL/HEALTH SCIENCES-RBHS · PI LUTH, ELIZABETH · 2021 to 2023
$730k
Summer Training Program in Integrative Methods for Mental and Physical HealthR25MH136652 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Briana Mezuk · 2024 to 2026
$441k
Black Men's Brain Health and Aging, Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias: Life Course PerspectivesR13AG071313 · NIA · GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Maria C Carrillo, MONICA G. RIVERA-MINDT · 2021 to 2026
$299k
Early Characterization of Cognitive Status and AD Risk in African American MenR00AG078286 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI ESIAKA, DARLINGTINA · 2024 to 2024
$249k
Enhanced Dementia Instruction and Tool in Home Hospice Care (EDITH-HC)K99AG065624 · NIA · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI LUTH, ELIZABETH · 2020 to 2020
$96k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: One strategy for early detection of risk of dementia is identification of subjective cognitive decline (SCD). However, there is a paucity of data examining the intricate interplay between active coping, grit, and SCD within the context of Black male's experiences. Methods: One hundred and thirty-eight Black American males completed standardized measures assessing SCD, active coping, grit, and demographic characteristics. Linear regression analyses were performed and standardized beta coefficients were reported to describe the estimated independent and interaction effect of the predictor variables. Results: We found that active coping ( Discussion: Our findings underscore the need to examine risk and protective factors against cognitive decline in Black American males.

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ADRD riskbrain healthcognitive declinecognitive functioningmemory

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PMCPMC13411303

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