Testing bidirectionality in associations of Awareness of Age-Related gains and losses with physical, mental, and cognitive functioning across 1 year

• Verfasst von: Sabatini, Serena [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Wahl, Hans-Werner [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Diehl, Manfred [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Clare, Linda [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Ballard, Clive [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Brooker, Helen [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Corbett, Anne [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Hampshire, Adam [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Stephan, Blossom C M [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Testing bidirectionality in associations of Awareness of Age-Related gains and losses with physical, mental, and cognitive functioning across 1 year
• Titelzusatz: the role of age
• Verf.angabe: Serena Salbatini, PhD, Hans-Werner Wahl, PhD, Manfred Diehl, PhD, Linda Clare, PhD, Clive Ballard, MD, Helen Brooker, BSc, Anne Corbett, PhD, Adam Hampshire, PhD, and Blossom C.M. Stephan PhD
• E-Jahr: 2023
• Jahr: December 2023
• Umfang: 11 S.
• Fussnoten: Veröffentlicht: 6 October 2023 ; Gesehen am 08.01.2024
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: The journals of gerontology / B
• Ort Quelle: Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 1995
• Jahr Quelle: 2023
• Band/Heft Quelle: 78(2023), 12 vom: Dez., Seite 2026-2036
• ISSN Quelle: 1758-5368
• DOI: doi:10.1093/geronb/gbad150
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 187740215X

Abstract

The bidirectionality between self-perceptions of aging and health-related outcomes may depend on age group. Therefore, we tested such bidirectionality among individuals in late midlife (50-64 years), young-old age (65-74 years), and old-old age (75+ years), taking advantage of the construct of Awareness of Age-Related Change (AARC) and its 2-dimensionality in terms of AARC-gains and AARC-losses. Various conceptualizations of physical, mental, and cognitive functioning were used as outcomes.Data from 2 measurement occasions (2019 and 2020) from the UK PROTECT study for individuals in late midlife (N = 2,385), young-old age (N = 2,430), and old-old age (N = 539) were used. Data on self-reported functional difficulties, depression, anxiety, and performance on four computerized cognitive tasks (i.e., verbal reasoning, paired associate learning, self-ordered search, and digit span) providing a score for verbal reasoning and a score for working memory were analyzed using cross-lagged panel models.Across all 3 age groups, the bidirectional associations of AARC-gains with indicators of functioning were not significant, whereas higher AARC-losses significantly predicted slightly greater functional difficulties and higher depression and anxiety levels. Higher AARC-losses predicted slightly poorer Verbal Reasoning only in old-old age and poorer Working Memory predicted slightly higher AARC-losses only in young-old age. The remaining associations of AARC-losses with cognitive tasks were not statistically significant.In accordance with previous research targeting other indicators of self-perceptions of aging, this study supported a stronger impact of AARC-losses on indicators of physical functioning and mental health than vice versa from midlife to old-old age.