Which social network or support factors are associated with cognitive abilities in old age?

Gerontology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 454-463

  Gow, Alan J ^a   Corley, Janie ^b   Starr, John M ^a,b   Deary, Ian J ^a,b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Cognitive ageing; Loneliness; Social networks; Social support

Indexed keywords

AGED; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SEX; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; AGING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

AGED; AGING; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84883457476     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000351265     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Fratiglioni L, Paillard-Borg S, Winblad B: An active and socially integrated lifestyle in late life might protect against dementia. Lancet Neurol 2004; 3: 343-353.
2. Zunzunegui M-V, Alvarado BE, Del Ser T, Otero A: Social networks, social integration, and social engagement determine cognitive decline in community-dwelling spanish older adults. J Gerontol 2003; 58B:S93-S100.
3. Seeman TE, Lusignolo TM, Albert M, Berkman L: Social relationships, social support, and patterns of cognitive aging in healthy, high-functioning older adults: Macarthur studies of successful aging. Health Psychol 2001; 20: 243-255.
4. Gow AJ, Pattie A, Whiteman MC, Whalley LJ, Deary IJ: Social support and successful aging: Investigating the relationships between lifetime cognitive change and life satisfaction. J Individ Diff 2007; 28: 103-115.
5. Bassuk SS, Glass TA, Berkman LF: Social disengagement and incident cognitive decline in community-dwelling elderly persons. Ann Intern Med 1999; 131: 165-173.
6. Berkman LF, Syme L: Social networks, host resistance, and mortality: A nine-year followup study of alameda county residents. Am J Epidemiol 1979; 109: 186-204.
7. House JS, Landis KR, Umberson D: Social relationships and health. Science 1988; 241: 540- 545.
8. House JS, Robbins C, Metzner HL: The association of social relationships and activities with mortality: Prospective evidence from the Tecumseh community health study. Am J Epidemiol 1982; 116: 123-140.
9. Wan TTH: Stressful Life Events, Social-Support Networks, and Gerontological Health. Lexington, Lexington Books, 1982.
10. van Gelder BM, Tijhuis M, Kalmijn S, Giampaoli S, Nissinen A, Kromhout D: Marital status and living situation during a 5-year period are associated with a subsequent 10-year cognitive decline in older men: The FINE study. J Gerontol Psychol Sci 2006; 61B:213-219.
11. Fratiglioni L, Wang H-X, Ericsson K, Maytan M, Winblad B: Influence of social network on occurrence of dementia: A community-based longitudinal study. The Lancet 2000; 355: 1315- 1319.
12. Helmer C, Damon D, Letenneur L, Fabrigoule C, Barberger-Gateau P, Lafont S, Fuhrer R, Antonucci T, Commenges D, Orgogozo JM, Dartigues JF: Marital status and risk of Alzheimer's disease. Neurology 1999; 53: 1953- 1958.
13. Berkman LF: Which influences cognitive function: Living alone or being alone? Lancet 2000; 355: 1291-1292.
14. Wills TA: Social support and interpersonal relationships; in Clark MS (ed): Prosocial Behavior. London, Sage Publications, 1991.
15. Cohen S, Wills TA: Stress, social support, and the buffering hypothesis. Psychol Bull 1985; 98: 310-357.
16. Stroebe W: Social Psychology and Health, ed 2. Buckingham, Open University Press, 2000.
17. Hertzog C, Kramer AF, Wilson RS, Lindenberger U: Enrichment effects on adult cognitive development: Can the functional capacity of older adults be preserved and enhanced? Psychol Sci Publ Interest 2009; 9: 1-65.
18. Barnes LL, Mendes de Leon CF, Wilson RS, Bienias JL, Evans DA: Social resources and cognitive decline in a population of older African Americans and whites. Neurology 2004; 63: 2322-2326.
19. Schooler C, Mulatu MS, Oates G: Occupational self-direction, intellectual functioning, and self-directed orientation in older workers: Findings and implications for individuals and societies. Am J Sociol 2004; 110: 161-197.
20. Gow AJ, Johnson W, Pattie A, Brett CE, Roberts B, Starr JM, Deary IJ: Stability and change in intelligence from age 11 to ages 70, 79 and 87: The Lothian Birth Cohorts of 1921 and 1936. Psychol Aging 2011; 26: 232-240.
21. Johnson W, Gow AJ, Corley J, Starr JM, Deary IJ: Location in cognitive and residential space at age 70 reflects a lifelong trait over parental and environmental circumstances: The Lothian Birth Cohort 1936. Intelligence 2010; 38: 402-411.
22. Gow AJ, Corley J, Starr JM, Deary IJ: Reverse causation in activity-cognitive ability associations: The Lothian Birth Cohort 1936. Psychol Aging 2012; 27: 250-255.
23. Corley J, Gow AJ, Starr JM, Deary IJ: Smoking, childhood IQ, and cognitive function in old age. J Psychosom Res 2012; 73: 132-138.
24. Taylor MD, Hart CL, Davey Smith G, Whalley LJ, Hole DJ, Wilson V, Deary IJ: Childhood IQ and marriage by mid-life: The Scottish Mental Survey 1932 and the midspan studies. Pers Indiv Diff 2005; 38: 1621-1630.
25. Deary IJ, Gow AJ, Pattie A, Starr JM: Cohort profile: The Lothian Birth Cohorts of 1921 and 1936. Int J Epidemiol 2012;in press
26. Scottish Council for Research in Education: The Trend of Scottish Intelligence. London, University of London Press, 1949.
27. Wechsler D: WAIS-III UK Administration and Scoring Manual. London, Psychological Corporation, 1998.
28. Wechsler D: WMS-III UK Administration and Scoring Manual. London, Psychological Corporation, 1998.
29. Cox BD, Huppert FA, Whichelow MJ: The Health and Lifestyle Survey: Seven Years On. Aldershot, Dartmouth, 1993.
30. Deary IJ, Simonotto E, Meyer M, Marshall A, Marshall I, Goddard N, Wardlaw JM: Functional anatomy of inspection time: An eventrelated FMRI study. NeuroImage 2004; 22: 1466-1479.
31. Luciano M, Gow AJ, Harris SE, Hayward C, Allerhand M, Starr JM, Visscher PM, Deary IJ: Cognitive ability at age 11 and 70 years, information processing speed, and apoe variation: The Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 study. Psychol Aging 2009; 24: 129-138.
32. Corley J, Jia X, Kyle JAM, Gow AJ, Brett CE, Starr JM, McNeill G, Deary IJ: Caffeine consumption and cognitive function at age 70: The Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 study. Psychosom Med 2010; 72: 206-214.
33. Starr JM, Deary IJ, Macintyre S: Associations with successful ageing in the 'healthy old people in Edinburgh' cohort: Being well, fit and healthy. Aging Clin Exp Res 2003; 15: 336-342.
34. Sarason IG, Sarason BR, Shearin EN, Pierce GR: A brief measure of social support: Practical and theoretical implications. J Soc Pers Relationships 1987; 4: 497-510.
35. Seeman TE, Berkman LF: Structural characteristics of social networks and their relationship with social support in the elderly: Who provides support. Soc Sci Med 1988; 26: 737-749.
36. Office of Population Censuses and Surveys: Classification of Occupations 1980. London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1980.
37. Zigmond AS, Snaith RP: The hospital anxiety and depression scale. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1983; 67: 361-370.
38. Beland F, Zunzunegui M-V, Alvarado B, Otero A, Del Ser T: Trajectories of cognitive decline and social relations. J Gerontol Psychol Sci 2005; 60B:320-330.
39. Uchino BN, Cacioppo JT, Kiecolt-Glaser JK: The relationship between social support and physiological processes: A review with emphasis on underlying mechanisms and implications for health. Psychol Bull 1996; 119: 488- 531.
40. Shankar A, McMunn A, Banks J, Steptoe A: Loneliness, social isolation, and behavioral and biological health indicators in older adults. Health Psychol 2011; 30: 377-385.