Positive and negative social exchanges and cognitive aging in young-old adults: Differential associations across family, friend, and spouse domains

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 28-43

  Windsor, Tim D ^a   Gerstorf, Denis ^b   Pearson, Elissa ^c   Ryan, Lindsay H ^d   Anstey, Kaarin J ^e  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cognitive aging; Social exchanges; Social relations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE AGING; DEPRESSION; DETERIORATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EPISODIC MEMORY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE SOCIAL EXCHANGE; PERCEPTION; POSITIVE SOCIAL EXCHANGE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPOUSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; SPOUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897880836     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035256     Document Type: Article

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