Investigating the Relationship Between Marital Status and Ethnicity on Neurocognitive Functioning in a Rural Older Population: A Project Frontier Study.
Jonathan P SingerPeter RerickLauren ElliottCarol FadallaElisabeth McLeanAlayna JumpVeronica Molinar-LopezVolker NeugebauerPublished in: The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences (2023)
Hispanics living in rural areas experience additional stressors that could lead to worse neurocognitive functioning, which is supported by the Lifespan Biopsychosocial Model of Cumulative Vulnerability and Minority Health, which postulates that race/ethnicity/SES-related stressors exacerbate the impact of other life stressors. Reduction of stress on rural Hispanics should be a priority as it could positively affect their neurocognitive functioning.