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Negative and Positive Psychosocial Factors in Relation to Cognitive Health in Older African Americans.

Maude WagnerAnne-Josée GuimondLaura D KubzanskyYingzhe ZhangDavid A BennettLisa L BarnesFrancine Grodstein
Published in: Innovation in aging (2022)
In older African Americans, we found that lower depressive symptoms and greater purpose in life were independently related to higher initial levels of global cognition, but not cognitive decline. Preliminary findings of higher global cognition in individuals with depressive symptoms but greater purpose in life merit further investigation if purpose may eventually be considered as an intervention.
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