Later-Life Trajectories of Cognitive Functioning among Married and Widowed Older Men and Women of Mexican Origin.

Publisher: Springer Science+ Business Media Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 8700909 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1573-0719 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 01693816 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Cross Cult Gerontol Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: <2004->: New York : Springer Science+ Business Media
Original Publication: Dordrecht ; Boston : D. Reidel Pub. Co., c1986-

Cognition*; Cognitive Dysfunction/*ethnology ; Marital Status/*ethnology ; Mexican Americans/*psychology; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Female ; Health Status ; Humans ; Male ; Marriage/ethnology ; Marriage/psychology ; Sex Factors ; Social Environment ; Socioeconomic Factors ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Widowhood/ethnology ; Widowhood/psychology

Research on marital status-gender differences in later-life trajectories of cognitive functioning is scarce. Drawing on seven waves of data from the Hispanic Established Population for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly, this research uses growth curve models to examine later-life dynamics of cognitive functioning among married and widowed older men and women of Mexican descent (aged 65+; N = 3329). The findings demonstrate that the widowed, regardless of gender, had lower initial levels of cognition but a less steep cognitive decline across waves, compared to married men. Age and socioeconomic resources accounted for these marital status differences in levels and rates of change in cognitive functioning completely among widowed men and partially among widowed women. Moreover, net of all the factors, married women had a slower cognitive decline than married men. This study also shows that health and social integration might shape cognitive functioning among older adults of Mexican descent.

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Keywords: Cognitive functioning; Gender; Marital status; Mexican Americans; Older adults; Widowhood

Date Created: 20190805 Date Completed: 20200323 Latest Revision: 20200323

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