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Longitudinal Socioemotional Pathways between Retrospective Early Life Maternal Relationship Quality and Episodic Memory in Older Adulthood
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Sharifian, Neika; Kraal, A. Zarina; Zaheed, Afsara B.; Sol, Ketlyne; Zahodne, Laura B. – Developmental Psychology, 2019
Prior research suggests that social relations may play a role in explaining individual differences in cognitive functioning in older adulthood. In particular, early life maternal relationship quality (MRQ) has been shown to be a strong predictor of later-life socioemotional outcomes and may also contribute to later-life cognitive outcomes. The…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Individual Differences, Cognitive Ability, Child Development
Sense of Purpose as a Psychological Resource for Aging Well
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Windsor, Tim D.; Curtis, Rachel G.; Luszcz, Mary A. – Developmental Psychology, 2015
Having a sense of purpose is recognized as an important resource for maintaining health and well-being over the life span. We examined associations of individual differences in sense of purpose with levels and rates of change in indices of aging well (health, cognition, and depressive symptoms) in a sample of 1,475 older adults (M[subscript age] =…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Well Being, Individual Differences, Scores