Journal article
Family Relationships and Cognitive Function Among Community-Dwelling US Chinese Older Adults
Research on aging, Vol.43(1), pp.37-46
01/01/2021
DOI: 10.1177/0164027520939250
PMCID: PMC8626163
PMID: 32672093
Abstract
A broad literature has explored racial disparities in cognitive aging. Research incorporating sociocultural factors would provide a more comprehensive understanding of minority aging. This study aims to investigate the role of family typology in cognition among U.S. Chinese immigrants. Data were derived from the Population Study of Chinese Elderly in Chicago (PINE). Family typology included tight-knit, unobligated ambivalent, commanding conflicted, and detached typologies. Cognition was evaluated by global cognition, episodic memory, working memory, executive function, and mini-mental state examination (MMSE). Linear and quantile regressions were used. Older adults with detached and commanding conflicted typologies reported lower global cognition than those with unobligated ambivalent typology. Detached, commanding conflicted, and tight-knit typologies were associated with poorer performance in episodic memory, working memory and MMSE than unobligated ambivalent typology, respectively. Social service providers could be aware of multifaceted family relationships when developing interventions for cognitive function and understand family typology as a whole.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Family Relationships and Cognitive Function Among Community-Dwelling US Chinese Older Adults
- Creators
- Mengting Li - Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyMan Guo - University of IowaMeredith Stensland - University of IowaXinQi Dong - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Research on aging, Vol.43(1), pp.37-46
- DOI
- 10.1177/0164027520939250
- PMID
- 32672093
- PMCID
- PMC8626163
- NLM abbreviation
- Res Aging
- ISSN
- 0164-0275
- eISSN
- 1552-7573
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 10
- Grant note
- R01MD006173 / National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Minority Health & Health Disparities (NIMHD) P30AG059304; R01AG042318 / National Institute on Aging; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA) R34MH100443 / National Institute of Mental Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) AARG-NTF-20-684568 / Alzheimer's Association R01NR014846 / National Institute of Nursing Research; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2021
- Academic Unit
- School of Social Work
- Record Identifier
- 9984307257502771
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