Associations Among Loneliness, Purpose in Life and Subjective Cognitive Decline in Ethnoracially Diverse Older Adults Living in the United States

Celina F. Pluim; Juliana A.U. Anzai; Jairo E. Martinez; Diana Munera; Ana Paola Garza-Naveda; Clara Vila-Castelar; Edmarie Guzmán-Vélez; Liliana Ramirez-Gomez; Julian Bustin; Cecilia M. Serrano; Ganesh M. Babulal; Maira Okada de Oliveira; Yakeel T. Quiroz

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Associations Among Loneliness, Purpose in Life and Subjective Cognitive Decline in Ethnoracially Diverse Older Adults Living in the United States

Celina F. Pluim, Juliana A.U. Anzai, Jairo E. Martinez, Diana Munera, Ana Paola Garza-Naveda, Clara Vila-Castelar, Edmarie Guzmán-Vélez, Liliana Ramirez-Gomez, Julian Bustin, Cecilia M. Serrano, Ganesh M. Babulal, Maira Okada de Oliveira, Yakeel T. Quiroz

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Subjective cognitive decline (SCD), which precedes Mild Cognitive Impairment and dementia, may be affected by purpose in life (PiL) and loneliness in older adults. We investigated associations among PiL, loneliness, and SCD in US Latino (n = 126), Black (n = 74), Asian (n = 33), and White (n = 637) adults. Higher PiL predicted lower SCD in all groups (p-values <.012), except Black participants. Lower loneliness predicted lower SCD in Latino and White groups (p-values <.05), and PiL moderated this association in White adults. PiL and loneliness may play important roles in cognitive decline. Differential predictors of SCD suggest differential targets for preventing cognitive decline and dementia across ethnoracial groups.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	376-386
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Applied Gerontology
Volume	42
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648221139479
State	Published - Mar 2023

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Latinos
loneliness
mild cognitive impairment
purpose in life
social isolation
subjective cognitive decline

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Pluim, C. F., Anzai, J. A. U., Martinez, J. E., Munera, D., Garza-Naveda, A. P., Vila-Castelar, C., Guzmán-Vélez, E., Ramirez-Gomez, L., Bustin, J., Serrano, C. M., Babulal, G. M., Okada de Oliveira, M., & Quiroz, Y. T. (2023). Associations Among Loneliness, Purpose in Life and Subjective Cognitive Decline in Ethnoracially Diverse Older Adults Living in the United States. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 42(3), 376-386. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648221139479

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