Social relationships, social support, and patterns of cognitive aging in healthy, high-functioning older adults: MacArthur studies of successful aging.

By T. Seeman, Tina M. Lusignolo, M. Albert, Lisa F. Berkman. Health Psychology, 2001

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Subfields: Health, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health

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Social Support and Successful Aging: Investigating the Relationships Between Lifetime Cognitive Change and Life Satisfaction (2007, background): “The review identified seven longitudinal observational studies investigating the association between social networks and cognition, yet only three of these (Bassuk, Glass, & Berkman, 1999; Seeman et al., 2001; Zunzunegui et al., 2003) dealt with the actual measurement of social ties or networks – th”
Social support and patient adherence to medical treatment: a meta-analysis. (2004, neutral): “esteem, and mood, as well as through reduced emotional conflict, interpersonal strain, distress, and depression (Alferi, Carver, Antoni, Weiss, & Duran, 2001; Allgower, Wardle, & Steptoe, 2001; DiMatteo et al., 2000; Druley & Townsend, 1998; Glasgow et al., 1989; Goodenow et al., 1990; Holahan, Moos”
The impact of social activities, social networks, social support and social relationships on the cognitive functioning of healthy older adults: a systematic review (2017, background): “Emotional support was associated with improvements on four out of five global cognition measures [21, 22, 32, 58, 76].”
Social and Emotional Aging (2010, result): “Similarly, in one study, better emotional support was prospectively linked to better cognitive performance eight years later (Seeman et al. 2001).”
Health, Quality of Life and Population Density: A Preliminary Study on “Contextualized” Quality of Life (2012, background): “Many studies report that integration and social support, which are higher in rural places, are positive predisposing factors to health status and decrease mortality risk (Giles et al. 2005; Seeman et al. 2001).”
Loneliness and risk of Alzheimer disease. (2007, result): “In these studies, larger social network,(1) being married,(2,3) engaging in activities that involve social interaction,(4-6) or some combination of these(7,8) have been associated with a decreased risk of dementia or cognitive decline, though some null results have been reported as well.(3,43,44) In”