Perceptions of societal ageism and declines in subjective memory during the COVID-19 pandemic: Longitudinal evidence from US adults aged ≥55 years

IF 4 1区 社会学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2022-08-07 DOI:10.1111/josi.12544
Ella Cohn-Schwartz, Jessica M. Finlay, Lindsay C. Kobayashi
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The cognitive health of older adults since the COVID-19 pandemic onset is unclear, as is the potential impact of pandemic-associated societal ageism on perceived cognition. We investigated associations between perceptions of societal ageism and changes in subjective memory over a 10-month period during the COVID-19 pandemic. We collected longitudinal data from monthly online questionnaires in the nationwide COVID-19 Coping Study of US adults aged ≥55 from April 2020 to January 2021 (N = 4444). We analyzed the data using multivariable longitudinal multilevel models. We identified an overall decline in subjective memory, especially in the initial months of the pandemic. Adults who perceived that societal respect for older adults decreased during the pandemic experienced more rapid declines in their subjective memory. These findings suggest that aging adults perceived a decline in their memory, especially during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Societal interventions to combat ageism may help improve subjective memory and could decrease risk for cognitive decline among middle-aged and older adults.

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COVID-19大流行期间对社会年龄歧视和主观记忆下降的看法:来自年龄≥55岁的美国成年人的纵向证据
自2019冠状病毒病大流行以来,老年人的认知健康状况尚不清楚,与大流行相关的社会年龄歧视对感知认知的潜在影响也不清楚。我们调查了在COVID-19大流行期间10个月期间对社会年龄歧视的看法与主观记忆变化之间的关系。我们收集了2020年4月至2021年1月期间全美年龄≥55岁的美国成年人COVID-19应对研究(N = 4444)的月度在线问卷的纵向数据。我们使用多变量纵向多水平模型分析数据。我们发现主观记忆总体下降,特别是在大流行的最初几个月。认为在疫情期间社会对老年人的尊重有所下降的成年人,其主观记忆下降得更快。这些发现表明,老年人的记忆力有所下降,尤其是在COVID-19大流行的最初几个月。对抗年龄歧视的社会干预可能有助于改善主观记忆,并可能降低中老年人认知能力下降的风险。
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期刊介绍: Published for The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), the Journal of Social Issues (JSI) brings behavioral and social science theory, empirical evidence, and practice to bear on human and social problems. Each issue of the journal focuses on a single topic - recent issues, for example, have addressed poverty, housing and health; privacy as a social and psychological concern; youth and violence; and the impact of social class on education.
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