[HTML][HTML] A review of the literature on wellbeing and modifiable dementia risk factors

EC Willroth, GN Pfund, PD Rule, PL Hill, A John… - Ageing research …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Wellbeing—defined broadly as experiencing one's life as enjoyable and fulfilling—has been
associated with lower risk for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The mechanisms …

Well-being as a protective factor against cognitive decline and dementia: A review of the literature and directions for future research

EC Willroth, GN Pfund, C McGhee… - The Journals of …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Objectives Treatments that target the biological causes of dementia remain limited, making
prevention critically important. Well-being—defined broadly as living in accordance with …

Loneliness in midlife: Historical increases and elevated levels in the United States compared with Europe.

FJ Infurna, NEY Dey, T Gonzalez Avilés… - American …, 2024‏ - psycnet.apa.org
Loneliness is gaining attention globally as a public health issue because elevated
loneliness increases one's risk for depression, compromised immunity, chronic illness, and …

Effect of purpose in life on the relation between Alzheimer disease pathologic changes on cognitive function in advanced age

PA Boyle, AS Buchman, RS Wilson, L Yu… - Archives of general …, 2012‏ - jamanetwork.com
Context Purpose in life is associated with a substantially reduced risk of Alzheimer disease
(AD), but the neurobiologic basis of this protective effect remains unknown. Objective To test …

Aging and subjective well-being in later life

S Jivraj, J Nazroo, B Vanhoutte… - Journals of Gerontology …, 2014‏ - academic.oup.com
Objectives. This paper examines age-related changes in subjective well-being (SWB) in
later life using multiple measures that cover eudemonic, evaluative, and affective …

The relationship between change in self-perceptions of aging and physical functioning in older adults.

KA Sargent-Cox, KJ Anstey, MA Luszcz - Psychology and aging, 2012‏ - psycnet.apa.org
Negative self-perceptions of aging (SPA) have been linked to poor physical health and
functioning outcomes in late life, yet the direction of this relationship remain unclear. Using …

The influence of cognitive decline on well-being in old age.

RS Wilson, PA Boyle, E Segawa, L Yu… - Psychology and …, 2013‏ - psycnet.apa.org
This study addressed the hypothesis that late life cognitive decline leads to loss of well-
being. Participants are older persons from the Rush Memory and Aging Project. Beginning …

Neuroticism and extraversion in youth predict mental wellbeing and life satisfaction 40 years later

CR Gale, T Booth, R Mõttus, D Kuh, IJ Deary - Journal of research in …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Neuroticism and Extraversion are linked with current wellbeing, but it is unclear whether
these traits in youth predict wellbeing decades later. We applied structural equation …

[HTML][HTML] The dynamic relationship between cognitive function and positive well-being in older people: a prospective study using the English Longitudinal Study of …

M Allerhand, CR Gale, IJ Deary - Psychology and aging, 2014‏ - psycnet.apa.org
There is evidence that having a stronger sense of positive well-being may be a potential
resource for healthier aging as represented by slower physical decline, reduced risk of frailty …

Decline in life satisfaction in old age: longitudinal evidence for links to distance-to-death.

D Gerstorf, N Ram, C Röcke, U Lindenberger… - Psychology and …, 2008‏ - psycnet.apa.org
Using 12-year longitudinal data from deceased participants of the Berlin Aging Study (N=
414; age 70–103 years, at first occasion; M= 87 years, SD= 8.13), the authors examined …