TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of neighborhood stressors on cognitive function
T2 - A coordinated analysis
AU - Muñoz, Elizabeth
AU - Scott, Stacey B.
AU - Corley, Robin
AU - Wadsworth, Sally J.
AU - Sliwinski, Martin J.
AU - Reynolds, Chandra A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: The CATSLife is supported by a grant and administrative supplement from the National Institute on Aging ( NIA ; R01 AG046938 and AG046938-03S1 ; Reynolds & Wadsworth, MPIs). The CAP and the LTS have been funded across the years by numerous sources, including a CRCW grant from the University of Colorado ; National Institutes of Health grants HD010333 , HD18426 , MH43899 , HD036773 , DA05131 , DA011015 , DA046064 and DA042755 ; the Spencer and William T. Grant Foundations; and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The ECF-LTS is currently supported by MH063207 .
Funding Information:
Publicly available data from the MIDUS study was used for this research. Since 1995 the MIDUS study has been funded by the following: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network and the National Institute on Aging ( P01 AG020166 & U19 AG051426 ).
Funding Information:
The ESCAPE study was supported by National Institute of Health (NIH) grants R01 AG039409 , R01 AG042595 , P01 AG03949 , CTSA 1UL1TR001073 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) , the Leonard and Sylvia Marx Foundation , and the Czap Foundation .
Funding Information:
Funding: The CATSLife is supported by a grant and administrative supplement from the National Institute on Aging (NIA; R01 AG046938 and AG046938-03S1; Reynolds & Wadsworth, MPIs). The CAP and the LTS have been funded across the years by numerous sources, including a CRCW grant from the University of Colorado; National Institutes of Health grants HD010333, HD18426, MH43899, HD036773, DA05131, DA011015, DA046064 and DA042755; the Spencer and William T. Grant Foundations; and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The ECF-LTS is currently supported by MH063207. The ESCAPE study was supported by National Institute of Health (NIH) grants R01 AG039409, R01 AG042595, P01 AG03949, CTSA 1UL1TR001073 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), the Leonard and Sylvia Marx Foundation, and the Czap Foundation. Publicly available data from the MIDUS study was used for this research. Since 1995 the MIDUS study has been funded by the following: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network and the National Institute on Aging (P01 AG020166 & U19 AG051426). During data analysis and the preparation of the manuscript, Elizabeth Mu?oz was partly supported by NIA F32 AG056134 and by grant, P2CHD042849, Population Research Center, awarded to the Population Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
Funding Information:
During data analysis and the preparation of the manuscript, Elizabeth Muñoz was partly supported by NIA F32 AG056134 and by grant, P2CHD042849 , Population Research Center, awarded to the Population Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2020/11
Y1 - 2020/11
N2 - The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between perceived neighborhood stressors, encompassing negative perceived neighborhood characteristics, and specific cognitive abilities in adulthood. We conducted a coordinated analysis across three studies of adults in the United States and found that perceived neighborhood stressors were consistently associated with poorer performance on attention-demanding cognitive tasks. We specifically found that perceived neighborhood stressors were associated with lower performance in spatial abilities, working memory, and executive function but not perceptual speed, and that the effect was most consistent for lower perceived neighborhood safety followed by lower perceived aesthetic quality, greater perceived neighborhood crime, and lower perceived neighborhood cohesion. These results highlight the importance of the psychosocial neighborhood context for cognitive health in adulthood.
AB - The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between perceived neighborhood stressors, encompassing negative perceived neighborhood characteristics, and specific cognitive abilities in adulthood. We conducted a coordinated analysis across three studies of adults in the United States and found that perceived neighborhood stressors were consistently associated with poorer performance on attention-demanding cognitive tasks. We specifically found that perceived neighborhood stressors were associated with lower performance in spatial abilities, working memory, and executive function but not perceptual speed, and that the effect was most consistent for lower perceived neighborhood safety followed by lower perceived aesthetic quality, greater perceived neighborhood crime, and lower perceived neighborhood cohesion. These results highlight the importance of the psychosocial neighborhood context for cognitive health in adulthood.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.102442
DO - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.102442
M3 - Article
C2 - 32977302
AN - SCOPUS:85091200660
SN - 1353-8292
VL - 66
JO - Health and Place
JF - Health and Place
M1 - 102442
ER -