IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/eujoag/v18y2021i4d10.1007_s10433-021-00616-8.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Associations between social burden, perceived stress, and diurnal cortisol profiles in older adults: implications for cognitive aging

Author

Listed:
  • Anna Pretscher

    (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg)

  • Saskia Kauzner

    (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg)

  • Nicolas Rohleder

    (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg)

  • Linda Becker

    (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg)

Abstract

Stress can be a risk factor for mental and physical health. We investigated the role of social burden as a potential stressor in older age and its associations with cognitive aging (i.e., within the domains inhibition and cognitive flexibility of executive functioning). Eighty-three older adults (N = 38 male, mean age = 74.0 ± 5.7 years, body-mass index = 25.5 ± 4.1 kg/m2) aged 64 years or older participated. Cognitive flexibility and inhibition were assessed by means of a Trail-Making Test (TMT) and a Stroop task. Perceived levels of social burden and perceived stress in general were assessed via standardized questionnaires. Furthermore, diurnal cortisol profiles were assessed. Overall, older participants showed lower cognitive performance than the younger (both inhibition and cognitive flexibility; p

Suggested Citation

  • Anna Pretscher & Saskia Kauzner & Nicolas Rohleder & Linda Becker, 2021. "Associations between social burden, perceived stress, and diurnal cortisol profiles in older adults: implications for cognitive aging," European Journal of Ageing, Springer, vol. 18(4), pages 575-590, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eujoag:v:18:y:2021:i:4:d:10.1007_s10433-021-00616-8
    DOI: 10.1007/s10433-021-00616-8
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10433-021-00616-8
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1007/s10433-021-00616-8?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Friedman, Esther M. & Karlamangla, Arun S. & Almeida, David M. & Seeman, Teresa E., 2012. "Social strain and cortisol regulation in midlife in the US," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 74(4), pages 607-615.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Huiyuan Lu & Zhengyong Shang & Yanling Ruan & Linlin Jiang, 2023. "Study on Urban Expansion and Population Density Changes Based on the Inverse S-Shaped Function," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(13), pages 1-19, July.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Amar Hamoudi & Jenna Nobles, 2014. "Do Daughters Really Cause Divorce? Stress, Pregnancy, and Family Composition," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 51(4), pages 1423-1449, August.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:eujoag:v:18:y:2021:i:4:d:10.1007_s10433-021-00616-8. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.