ArticlePsychology and aging2018
Perceived control and cognition in adulthood: The mediating role of physical activity.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Physical Activity and Cognitive Decline Among Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2024Pooled it
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- Coupled Changes in Daily Control Beliefs and Cognition: Variations by Education and Income.International journal of behavioral development · 2026Article
- Coordinated outcome-wide analytic methodology for multi-wave analyses of the global flourishing study.BMC global and public health · 2026Article
- Perceived control buffers against variability in day-to-day cognition in midlife and older age.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2026Article
- Perceived uncontrollability as a potential mechanism of parental child abuse predicting executive dysfunction in adulthood 18 years later: Replication across two studies.Developmental psychology · 2025Article
- Mapping demographic variations in sense of mastery across the world a cross-national analysis of 22 countries in the global flourishing study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Patterns of Perceived Control That Buffer Against Cognitive Decline in Midlife and Old Age.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025Article
- Connecting underlying factors in the associations between perceived neighborhood social environments and type 2 Diabetes: Serial mediation analyses.Diabetes research and clinical practice · 2025Article
- Characterizing the childhood roots of adult sense of mastery across 22 countries in the global flourishing study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Characterizing Cognitive Dispersion and Its Correlates Across the Adult Lifespan in MIDUS.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025Article
- Analytic methodology for childhood predictor analyses for wave 1 of the Global Flourishing Study.BMC global and public health · 2025Article
- Mastering the canvas of life: Identifying the antecedents of sense of control using a lagged exposure-wide approach.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2025Article
- When and how perceived control buffers against cognitive declines: A moderated mediation analysis.Psychology and aging · 2025Article
- Combinations of light, moderate, and vigorous physical activity in midlife and old age: implications for healthy cognitive aging.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2025Article
- The psychosocial anti-inflammatories: Sense of control, purpose in life, and social support in relation to inflammation, functional health and chronic conditions in adulthood.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2024Article
- Increased frequency of light physical activity during midlife and old age buffers against cognitive declines.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2024Article
- Discrimination and Cardiovascular Health in Black Americans: Exploring Inflammation as a Mechanism and Perceived Control as a Protective Factor.Psychosomatic medicine · 2024Article
- Towards a neurocomputational account of social controllability: From models to mental health.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2023Review
- Personality Change Profiles and Changes in Cognition Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults.Journal of research in personality · 2021Article
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Abstract
The cognitive benefits of a greater sense of control are well-established; however, only recently have the mechanisms involved in this relationship been explored. Because of its well-established cognitive benefits and positive relationship to perceived control, physical activity has been suggested as a potential mediator. However, with age, not only does cognition tend to decline, but so does one's perception of control and their level of physical activity. Therefore, it is important to understand the relationship between these variables from a life span perspective. The goal of the current study was to expand on past work that investigated physical activity as a mediator between perceived control and change in cognition across 4 years to a multi-decade perspective that examines these variables as they change from midlife to older adulthood. To do so, we used longitudinal data across 20 years from the Midlife in the United States Study. Our results show that perceiving more control over one's life predicted less decline in cognition 20 years later, and this relationship was mediated by an increase in physical activity. We consider limitations and future directions to further our understanding of the role of physical activity in the relationship between perceived control and cognitive aging. (PsycINFO Database Record
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