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ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2025

Patterns of Perceived Control That Buffer Against Cognitive Decline in Midlife and Old Age.

Jeremy M Hamm, Jennifer R Turner, Margie E Lachman, Laura M Klepacz, Matthew J Pierce, Kelly Parker

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Article in The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  2. 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 · 2026
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Jeremy M HammDepartment of Psychology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1672-0868
Jennifer R TurnerDepartment of Psychology, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, Hawaii, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1105-9094
Margie E LachmanDepartment of Psychology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.
Laura M KlepaczDepartment of Psychology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, USA.
Matthew J PierceDepartment of Psychology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, USA.
Kelly ParkerDepartment of Psychology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9233-2541

Funding

U19 MIDlife in the United States-Diversity Supplement-WellsU19AG051426 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI CAROL D. RYFF · 2016 to 2026
$74.8M
STATISTICS COREP01AG020166 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI RYFF, CAROL D. · 2002 to 2015
$50.6M
Integrative Pathways to Cognitive, Affective, and Brain HealthU01AG077928 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Sterling C Johnson, MARGIE E LACHMAN · 2022 to 2026
$17.7M
Perceived Control and Cognitive Aging: Pathways to Preserve Cognitive Functioning and Reduce Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease in Socioeconomically Diverse PopulationsR01AG075117 · NIA · NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI HAMM, JEREMY · 2022 to 2025
$1.7M
MacArthur Foundation Research Network P01-AG020166; U19-AG051426; U01-AG077928NIA NIH HHS Grant R01AG075117NIA NIH HHS P01 AG020166NIA NIH HHS R01 AG075117NIA NIH HHS U01 AG077928NIA NIH HHS U19 AG051426
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe relationship between domain-general or global perceptions of control and cognition is well-established. However, little is known about how these domain-general beliefs combine with domain-specific perceptions in central life domains to form multifaceted patterns of control that may buffer against cognitive declines in midlife and old age.

methodsWe used 9-year data from the Midlife in the United States Study (n = 2,734, Mage = 55 years, range = 33-83; 58% female) to identify profiles of domain-general (personal mastery, perceived constraints) and domain-specific control over central life domains (health, work, finances, others' welfare, child relationships, and partner relationship). We subsequently assessed profile differences in 9-year trajectories of cognitive aging and whether these differences became pronounced in old age.

resultsFactor mixture models showed that 4 common profiles emerged: low control, family control, work control, and domain-specific control. Autoregressive ANCOVAs showed the family control and work control profiles experienced the least 9-year decline in executive functioning (F3,2330 = 3.46, p = .016). Moderation models showed the family control profile experienced less decline in executive functioning than the work control profile, but only in old age (b = -0.006, p = .020). Supplemental analyses showed profile differences in cognitive aging were (a) mediated by theory-derived process variables (positive and negative affect) and (b) extended to a broader suite of health-related developmental outcomes (functional limitations, chronic conditions, and mortality). DISCUSSION: Findings inform lifespan theories of development by documenting meaningful patterns of domain-general and domain-specific control that have implications for healthy cognitive aging.

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AgingCognitive AgingCognitive DysfunctionExecutive FunctionSelf-ControlAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedUnited StatesCognitive agingControl belief profilesDomain-specificLatent profile analysisPerson-centered approach

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PMID40394865
PMCPMC12202204

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