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ArticleAlzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2025

Occupational position and complexity in relation to Black-White cognitive disparities.

Monica E Walters, Jordan D Palms, Brooke A Huizenga, Ketlyne Sol, Vivian Ku, Emily P Morris, Kiana A Scambray, Lauren Taylor, Laura B Zahodne

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Article in Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Multidimensional workplace stressors differentially impact cognitive trajectories.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  2. Occupational position and complexity in relation to Black-White cognitive disparities.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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9 authors.

Monica E WaltersDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0395-5868
Jordan D PalmsDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Brooke A HuizengaDepartment of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Ketlyne SolComprehensive Center for Brain Health, Department of Neurology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Boca Raton, Florida, USA.
Vivian KuDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Emily P MorrisDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Kiana A ScambrayDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Lauren TaylorDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Laura B ZahodneDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

Funding

Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (MICHR)UM1TR004404 · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · 2025 to 2025
$9.8M
Remote Data Enclave CoreP30AG012846 · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · 1999 to 2025
$5.1M
Research Education CoreP30AG024824 · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · 2004 to 2025
$4.4M
Mechanisms of inequalities in ADRD risk across race and place in the Michigan Cognitive Aging ProjectR01AG082307 · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · 2025 to 2025
$1.0M
Risk and resilience mechanisms underlying race disparities in ADRD: An examination of neighborhood resources, social networks, brain integrity, and cognitionK01AG073588 · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · 2025 to 2025
$123k
Clinical and Translational Science AwardsNCATS NIH HHS UM1 TR004404NIA NIH HHS K01AG073588NIA NIH HHS P30 AG012846NIA NIH HHS P30 AG024824NIA NIH HHS P30 AG053760NIA NIH HHS R01 AG082307NIH HHS UM1TR004404
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionOccupational characteristics are less commonly measured social determinants of health that may contribute to racial dementia disparities. We assessed whether occupational position (OP) or complexity (OC) mediated racial cognitive disparities.

methodsParticipants were Black and White older adults from the Michigan Cognitive Aging Project (MCAP) (n = 536; M

resultsBlack participants had low (vs high) OP, which predicted worse episodic memory and global cognition (4% to 7% mediated). OC did not mediate cognitive disparities. Disparities in cognition operated through inequities in OP, education, and income. Effects were driven by participants not currently working. DISCUSSION: Occupation may influence cognitive disparities primarily through socioeconomic, rather than cognitive stimulation, pathways. Policies targeting workforce inequities may reduce racial disparities in dementia risk. HIGHLIGHTS: OP mediated 4% to 7% of racial cognitive disparities. OC did not uniquely mediate racial cognitive disparities. Sequential mediation highlighted life course socioeconomic pathways of disparities. Socioeconomic factors more strongly relate to cognitive disparities than engagement. Findings were driven by participants who were not currently in the workforce.

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Black or African AmericanCognitionHealth Status DisparitiesOccupationsWhiteAgedFemaleHumansMaleMichiganMiddle AgedSocial Determinants of HealthSocioeconomic Factorsagingcognitioneducationepisodic memoryexecutive functioninghealth disparitieslanguageoccupational complexityoccupational positionO*NETprocessing speedsocial determinants of healthsocioeconomic statusstructural racismvisuospatial functioning

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PMID40760692
PMCPMC12321506

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