Journal
RESEARCH ON AGING
Volume 43, Issue 1, Pages 37-46Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0164027520939250
Keywords
family relationship; cognitive function; episodic memory; working memory; executive function; mini-mental state examination
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- Alzheimer's Association [AARG-NTF-20-684568]
- National Institute on Aging [P30AG059304, R01AG042318]
- National Institute of Nursing Research [R01NR014846]
- National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities [R01MD006173]
- National Institute of Mental Health [R34MH100443]
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This study investigated the impact of family typology on cognition among U.S. Chinese immigrants, finding that older adults with detached and commanding conflicted typologies had lower global cognition. Family typology was associated with episodic memory, working memory, and MMSE performance, highlighting the importance of considering multifaceted family relationships in interventions for cognitive function.
A broad literature has explored racial disparities in cognitive aging. Research incorporating sociocultural factors would provide a more comprehensive understanding of minority aging. This study aims to investigate the role of family typology in cognition among U.S. Chinese immigrants. Data were derived from the Population Study of Chinese Elderly in Chicago (PINE). Family typology included tight-knit, unobligated ambivalent, commanding conflicted, and detached typologies. Cognition was evaluated by global cognition, episodic memory, working memory, executive function, and mini-mental state examination (MMSE). Linear and quantile regressions were used. Older adults with detached and commanding conflicted typologies reported lower global cognition than those with unobligated ambivalent typology. Detached, commanding conflicted, and tight-knit typologies were associated with poorer performance in episodic memory, working memory and MMSE than unobligated ambivalent typology, respectively. Social service providers could be aware of multifaceted family relationships when developing interventions for cognitive function and understand family typology as a whole.
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