Coping Styles as Mediators Between Purpose in Life and Cognitive Function: A Longitudinal Study.

IF 1.8 3区社会学 Q2 GERONTOLOGY

Research on Aging Pub Date : 2025-01-05 DOI:10.1177/01640275241312195

Amanda A Miller, Páraic S O'Súilleabháin, Martina Luchetti, Antonio Terracciano, Angelina R Sutin

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Abstract

This study tests associations between purpose in life and coping, and whether coping mediates the association between purpose and cognitive function. Longitudinal data from the Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS) study were used to investigate associations between purpose at MIDUS I and coping at MIDUS II (N = 2386). Emotion-focused and problem-focused coping were tested as mediators between purpose and cognitive function (memory, executive function, global cognition) at MIDUS III. Higher purpose was associated with more problem-focused and less emotion-focused coping. Coping partially mediated the association between purpose and cognitive function. Emotion-focused coping partially mediated (14.3%) the effect of purpose on cognitive function. Problem-focused coping partially mediated (16.7%) the association of purpose on episodic memory, but not executive function or global cognition. These findings provide new evidence for links between purpose and coping and suggest coping is one mechanism linking purpose with better cognitive function.

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应对方式在生活目标与认知功能之间的中介作用：一项纵向研究。

本研究考察了生活目标与应对之间的关系，以及应对是否在目标与认知功能之间起到中介作用。来自美国中年发展（MIDUS）研究的纵向数据被用于调查MIDUS I的目的和MIDUS II的应对之间的关系（N = 2386）。在MIDUS III测试了情绪聚焦和问题聚焦应对作为目的和认知功能（记忆、执行功能、整体认知）之间的中介。更高的目标与更多的问题关注和更少的情绪关注有关。应对部分介导了目的与认知功能之间的关联。情绪聚焦应对部分介导目的对认知功能的影响（14.3%）。以问题为中心的应对部分介导了目的对情景记忆的影响（16.7%），但不影响执行功能或整体认知。这些发现为目标与应对之间的联系提供了新的证据，并表明应对是一种将目标与更好的认知功能联系起来的机制。

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Research on Aging GERONTOLOGY-

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期刊介绍： Research on Aging is an interdisciplinary journal designed to reflect the expanding role of research in the field of social gerontology. Research on Aging exists to provide for publication of research in the broad range of disciplines concerned with aging. Scholars from the disciplines of sociology, geriatrics, history, psychology, anthropology, public health, economics, political science, criminal justice, and social work are encouraged to contribute articles to the journal. Emphasis will be on materials of broad scope and cross-disciplinary interest. Assessment of the current state of knowledge is as important as provision of an outlet for new knowledge, so critical and review articles are welcomed. Systematic attention to particular topics will also be featured.