The Role of Well-Being, Divergent Thinking, and Cognitive Reserve in Different Socio-Cultural Contexts.

IF 2.7 3区医学 Q3 NEUROSCIENCES

Brain Sciences Pub Date : 2025-02-26 DOI:10.3390/brainsci15030249

Francesca Garau, Alessandro Antonietti, Natale Salvatore Bonfiglio, Beatrice Madeddu, Maura Crepaldi, Jessica Giannì, Giulia Fusi, Laura Colautti, Virginia Maria Borsa, Massimiliano Palmiero, Maria Luisa Rusconi, Maria Pietronilla Penna

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Abstract

Background: Many protective factors promote psychological well-being (PWB) in the elderly and contribute to healthy aging, such as engagement, positive emotions, and cognitive reserve (CR), which includes education, leisure, and work activities. CR sustains cognitive functioning and positively correlates with creativity, particularly divergent thinking (DT), helping older adults cope with everyday challenges and enhancing their PWB.

Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the relationships between DT, CR, PWB, memory functions, depression, stress, and anxiety indexes even in the Blue Zone (BZ), an area known for extraordinary longevity and high PWB.

Methods: A total of 165 Italian healthy older adults (Mage = 73.8, SD = 6.7) from Milan (MI), Bergamo (BG), Cagliari (CA), and BZ were enrolled and divided into four groups according to their origin. Generalized linear models (GLMs) with normal and gamma link functions were used.

Results: BZ presented higher DT and PWB indices than the cities but lower CR, particularly in education.

Conclusions: This study highlights the influence of DT in supporting cognitive functions and PWB, suggesting that PWB and DT are key protective factors in aging.

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Brain Sciences Neuroscience-General Neuroscience

CiteScore

4.80

自引率

9.10%

发文量

1472

审稿时长

18.71 days

期刊介绍： Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles, critical reviews, research notes and short communications in the areas of cognitive neuroscience, developmental neuroscience, molecular and cellular neuroscience, neural engineering, neuroimaging, neurolinguistics, neuropathy, systems neuroscience, and theoretical and computational neuroscience. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. There is no restriction on the length of the papers. The full experimental details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced. Electronic files or software regarding the full details of the calculation and experimental procedure, if unable to be published in a normal way, can be deposited as supplementary material.