Longitudinal associations of volunteering, grandparenting, and family care with processing speed: A gender perspective on prosocial activity and cognitive aging in the second half of life.

IF 3.7 1区心理学 Q1 GERONTOLOGY

Psychology and Aging Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Epub Date: 2023-10-16 DOI:10.1037/pag0000780

Georg Henning, Ulrike Ehrlich, Alan J Gow, Nadiya Kelle, Graciela Muniz-Terrera

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Abstract

An active lifestyle has been associated with better cognitive performance in many studies. However, most studies have focused on leisure activities or paid work, with less consideration of the kind of prosocial activities, many people engage in, including volunteering, grandparenting, and family care. In the present study, based on four waves of the German Ageing Survey (N = 6,915, aged 40-85 at baseline), we used parallel growth curves to investigate the longitudinal association of level and change in volunteering, grandparenting, and family care with level and change in processing speed. Given the gendered nature of engagement in these activities over the life span, we tested for gender differences in the associations. Only volunteering was reliably associated with higher speed of processing at baseline, no consistent longitudinal associations were found. Our results show that although prosocial activities are of great societal importance, expectations of large rewards in terms of cognitive health may be exaggerated. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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志愿服务、祖父母和家庭护理与处理速度的纵向关联：后半辈子亲社会活动和认知衰老的性别视角。

在许多研究中，积极的生活方式与更好的认知表现有关。然而，大多数研究都集中在休闲活动或带薪工作上，很少考虑许多人参与的亲社会活动，包括志愿服务、祖父母和家庭护理。在本研究中，基于四波德国老龄化调查（N=6915，基线年龄40-85岁），我们使用平行增长曲线来调查志愿服务、祖父母和家庭护理的水平和变化与处理速度的水平和改变之间的纵向关联。考虑到在一生中参与这些活动的性别性质，我们测试了这些协会中的性别差异。只有志愿服务与基线时较高的处理速度可靠相关，没有发现一致的纵向关联。我们的研究结果表明，尽管亲社会活动具有重要的社会意义，但对认知健康方面的巨额回报的期望可能被夸大了。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2023 APA，保留所有权利）。

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期刊介绍： Psychology and Aging publishes original articles on adult development and aging. Such original articles include reports of research that may be applied, biobehavioral, clinical, educational, experimental (laboratory, field, or naturalistic studies), methodological, or psychosocial. Although the emphasis is on original research investigations, occasional theoretical analyses of research issues, practical clinical problems, or policy may appear, as well as critical reviews of a content area in adult development and aging. Clinical case studies that have theoretical significance are also appropriate. Brief reports are acceptable with the author"s agreement not to submit a full report to another journal.