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The impact of childhood and adulthood stressors on later-life cognitive function: evaluating birth cohort differences. 童年和成年压力源对晚年认知功能的影响：评估出生队列差异。

IF 1.1 4区社会学

Longitudinal and Life Course Studies Pub Date : 2026-03-16 DOI: 10.1332/17579597Y2026D000000074

Jean Choi, Jessica A Kelley

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Navigating the minority grief paradox: racial-ethnic differences on parental death, social ties and early-midlife psychological distress in the United States. 驾驭少数民族悲伤悖论：美国父母死亡、社会关系和中年早期心理困扰的种族差异。

IF 1.1 4区社会学

Longitudinal and Life Course Studies Pub Date : 2026-03-11 DOI: 10.1332/17579597Y2026D000000075

Krista P Woodward, Nekehia T Quashie, Xing Zhang

{"title":"Navigating the minority grief paradox: racial-ethnic differences on parental death, social ties and early-midlife psychological distress in the United States.","authors":"Krista P Woodward, Nekehia T Quashie, Xing Zhang","doi":"10.1332/17579597Y2026D000000075","DOIUrl":"10.1332/17579597Y2026D000000075","url":null,"abstract":"The death of a parent can profoundly impact psychological and social functioning, particularly among racial-ethnic minority groups. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (N = 9,508), the current study compared the association between parental death timing during different life stages and early-midlife depressive and perceived stress symptoms ('psychological distress') across racial-ethnic identities, while accounting for early-midlife social support and strain. We also investigated the mediating effects of cumulative social support and strain between life course timing of first parental death and midlife psychological distress using the Karlson-Holm-Breen (KHB) method. We found that Black individuals experienced the highest frequency of parental death beginning earlier in life. Stepwise linear regression models showed that parental death during young adulthood and early midlife is associated with early-midlife psychological distress among White individuals, net of covariates. Our results among Black and Hispanic adults indicate that the life course timing of parental death was unrelated to early-midlife psychological distress, exposing an understudied area of the 'Minority Mental Health Paradox'. Early-midlife social support and strain were strongly associated with early-midlife psychological distress across racial-ethnic identities. The KHB mediation analysis further revealed that cumulative social support in midlife independently accounted for approximately 16 per cent and 20 per cent of the association between parental death in young adulthood and midlife stress and depressive symptoms, respectively. Our study highlights that bereavement programmes could tailor interventions to address variations in midlife social support and strain across different racial-ethnic groups to mitigate psychological distress.","PeriodicalId":45988,"journal":{"name":"Longitudinal and Life Course Studies","volume":" ","pages":"243-270"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13130950/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147460539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Social isolation and cognitive functioning trajectories from midlife to later life in four high- and middle-income countries. 四个高收入和中等收入国家从中年到晚年的社会孤立和认知功能轨迹。

IF 1.1 4区社会学

Longitudinal and Life Course Studies Pub Date : 2026-03-09 DOI: 10.1332/17579597Y2025D000000066

Zhiyong Lin, James Raymo

{"title":"Social isolation and cognitive functioning trajectories from midlife to later life in four high- and middle-income countries.","authors":"Zhiyong Lin, James Raymo","doi":"10.1332/17579597Y2025D000000066","DOIUrl":"10.1332/17579597Y2025D000000066","url":null,"abstract":"The relationship between social connections and cognitive health is well-established, yet its implications vary significantly across life stages and sociocultural contexts. This study provides new insights by using Gateway to Global Aging Data (2010-18) to examine cognitive functioning trajectories from mid- to later life across four high- and middle-income countries: the United States, England, China and Mexico. We consider overall social isolation as well as its specific dimensions, including partnership status, contact with children and friends, and social participation. Using growth curve models, we assess both levels of cognitive functioning and the rate of cognitive change with age. Results show that socially isolated adults consistently exhibit lower cognitive functioning than their non-isolated counterparts in all countries except England, with gaps more pronounced in China and Mexico than in the United States. Cross-national differences also emerge across dimensions of isolation. For instance, not having a partner significantly predicts lower cognition in China and the United States but not in England or Mexico. Contact with children plays a critical role in China and Mexico and becomes more salient in later life in the United States. Beyond family ties, maintaining friendships and engaging in social activities support cognitive health across most settings and become increasingly important with age. These findings demonstrate that the cognitive consequences of social isolation depend not only on who is isolated, but also on when isolation occurs and how it aligns with broader social contexts and life course dynamics.","PeriodicalId":45988,"journal":{"name":"Longitudinal and Life Course Studies","volume":" ","pages":"271-292"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147460530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Life course socioeconomic determinants of multimorbidity in later life: longitudinal evidence from the Health and Retirement Study. 晚年多重发病的生命历程社会经济决定因素：来自健康与退休研究的纵向证据。

IF 1.1 4区社会学

Longitudinal and Life Course Studies Pub Date : 2026-03-09 DOI: 10.1332/17579597Y2025D000000068

Mengling Cheng, Eileen M Crimmins

{"title":"Life course socioeconomic determinants of multimorbidity in later life: longitudinal evidence from the Health and Retirement Study.","authors":"Mengling Cheng, Eileen M Crimmins","doi":"10.1332/17579597Y2025D000000068","DOIUrl":"10.1332/17579597Y2025D000000068","url":null,"abstract":"Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, we examined (a) how childhood socioeconomic status (SES) affects multimorbidity in later life; (b) whether the association between childhood SES and later-life multimorbidity provided empirical support for the critical period model, the sensitive period model, the pathway model and the accumulation model; (c) whether there were cohort differences in the association between childhood SES and later-life multimorbidity. Participants (N = 12,601) were grouped into three birth cohorts (1929-38, 1939-45 and post-1945) and followed up from 1998 to 2020. We performed two-level Poisson growth curve models. We found that the association between childhood SES and later-life multimorbidity was modified by SES in adulthood or older age but remained significant, supporting the sensitive period model. Childhood SES affects later-life multimorbidity via SES attainment in adulthood and older age, supporting the pathway model. Persistent disadvantage in childhood, adulthood and older age is a strong risk factor for later-life multimorbidity, supporting the accumulation model. Our results did not support the critical period model. These findings hold among all three cohorts, although to a different extent. Our findings highlight that childhood is a sensitive and malleable period in the life course of an individual when it is possible to break the chain of risk and prevent accumulation of socioeconomic disadvantage in multimorbidity in older age. Moreover, individual lives are embedded in historical and social contexts, the dynamic interplay between which plays a key role in determining the risk of multimorbidity in later life.","PeriodicalId":45988,"journal":{"name":"Longitudinal and Life Course Studies","volume":" ","pages":"293-311"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13248433/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147460459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Social inequalities in Irish children's cognitive and mental health during secondary school transition: the role of the home learning environment. 中学过渡期间爱尔兰儿童认知和心理健康方面的社会不平等：家庭学习环境的作用。

IF 1.1 4区社会学

Longitudinal and Life Course Studies Pub Date : 2026-03-02 DOI: 10.1332/17579597Y2026D000000073

Rodolfo Pezzi, Yekaterina Chzhen

{"title":"Social inequalities in Irish children's cognitive and mental health during secondary school transition: the role of the home learning environment.","authors":"Rodolfo Pezzi, Yekaterina Chzhen","doi":"10.1332/17579597Y2026D000000073","DOIUrl":"10.1332/17579597Y2026D000000073","url":null,"abstract":"The transition from primary to secondary education is a pivotal stage in children's development, often marked by a widening of socioeconomic disparities in cognitive and mental health outcomes. While formal schooling is known to shape these inequalities, less is understood about how the home learning environment (HLE) contributes to developmental outcomes, particularly when schools are disrupted, such as during COVID-19-related school closures. This study examines the extent to which the HLE accounts for socioeconomic differences in cognitive ability and mental health among Irish adolescents. Three measures of social origin are employed simultaneously: parental education, occupational social class and household income. Using longitudinal data from the Growing Up in Ireland study (Cohort '08), we follow a nationally representative sample of children from age nine (2017-2018) to age 13 (2021-2022), capturing both the transition to secondary school and the aftermath of school closures. Regression analyses show that parental education strongly predicts cognitive ability and externalising difficulties, whereas family social class is associated with internalising problems. Several HLE indicators, including access to books, parent-child conflict and parental mental health, are significantly associated with outcomes at age 13, even after controlling for social background and pre-pandemic outcomes. However, path analysis indicates that the HLE only partially mediates these socioeconomic differences, suggesting that other mechanisms contribute to the persistence of unequal developmental trajectories during this formative period.","PeriodicalId":45988,"journal":{"name":"Longitudinal and Life Course Studies","volume":" ","pages":"346-377"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147370189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Counterurbanisation and life course nexus in post-pandemic migration literature. 大流行后移民文献中的逆城市化与生命历程关系。

IF 1.1 4区社会学

Longitudinal and Life Course Studies Pub Date : 2026-02-19 DOI: 10.1332/17579597Y2026D000000072

Karol Korczyński, Katarzyna Kajdanek

{"title":"Counterurbanisation and life course nexus in post-pandemic migration literature.","authors":"Karol Korczyński, Katarzyna Kajdanek","doi":"10.1332/17579597Y2026D000000072","DOIUrl":"10.1332/17579597Y2026D000000072","url":null,"abstract":"This research note examines the evolving relationship between counterurbanisation and life course perspectives in post-pandemic migration literature (2020-2025). Through systematic review of 88 articles, we identify significant conceptual diversity in how these phenomena are defined and interconnected. Counterurbanisation is variously conceptualised as demographic movement, hierarchical settlement transition, urban-rural migration, lifestyle choice, crisis response and policy discourse. Similarly, life course approaches range from traditional life cycle models focused on age categories to comprehensive frameworks emphasising the dynamic interplay of agency, structure and context. Our analysis reveals that approximately 78 per cent of studies establish some connection between counterurbanisation and life course concepts, though with varying degrees of theoretical integration. Direct nexuses typically frame life course events as migration triggers, employ life course as an interpretive framework or view counterurbanisation as part of longitudinal biographical trajectories. In contrast, indirect connections often focus on evolving lifestyle preferences, context-dependent migration or changing place attachments without explicitly linking them to rural-bound movements. Understanding this nexus is crucial for assessing the durability and long-term implications of post-pandemic counterurbanisation trends. By contextualising migration within broader life trajectories, researchers can better evaluate whether recent urban outflows represent lasting demographic shifts or temporary crisis responses. Moreover, recognising how counterurbanisation intersects with individual biographies provides essential insights for rural development policies, helping communities anticipate settlers' evolving needs across different life stages and create conditions for sustainable population retention. This perspective ultimately enriches our understanding of rural futures by illuminating how individual life paths and rural transformations are dynamically intertwined.","PeriodicalId":45988,"journal":{"name":"Longitudinal and Life Course Studies","volume":" ","pages":"454-466"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146259373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Interrupted education and functional limitations among the People's Republic of China (PRC) cohorts. 在中华人民共和国（PRC）队列中中断教育和功能限制。

IF 1.1 4区社会学

Longitudinal and Life Course Studies Pub Date : 2026-02-09 DOI: 10.1332/17579597Y2026D000000071

Chengming Han

{"title":"Interrupted education and functional limitations among the People's Republic of China (PRC) cohorts.","authors":"Chengming Han","doi":"10.1332/17579597Y2026D000000071","DOIUrl":"10.1332/17579597Y2026D000000071","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: This study explored how interrupted education during the Cultural Revolution affects functional limitations in later life.Methods: Data came from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) 2011-2018. Three cohorts were included: the People's Republic of China (PRC) cohort (born from 1945 to 1954), the pre-PRC cohort (born from 1910 to 1944) and the late-PRC cohort (born from 1955 to 1964). A logit model was used to examine the association between family background and policy-related interrupted education. Mixed-effects negative binomial regression models with random intercepts were applied to estimate the impacts on functional limitations. All analyses were stratified by cohort, and slope differences were tested.Results: The PRC cohort had a higher proportion of policy-related interrupted education and a lower proportion of college education compared to the pre-PRC and late-PRC cohorts. Higher educational attainment was associated with lower levels of functional limitations in later life across all cohorts. Policy-related interrupted education was associated with higher levels of functional limitations for the PRC cohort. Parental Communist Party membership was not associated with lower odds of policy-related interrupted education, but was associated with higher levels of functional limitations for the PRC cohort (IRR=1.125, p<0.05).Conclusion: The Cultural Revolution had different impacts on educational attainment and later-life functional limitations across cohorts. The PRC cohort experienced the most negative long-term impacts of disrupted education.","PeriodicalId":45988,"journal":{"name":"Longitudinal and Life Course Studies","volume":" ","pages":"397-424"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146195838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Work history and functional limitations in later life under institutional change: economic reform and work sequences in China. 制度变迁下的工作经历与晚年功能限制：中国经济改革与工作序列。

IF 1.1 4区社会学

Longitudinal and Life Course Studies Pub Date : 2026-01-23 DOI: 10.1332/17579597Y2025D000000069

Chengming Han

{"title":"Work history and functional limitations in later life under institutional change: economic reform and work sequences in China.","authors":"Chengming Han","doi":"10.1332/17579597Y2025D000000069","DOIUrl":"10.1332/17579597Y2025D000000069","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: This study examines the impact of work history on functional limitations in later life among individuals who experienced China's 1978 economic reform.Methods: Data were drawn from the 2011-18 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) for respondents born between 1935 and 1964. Sequence analysis was used to categorise work histories by type and duration. Random intercept multilevel Tobit models were applied to estimate the effects of work trajectories on functional limitations in later life.Results: The economic reform facilitated transitions from farming to non-rural work for rural workers, yet hukou-based urban-rural divisions shaped access to pensions, medical insurance and housing benefits. Urban work is associated with lower functional limitations than self-employment for urban hukou holders. Younger migrant workers and rural workers who were mainly engaged in self-employment or urban work have lower levels of functional limitations than those who were mainly engaged in farming or rural work.Conclusion: Work history was significantly shaped by the urban-rural hukou system. Rural hukou holders had fewer opportunities for non-rural employment, limiting their access to pensions, healthcare and better living conditions. Those engaged in rural work experienced significantly higher functional limitations compared to individuals in other employment types.","PeriodicalId":45988,"journal":{"name":"Longitudinal and Life Course Studies","volume":" ","pages":"83-102"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146041712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Work, work, work, work and work. 工作，工作，工作，工作，工作。

IF 0.8 4区社会学

Longitudinal and Life Course Studies Pub Date : 2026-01-22 DOI: 10.1332/17579597Y2025D000000070

Tony Robertson

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Complex families in the United Kingdom: mapping children's diverse family pathways and their correlates from birth to age ten. 英国的复杂家庭：绘制儿童从出生到10岁的不同家庭路径及其相关性。

IF 1.1 4区社会学

Longitudinal and Life Course Studies Pub Date : 2026-01-19 DOI: 10.1332/17579597Y2025D000000065

Michaela Šťastná, Júlia Mikolai, Nissa Finney, Katherine Lisa Keenan

{"title":"Complex families in the United Kingdom: mapping children's diverse family pathways and their correlates from birth to age ten.","authors":"Michaela Šťastná, Júlia Mikolai, Nissa Finney, Katherine Lisa Keenan","doi":"10.1332/17579597Y2025D000000065","DOIUrl":"10.1332/17579597Y2025D000000065","url":null,"abstract":"The rise in divorce, cohabitation, non-marital childbearing and multi-partner fertility means that today's children are more likely to experience less common or less stable family settings compared to previous generations. This may lead to increasing inequalities across the life course. Unlike most existing studies on family change, we investigate family trajectories in the United Kingdom from children's perspective. We map the family trajectories characterising children's first ten years of life using multi-channel sequence analysis on data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study, jointly capturing the dynamics of maternal partnership histories and paternal co-residence patterns from the children's perspective. Multinomial logistic regression is applied to understand the characteristics associated with experiencing different childhood family trajectories. Children experience six typical family trajectories: continuously married; early separation; continuously cohabiting; later separation; early solo motherhood; and a new father. From birth to age ten, over a quarter of children do not continuously live with their two biological parents. Children with lower-educated mothers, mothers in the youngest or oldest groups, who live in urban areas, and belong to certain ethnic groups (White British, Mixed, Caribbean, Black African) tend to experience less common or less stable trajectories. Our elucidation of factors associated with more/less stable childhood family pathways can inform policy decision-making around support for families to mitigate growing short- and long-term inequalities giving rise to children's diverging destinies.","PeriodicalId":45988,"journal":{"name":"Longitudinal and Life Course Studies","volume":" ","pages":"56-82"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146041746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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