Research on AgingPub Date : 2025-06-24DOI: 10.1177/01640275251346851
Erin K Maloney, Amy Bleakley, Allie J White
{"title":"Alzheimer's and Dementia Research Coverage in News Media Outlets Consumed by Population Groups that Are Underrepresented on Alzheimer's and Dementia-Focused Research Registries.","authors":"Erin K Maloney, Amy Bleakley, Allie J White","doi":"10.1177/01640275251346851","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275251346851","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A lack of diversity in Alzheimer's (AD) and dementia research is an important barrier to identifying strategies for prevention and treatment. Research suggests media coverage of AD/dementia research will familiarize people with the issue and motivate them to place more importance in the issue in general. This study explores how news media may inform groups that are under-represented in AD/dementia through coverage of the issue. A national survey identified the media outlets that were most often consumed and used for health information within target populations. Transcripts from these media outlets were content analyzed to examine AD/dementia coverage. The timeframe included the months before and after the US FDA's approval of the drug Aduhelm and the controversy surrounding it. Results highlight differences in under-represented groups' media consumption patterns and coverage of AD/dementia and indicates a failure to inform about an event that may have widespread effect on Medicare and AD/dementia research.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":" ","pages":"1640275251346851"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144486585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Research on AgingPub Date : 2025-06-23DOI: 10.1177/01640275251355155
Jeffrey E Stokes
{"title":"A Letter From the New Editor-in-Chief.","authors":"Jeffrey E Stokes","doi":"10.1177/01640275251355155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275251355155","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":" ","pages":"1640275251355155"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144477285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Research on AgingPub Date : 2025-06-23DOI: 10.1177/01640275251355607
Hongxi Ge, Qian Liu, Huawei Han
{"title":"Grandchild Caregiving and Social Activities Participation Among Rural Grandparents in China: Does Rural-To-Urban Migration Matter?","authors":"Hongxi Ge, Qian Liu, Huawei Han","doi":"10.1177/01640275251355607","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275251355607","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Using nationally representative data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study in 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2018 and the fixed effects model, we examine the association between grandchild caregiving and rural grandparents' participation in social activities in China. We further explore whether this association varies across non-migrant and migrant rural grandparents, as well as how this migration-related heterogeneity varies by gender. The results reveal that grandchild caregiving was positively associated with participation in at least one social activity among rural grandparents, primary driven by nonintensive caregiving. Migration-based heterogeneity indicates that this positive association was observed only among non-migrant rural grandparents. Meanwhile, among those who had already participated in at least one activity, grandchild caregiving was associated with a greater number of activity types and a higher frequency of participation among migrant rural grandparents. Further analysis by gender indicates that this migration-based heterogeneity pattern was observed only among grandfathers. Our findings offer important policy implications in the context of rapid population aging and urbanization in contemporary China as well as in other developing countries.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":" ","pages":"1640275251355607"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144477286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Research on AgingPub Date : 2025-06-21DOI: 10.1177/01640275251353217
Juryung Kaitlyn Cho
{"title":"Gender Differences in Work and Well-Being in Later Life.","authors":"Juryung Kaitlyn Cho","doi":"10.1177/01640275251353217","DOIUrl":"10.1177/01640275251353217","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examines the longitudinal relationship between work status and subjective well-being (SWB) among older adults in South Korea, with a focus on the roles of gender and education. Using data from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (2006-2020), this study employs fixed-effects regression models to examine within-person longitudinal associations between work and SWB, stratified by gender and educational level. Findings reveal a positive association between working status and SWB for men, but not for women. Both lower- and higher-educated individuals experience a positive SWB when they are working. While women in South Korea are more likely to have lower educational attainment, this does not fully explain the gender gap in the relationship between work status and SWB. Policies should address barriers preventing women from experiencing similar SWB benefits as men, ensuring work supports, rather than strains, their well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":" ","pages":"1640275251353217"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144340490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Research on AgingPub Date : 2025-06-11DOI: 10.1177/01640275251351016
Marina Näsman, Fredrica Nyqvist, Mikael Nygård, Toon Vercauteren, Sarah Dury, Rodrigo Serrat
{"title":"Multidimensional Civic Engagement in Later Life in 32 European Countries-an Exploration of the Roles of Socio-Structural Resources and Welfare State Commitment.","authors":"Marina Näsman, Fredrica Nyqvist, Mikael Nygård, Toon Vercauteren, Sarah Dury, Rodrigo Serrat","doi":"10.1177/01640275251351016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275251351016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examines individual socio-structural resources and country-level welfare state commitment in relation to four different aspects of civic engagement in later life. Multilevel logistic regression was used to analyze data from the European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) collected from people aged 65 and over in 32 European countries during 2016-2017 (<i>n</i> = 9265). On the individual level, socio-structural resources in terms of educational level, income, and self-rated health were positively related to formal volunteering, political participation, and associational participation. However, socio-structural resources seemed to be less important to informal caregiving. On the country-level, strong welfare state commitment, as measured by social expenditure, was positively associated with all four aspects of civic engagement. Cross-level interactions between socio-structural resources and welfare state commitment were statistically significant in part. The present study strengthens the view of civic engagement in later life as a multidimensional concept that is shaped by individual and contextual factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":" ","pages":"1640275251351016"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144276327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Research on AgingPub Date : 2025-06-09DOI: 10.1177/01640275251350287
Xinfang Yu, Jong Hyun Jung, Hyo Jung Lee
{"title":"Spousal Loss, Depressive Symptoms, and Religious Involvement: Immediate Impact and Trajectories in Late Life.","authors":"Xinfang Yu, Jong Hyun Jung, Hyo Jung Lee","doi":"10.1177/01640275251350287","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275251350287","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Using cross-sectional and longitudinal data, we examined the immediate and long-term buffering effects of religious involvement on late-life spousal loss. Using seven waves of data (2006-2018) from the Health and Retirement Study (<i>N</i> = 4714; <i>Obs.</i> = 18,212), we conducted ordinary least squares regression and growth curve analyses. Recent spousal loss was strongly associated with increased depressive symptoms, which gradually decreased over time. Religious involvement buffered the association between a recent loss and depressive symptoms. However, no buffering effect was observed for the changes in depressive symptoms over time. Religious involvement significantly mitigated the immediate effects of spousal loss on depressive symptoms. However, its long-term buffering effects on changes in depressive symptoms are limited. Future studies should consider alternative coping resources that may protect individuals against the negative effects of the loss of a spouse and facilitate the maintenance of mental health over time.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":" ","pages":"1640275251350287"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144250321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Future Care Planning for and by Older Adults Living in the Community: A Scoping Review.","authors":"Nathalie Bettina Neeser, Xin Feng, Wei Yang, Ruru Ping, Xue Bai, Tenzin Wangmo","doi":"10.1177/01640275251348582","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275251348582","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this scoping review, our aim was to compile empirical studies, outside of an institutionalized care context, that discuss future care planning (FCP) at old age for and by older adults living in the community. We define FCP as planning behaviours and decisions made in anticipation of a forthcoming period of life in which comprehensive care and support (i.e., financial, emotional, instrumental, and personal) become necessary due to aging and declining health. The search was conducted in eight databases and was limited to empirical papers published in English between 2000 and 2023. Only 12 articles fulfilled our inclusion criteria. The included studies were analysed narratively. The results were structured around six themes: (i) plans about who will provide care in the future when one no longer has the ability to do so themselves; (ii) plans about future housing and living arrangements; (iii) future financial planning; (iv) plans related to future health issues; (v) values communication as a means for planning; and (vi) the impact of formal care systems on FCP. Results highlight significant variability in how FCP is approached and call for further studies on this topic in light of not only demographic changes but also due to contextual differences in care provision and care expectations.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":" ","pages":"1640275251348582"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144250320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Research on AgingPub Date : 2025-06-03DOI: 10.1177/01640275251348585
Emanuela Bartolini, Giulia Prete, Irene Ceccato, Pasquale La Malva, Adolfo Di Crosta, Loreta Cannito, Riccardo Palumbo, Anna Marin, Alberto Di Domenico, Rocco Palumbo
{"title":"From Emotional Detection of Dynamic Stimuli to Facial Identity Recognition: Age Difference in the Processing of Partially Occluded Faces.","authors":"Emanuela Bartolini, Giulia Prete, Irene Ceccato, Pasquale La Malva, Adolfo Di Crosta, Loreta Cannito, Riccardo Palumbo, Anna Marin, Alberto Di Domenico, Rocco Palumbo","doi":"10.1177/01640275251348585","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275251348585","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Age-related differences in facial identity recognition and emotion categorization are well established, but whether these differences extend to dynamic stimuli remains underexplored. We compared younger and older adults' performances in dynamic emotion categorization (phase 1) and identity recognition (phase 2) tasks, incorporating different types of facial occlusion to test their influence on both tasks. Stimuli included whole faces and two types of occlusion (surgical masks, white rectangles). In phase 1, participants observed videos of neutral expressions transitioning to emotional ones and categorized the emerging emotion. In phase 2, static neutral faces were judged as either previously seen or new. Occlusion impaired performances in both groups, with older adults struggling more in emotion categorization. Age had no effect on identity recognition, and occluded faces were better remembered than whole faces. The findings highlight the interplay between emotion processing and identity recognition, stressing the importance of using dynamic stimuli in aging research.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":" ","pages":"1640275251348585"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144217303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Research on AgingPub Date : 2025-05-29DOI: 10.1177/01640275251344940
David Camacho, Maria P Aranda, Jerad H Moxley, Denise Burnette, Ellen P Lukens, M Carrington Reid, Elaine Wethington
{"title":"Differences in Pain Presence and Intensity Among Black, Latino, and White Community-Dwelling Midlife and Older Adults in the U.S.","authors":"David Camacho, Maria P Aranda, Jerad H Moxley, Denise Burnette, Ellen P Lukens, M Carrington Reid, Elaine Wethington","doi":"10.1177/01640275251344940","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275251344940","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We analyzed Wave 3 data from the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (weighted <i>n</i> = 2907) to examine variations in pain presence and intensity among US community-dwelling Black, Latino, and white adults aged 50 plus. Adjusting for factors that commonly contribute to stress and health inequalities (educational attainment, inadequate health insurance, perceived economic position, and perceived discrimination), we examined how pain presence and intensity varied by race/ethnicity. Seventy percent reported pain presence. Reported mean intensity was 2.91 (SD = .99; Range; 1-6) indicating moderate pain. Compared to white participants, Black and Latino individuals reported less presence of pain. However, Latinos reported higher pain intensity. Perceived discrimination and educational attainment were associated with pain outcomes, but these relationships varied by race/ethnicity. Work is needed to examine racial/ethnic differences in other pain dimensions and to understand how educational attainment and perceived discrimination may contribute poorer pain outcomes across groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":" ","pages":"1640275251344940"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144175298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Research on AgingPub Date : 2025-05-16DOI: 10.1177/01640275251343101
Pui Yin Cheung, David S Curtis, Ming Wen
{"title":"Area-level Poverty and Functional Limitations: Exploring Gender-Specific Mechanisms.","authors":"Pui Yin Cheung, David S Curtis, Ming Wen","doi":"10.1177/01640275251343101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275251343101","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Area-level socioeconomic disadvantage is an established risk factor for functional limitations. Yet, mechanisms underlying this association and whether such processes vary by gender is unknown. Guided by stress process theory, we examine whether county- and tract-level poverty rates are differentially associated with functional limitations by gender and whether secondary ecological stressors (e.g., perceived neighborhood danger and physical disorder) and individual-level psychosocial factors (e.g., coping behaviors and social support) mediate these relationships. Using data from the Midlife in the United States study, findings from the path analyses revealed that while the total effect of county-level poverty rate did not differ by gender, indirect effects via mediators-especially stress eating-were significant for women only. Tract-level poverty exhibited a gendered total effect and gendered pathways through neighborhood safety and physical activity (significant for women exclusively). This study highlights gendered processes through which area socioeconomic disadvantage may influence the aging process.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":" ","pages":"1640275251343101"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144080480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}