کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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10459476 | 922567 | 2009 | 7 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Level of cognitive performance as a correlate and predictor of health behaviors that protect against cognitive decline in late life: The path through life study
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کلمات کلیدی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی
روانشناسی
روانشناسی تجربی و شناختی
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چکیده انگلیسی
There is a lack of information on how cognitive ability relates to both health behaviors and change in health behaviors over time. This study examined verbal ability and processing speed as predictors of health behaviors in the PATH Through Life Study that includes cohorts aged in their 20s, 40s and 60s. Higher cognitive scores were associated with higher levels of physical activity, greater likelihood of taking vitamin and mineral supplements, reduced likelihood of current smoking and not abstaining from alcohol. However, lower level of verbal ability and processing speed were associated with higher levels of use of cholesterol lowering medication in the 60s cohort. Physical activity, consumption of vitamins and minerals and taking cholesterol lowering and antihypertensive medication over the four-year follow-up period increased in this cohort. The likelihood of adopting healthier behaviors was greatest for those with the lowest cognitive scores. We conclude that while higher levels of cognitive performance are associated with health promoting behaviors, improvements in health behavior are more likely to be due to non-cognitive, contextual and societal factors.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Intelligence - Volume 37, Issue 6, NovemberâDecember 2009, Pages 600-606
Journal: Intelligence - Volume 37, Issue 6, NovemberâDecember 2009, Pages 600-606
نویسندگان
Kaarin J. Anstey, Lee-Fay Low, Helen Christensen, Perminder Sachdev,