Social contact, social support, and cognitive health in a population-based study of middle-aged and older men and women in rural South Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4592817 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Guy Harling (0000-0001-6604-491X, University College London, corresponding author), Lindsay C Kobayashi (0000-0003-2725-3107, University of Michigan), Meagan T Farrell (0000-0002-4507-4017, Harvard University), Ryan G Wagner (0000-0003-2741-3676, Umeå University), Stephen Tollman (0000-0003-0744-7588, Indepth Network), Lisa Berkman (Harvard University) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 260 |
| Pages | 113167 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science & Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113167 |
| PMID | 32688161 |
| OpenAlex | W3038936353 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 56 |
The patterns we found suggest that cognitively impaired older adults in this setting rely on their core social networks for support, and that theories relating to social connectedness and cognitive function developed in higher-income and higher-education settings may also apply in lower-resource settings elsewhere
Cognition · Cognitive decline · Developmental psychology · Population · Psychiatry · Social connectedness · Social engagement · Social support · Sociology · Aging and Gerontology Research · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology
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| Unique citing works | 18 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |