American Academy of Neurology
“Hostile attitudes” and “Effortful coping” in young adulthood predict cognition 25 years later”
Translation: Angry people get increasingly stupid as they age
https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000002517
https://n.neurology.org/content/86/13/1227
Results: Baseline hostility and effortful coping were prospectively associated with lower cognitive function 25 years later, controlling for age, sex, race, education, long-term exposure to depression, discrimination, negative life events, and baseline cognitive ability.
Compared to the lowest quartile, those in the highest quartile of hostility performed 0.21 SD units lower (95% confidence interval [CI] −0.39, −0.02).
Those in the highest quartile of effortful coping performed 0.30 SD units lower (95% CI −0.48, −0.12) compared to those in the lowest quartile.
Conclusions:
Worse cognition in midlife was independently associated with two psychological characteristics measured in young adulthood. This suggests that interventions that promote positive social interactions may have a role in reducing risk of late-age cognitive impairment.
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