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Grip Strength and Cognitive Abilities: Associations in Old Age
Discussion: A rather stable connection was found between grip strength and cognitive abilities starting around 65 years of age. The starting period suggests that the association may be due to lifestyle changes, such as retirement, or to acceleration of the aging processes. (Source: Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences)
Source: Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences - August 11, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Sternäng, O., Reynolds, C. A., Finkel, D., Ernsth-Bravell, M., Pedersen, N. L., Dahl Aslan, A. K. Tags: Original Research Report Source Type: research

Influences of Age and Emotion on Source Guessing: Are Older Adults More Likely to Show Fear-Relevant Illusory Correlations?
Discussion: The findings confirm that older adults are more susceptible to fear-relevant illusory correlations than younger adults. (Source: Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences)
Source: Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences - August 11, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Meyer, M. M., Buchner, A., Bell, R. Tags: Original Research Report Source Type: research

Cognitive Aging in Parents of Children with Disabilities
This study examines the cognitive functioning of parents of children with disabilities, specifically, whether there is an evidence of accelerated cognitive aging among these parents. In addition, the study investigates the moderating influences of two variables: parents’ gender and stress from negative parenting experience. Method: The analyses utilize data from the National Survey of Midlife in the United States (2005). The analytic sample consisted of two groups of parents, who completed the cognitive battery, the interview, and the mail-back survey: 128 parents who had children with childhood-onset disabilities a...
Source: Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences - August 11, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Song, J., Mailick, M. R., Greenberg, J. S., Ryff, C. D., Lachman, M. E. Tags: Original Research Report Source Type: research

Effects of Individual Differences and Situational Features on Age Differences in Mindless Reading
This study examined whether previously reported age-related declines in mindless reading episodes are due primarily to (a) situational features related to the text itself (e.g., text genre or interest in the text) and/or (b) individual differences in cognitive ability. Method: Participants read 2 texts written in different genres but about the same topic. During reading, they were randomly probed to indicate whether they were on-task or mind-wandering. They also indicated their perceptions regarding the interest and difficulty of the text, and completed a battery of cognitive ability measures. Results: The results showed...
Source: Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences - August 11, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Shake, M. C., Shulley, L. J., Soto-Freita, A. M. Tags: Original Research Report Source Type: research

Age Differences in Emotional Well-Being Vary by Temporal Recall
Discussion: Taking into account how emotion reports differ based on method provides a more realistic picture of emotional experience in adulthood. Findings suggest that age differences in emotional experiences vary based on whether questions ask about short versus longer time periods. Age advantages are most pronounced when people recall emotions across increasingly longer periods of time. (Source: Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences)
Source: Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences - August 11, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Charles, S. T., Piazza, J. R., Mogle, J. A., Urban, E. J., Sliwinski, M. J., Almeida, D. M. Tags: Original Research Report Source Type: research

Forgiveness, Ego-Integrity, and Depressive Symptoms in Community-Dwelling and Residential Elderly Adults
This study aimed first, to investigate the relation between forgivingness and depressive symptoms in elderly individuals and second, to explore whether the developmental task of integrity/despair is a possible underlying process in this relation. Both aims were studied in a sample of community-dwelling elderly individuals as well as in a sample of residential elderly individuals. Methods: Community-dwelling elderly individuals (n = 280, M = 75.98 years) and residential elderly individuals (n = 205, M = 83.20 years) in Belgium filled out questionnaires on forgivingness, depressive symptoms, and the developmental task of in...
Source: Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences - August 11, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Dezutter, J., Toussaint, L., Leijssen, M. Tags: Original Research Report Source Type: research

Stress and Negative Relationship Quality among Older Couples: Implications for Blood Pressure
This study examined associations among chronic stress, negative spousal relationship quality, and systolic blood pressure over time among middle-aged and older husbands and wives. Method: Participants were from the nationally representative longitudinal Health and Retirement Study. A total of 1,356 (N = 2,712) married and cohabitating couples completed psychosocial and biomeasure assessments in waves 2006 and 2010. Analyses examined whether Wave 1 (2006) relationship quality and stress were associated with changes in blood pressure over time. Results: The effects of stress and negative relationship quality were dyadic an...
Source: Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences - August 11, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Birditt, K. S., Newton, N. J., Cranford, J. A., Ryan, L. H. Tags: Original Research Report Source Type: research

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Cohort and Gender Differences in Psychosocial Adjustment to Later-Life Widowhood
This study examines the effect of marital status, time period and gender on physical and mental health, and whether reported difficulties following spousal loss differ at 2 distinctive time periods. Method: Two cohorts of older bereaved persons (n = 753) in Switzerland, surveyed in 1979 and 2011, were compared regarding their reports of difficulties related to marital loss. The bereaved spouses were also compared with a group of married contemporaries (n = 1,517) regarding subjective health and depressive symptoms. Results: Marital status and gender each have independent effects on subjective health and depressive sympto...
Source: Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences - June 10, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Perrig-Chiello, P., Spahni, S., Höpflinger, F., Carr, D. Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Older Adults Attitudes Toward Cohabitation: Two Decades of Change
Discussion: Cohort succession is fueling the growing acceptance of cohabitation among older adults and coincides with the rapid growth in later life cohabitation that has occurred in recent decades. (Source: Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences)
Source: Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences - June 10, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Brown, S. L., Wright, M. R. Tags: Original Article Source Type: research