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Article: The executive control correlate of loneliness in healthy older people
Title | The executive control correlate of loneliness in healthy older people |
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Keywords | Perceived loneliness Executive control function Tower of London Aging Planning |
Issue Date | 2021 |
Publisher | Routledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13607863.asp |
Citation | Aging & Mental Health, 2021, v. 25 n. 7, p. 1224-1231 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Perceived loneliness has implications in both cognitive and affective domains. High loneliness is considered to be a major risk factor for major depressive disorder. Loneliness is also associated with impaired executive control functioning (ECF) including multiple cognitive subdomains, such as working memory, planning, response inhibition, and attention control. However, little knowledge exists as to whether perceived loneliness is associated with impaired functioning of specific ECF components. The relationship between perceived loneliness and the latent dimensions capturing multiple measures across different ECF paradigms has not been established. In this study, we first investigated the latent dimensions of ECF processes across a comprehensive range of paradigms using exploratory factor analysis. We then examined the association of perceived loneliness and the resulted ECF components in older adults while simultaneously controlling for other demographic and affective measures. Four components emerged from the factor analysis: social cognition and processing speed, planning and working memory, selective, divided attention and inhibition control, and sustained attention and motor inhibition. We observed that the second ECF component, planning and working memory, was a significant predictor of perceived loneliness even after controlling for depressive characteristics measured by the Geriatric Depression Scale. Our findings have potential clinical significance in the older population, by showing that planning and working memory functions may predict perceived loneliness, which is also associated with higher risk for major depression. Thus, older individuals who have lower planning and working memory functions may be specifically targeted for possible early prevention of chronic loneliness and depression. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/286119 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.8 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.403 |
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dc.contributor.author | Sin, E | - |
dc.contributor.author | Shao, R | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lee, TMC | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-31T06:59:23Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-08-31T06:59:23Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Aging & Mental Health, 2021, v. 25 n. 7, p. 1224-1231 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1360-7863 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/286119 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Perceived loneliness has implications in both cognitive and affective domains. High loneliness is considered to be a major risk factor for major depressive disorder. Loneliness is also associated with impaired executive control functioning (ECF) including multiple cognitive subdomains, such as working memory, planning, response inhibition, and attention control. However, little knowledge exists as to whether perceived loneliness is associated with impaired functioning of specific ECF components. The relationship between perceived loneliness and the latent dimensions capturing multiple measures across different ECF paradigms has not been established. In this study, we first investigated the latent dimensions of ECF processes across a comprehensive range of paradigms using exploratory factor analysis. We then examined the association of perceived loneliness and the resulted ECF components in older adults while simultaneously controlling for other demographic and affective measures. Four components emerged from the factor analysis: social cognition and processing speed, planning and working memory, selective, divided attention and inhibition control, and sustained attention and motor inhibition. We observed that the second ECF component, planning and working memory, was a significant predictor of perceived loneliness even after controlling for depressive characteristics measured by the Geriatric Depression Scale. Our findings have potential clinical significance in the older population, by showing that planning and working memory functions may predict perceived loneliness, which is also associated with higher risk for major depression. Thus, older individuals who have lower planning and working memory functions may be specifically targeted for possible early prevention of chronic loneliness and depression. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Routledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13607863.asp | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Aging & Mental Health | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | Perceived loneliness | - |
dc.subject | Executive control function | - |
dc.subject | Tower of London | - |
dc.subject | Aging | - |
dc.subject | Planning | - |
dc.title | The executive control correlate of loneliness in healthy older people | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Shao, R: rshao@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Lee, TMC: tmclee@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Shao, R=rp02519 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Lee, TMC=rp00564 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/13607863.2020.1749832 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 32363898 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85084292980 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 313765 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 25 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 7 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 1224 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 1231 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000532217600001 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1360-7863 | - |