caa a22 4500 605450919 CHVBK 20210128105154.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10433-015-0350-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10433-015-0350-3 Long-term and short-term predictors of worries about getting Alzheimer's disease [Elektronische Daten] [Stephen Cutler, Corina Brăgaru] Cumulative stresses associated with concerns about cognitive functioning and worries about developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) have been shown to be related to poorer health and lower psychological well-being. Among older persons, AD also generates higher levels of fear than any other disease. But much remains to be learned about predictors of worries and fears, especially from a temporal perspective. Thus, the principal objective of the current research is to examine long-term effects of self-perceptions of cognitive functioning on worries about developing AD. Data for the study are drawn from the University of Michigan's Health and Retirement Study. We use up to ten measurements of self-perceived cognitive functioning collected from 1992 to 2010 for respondents 50years of age and older at the time of their entrance into the study. Demographics (marital status, age, education, and gender); beliefs about the role of genetics, personal knowledge of someone with AD, and their interaction; and depression and health are other variables included in the model. The data are analyzed using the full information maximum likelihood procedure and latent growth curve modeling to account for the long-term effects. The analysis shows evidence of both short-term effects of depression, age, beliefs, and the interaction of beliefs and personal familiarity and long-term effects of cognitive self-assessment on worries about getting AD. Further analyses of these relationships and inclusion of these items in other studies are recommended. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015 Alzheimer's disease nationallicence Memory functioning nationallicence Worry nationallicence Longitudinal data nationallicence Structural equation modeling nationallicence Cutler Stephen Department of Sociology, University of Vermont, 05405, Burlington, VT, USA aut Brăgaru Corina Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of Bucharest, 9 Schitu Măgureanu Street, Bucharest, Romania aut European Journal of Ageing Springer Netherlands 12/4(2015-12-01), 341-351 1613-9372 12:4<341 2015 12 10433 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-015-0350-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-015-0350-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cutler Stephen Department of Sociology, University of Vermont, 05405, Burlington, VT, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Brăgaru Corina Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of Bucharest, 9 Schitu Măgureanu Street, Bucharest, Romania aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Ageing Springer Netherlands 12/4(2015-12-01), 341-351 1613-9372 12:4<341 2015 12 10433 SWISSBIB 354513591