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28 - Control and Cognition: Contextual and Individual Differences in Cognitive Aging

from Part IV - Cognitive, Social, and Biological Factors across the Lifespan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2020

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Shevaun D. Neupert  and
Jennifer A. Bellingtier
Edited by
Ayanna K. Thomas  and
Angela Gutchess
Ayanna K. Thomas
Affiliation:
Tufts University, Massachusetts
Angela Gutchess
Affiliation:
Brandeis University, Massachusetts
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Summary

Sense of control over one’s life declines in the later portion of the life span, which is not surprising in the face of increased losses and decreased gains associated with aging. Unfortunately, the maintenance of sense of control is a key indicator of successful aging while low control beliefs are a risk factor for poor aging-related outcomes, such as lower concurrent and subsequent cognitive functioning. The simultaneous focus on the person and the environment is an important characteristic of research on control beliefs. We synthesize the state of the field and discuss the current understanding of the complex interplay of control beliefs and cognition. In addition, we propose that awareness of aging, which is the subjective interpretation of aging, may be an important future direction to elucidate the control-cognition relationships.

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awareness of agingbasic cognitioncognitive functioningconstraintcultureeveryday cognitionhealthindividual differencesintraindividual variabilityLachmanlocus of controlmasterymemorymotivationperceived competenceperceived controlself-efficacysocioeconomic statusstereotypessubjective agingsuccessful aging
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The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Aging
A Life Course Perspective
 , pp. 514 - 531
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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