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Associations between childhood adversities and late-life cognitive function: Potential mechanisms

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  • Ding, Ruoxi
  • He, Ping

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Childhood adversity, which is related to negative cognitive consequences, is highly prevalent across the world. Nonetheless, there is still a scarcity of research on late-life cognitive function that accounted for multiple aspects of adverse events as well as the potential mediating mechanism of social context and individual's wellbeing in adulthood.

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  • Ding, Ruoxi & He, Ping, 2021. "Associations between childhood adversities and late-life cognitive function: Potential mechanisms," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 291(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:291:y:2021:i:c:s0277953621008108
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114478
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