IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/psydev/v32y2020i2p278-307.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Cognitive Ageing in Developing Societies: An Overview and a Cross-sectional Study on Young, Middle-aged and Older Adults in the Indian Context

Author

Listed:
  • Richa Nigam
  • Bhoomika R. Kar

Abstract

Cognitive ageing in developing societies is marked with psychosocial issues such as education, occupation, lifestyle, social support, social interaction and exclusion that may affect cognitive–affective–behavioural changes with ageing. We also present a study based on cognitive profiling of young (N = 79), middle-aged (N = 54) and older adults (N = 43) in India, which examined learning and memory for verbal and visuospatial information, overall cognitive functions, subjective complaints about cognitive difficulties, neuropsychiatric problems, anxiety and emotion regulation. The study shows cognitive changes compared to young and comparable rate of learning and retrieval among middle-aged and older adults for verbal and visuospatial material, correlated with general cognitive ability. The subjective complaints were not correlated with the objective measures of cognitive functions, highlighting the importance of both to show early cognitive changes. The relationship between cognitive functions and emotion regulation or behavioural/emotional changes was observed for young and middle-aged adults but not for older adults. Findings are discussed in the context of the lifespan perspective of cognitive ageing, cognitive reserve, psychosocial environment and social–emotional selectivity theory.

Suggested Citation

  • Richa Nigam & Bhoomika R. Kar, 2020. "Cognitive Ageing in Developing Societies: An Overview and a Cross-sectional Study on Young, Middle-aged and Older Adults in the Indian Context," Psychology and Developing Societies, , vol. 32(2), pages 278-307, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:psydev:v:32:y:2020:i:2:p:278-307
    DOI: 10.1177/0971333620937511
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0971333620937511
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/0971333620937511?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Stefan Agrigoroaei & Margie E. Lachman, 2011. "Cognitive Functioning in Midlife and Old Age: Combined Effects of Psychosocial and Behavioral Factors," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 66(suppl_1), pages 130-140.
    2. Nicole D. Anderson & Fergus I. M. Craik, 2017. "50 Years of Cognitive Aging Theory," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 72(1), pages 1-6.
    3. Kunzmann, Ute & Richter, David & Schmukle, Stefan C., 2013. "Stability and Change in Affective Experience Across the Adult Life Span: Analyses With a National Sample From Germany," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 13(6), pages 1086-1095.
    4. Pushpendra Singh & Dipti Govil & Virendra Kumar & Jitendra Kumar, 2017. "Cognitive Impairment and Quality of Life among Elderly in India," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 12(4), pages 963-979, December.
    5. Márcia Lorena Chaves & Ana Luiza Camozzato & Cláudio Laks Eizirik & Jeffrey Kaye, 2009. "Predictors of Normal and Successful Aging Among Urban-Dwelling Elderly Brazilians," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 64(5), pages 597-602.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Valeria Bordone & Daniela Weber, 2012. "Number of children and cognitive abilities in later life," Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, Vienna Institute of Demography (VID) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna, vol. 10(1), pages 95-126.
    2. Matthias Lühr & Maria K. Pavlova & Maike Luhmann, 2022. "They are Doing Well, but is it by Doing Good? Pathways from Nonpolitical and Political Volunteering to Subjective Well-Being in Age Comparison," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 23(5), pages 1969-1989, June.
    3. Cristina Bosch-Farré & Josep Garre-Olmo & Anna Bonmatí-Tomàs & Maria Carme Malagón-Aguilera & Sandra Gelabert-Vilella & Concepció Fuentes-Pumarola & Dolors Juvinyà-Canal, 2018. "Prevalence and related factors of Active and Healthy Ageing in Europe according to two models: Results from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(10), pages 1-19, October.
    4. Mujcic, Redzo & Oswald, Andrew J., 2018. "Is envy harmful to a society's psychological health and wellbeing? A longitudinal study of 18,000 adults," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 198(C), pages 103-111.
    5. Harrington, Karra D. & Dang, Christa & Lim, Yen Ying & Ames, David & Laws, Simon M. & Pietrzak, Robert H. & Rainey-Smith, Stephanie & Robertson, Joanne & Rowe, Christopher C. & Salvado, Olivier & Vill, 2018. "The effect of preclinical Alzheimer's disease on age-related changes in intelligence in cognitively normal older adults," Intelligence, Elsevier, vol. 70(C), pages 22-29.
    6. Dave Möwisch & Florian Schmiedek & David Richter & Annette Brose, 2019. "Capturing Affective Well-Being in Daily Life with the Day Reconstruction Method: A Refined View on Positive and Negative Affect," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 20(2), pages 641-663, February.
    7. Osea Giuntella & Sally McManus & Redzo Mujcic & Andrew J. Oswald & Nattavudh Powdthavee & Ahmed Tohamy, 2023. "The Midlife Crisis," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 90(357), pages 65-110, January.
    8. Mujcic, Redzo & Oswald, Andrew J., 2018. "Is Envy Harmful to a Society’s Psychological Health and Wellbeing? A Longitudinal Study of 18,000 Adults," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 361, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
    9. Linda B HassingPhD & Shevaun NeupertPhDDecision Editor, 2020. "Gender Differences in the Association Between Leisure Activity in Adulthood and Cognitive Function in Old Age: A Prospective Longitudinal Population-Based Study," Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Gerontological Society of America, vol. 75(1), pages 11-20.
    10. Daniel Apolinario & Sonia Maria Dozzi Brucki & Renata Eloah de Lucena Ferretti & José Marcelo Farfel & Regina Miksian Magaldi & Alexandre Leopold Busse & Wilson Jacob-Filho, 2013. "Estimating Premorbid Cognitive Abilities in Low-Educated Populations," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 8(3), pages 1-8, March.
    11. Joanna E McHugh Power & Joanne Feeney & Elizabeth Fowler & Alan J. McMichael & Philip Hyland & Brian A. Lawlor & Sharon Cruise & Claire Potter & Ian Young & Bernadette McGuinness & Frank Kee, 2022. "Exposure to the troubles in Northern Ireland, memory functioning, and social activity engagement: results from NICOLA," European Journal of Ageing, Springer, vol. 19(4), pages 1099-1109, December.
    12. Sanna ReadPhD & Adelina Comas-Herrera & Emily Grundy & Marcus Schafer, 2020. "Social Isolation and Memory Decline in Later-life," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 75(2), pages 367-376.
    13. Christian Scheve & Frederike Esche & Jürgen Schupp, 2017. "The Emotional Timeline of Unemployment: Anticipation, Reaction, and Adaptation," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 18(4), pages 1231-1254, August.
    14. Adrián Segura-Camacho & Juan-José García-Orozco & Gabriela Topa, 2018. "Sustainable and Healthy Organizations Promote Employee Well-Being: The Moderating Role of Selection, Optimization, and Compensation Strategies," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(10), pages 1-18, September.
    15. Liudmila Zasimova & Maria Sheluntcova, 2014. "Measuring active aging for government policy planning: a case of Russia," HSE Working papers WP BRP 11/PA/2014, National Research University Higher School of Economics.
    16. Eva Calderón-Rubio & Javier Oltra-Cucarella & Beatriz Bonete-López & Clara Iñesta & Esther Sitges-Maciá, 2021. "Regression-Based Normative Data for Independent and Cognitively Active Spanish Older Adults: Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test, Rey–Osterrieth Complex Figure Test and Judgement of Line Orientatio," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(24), pages 1-14, December.
    17. Jieun Song & Marsha R. Mailick & Jan S. Greenberg & Carol D. Ryff & Margie E. Lachman, 2016. "Cognitive Aging in Parents of Children with Disabilities," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 71(5), pages 821-830.
    18. Weizhong Su & Gaobin Ye & Shimou Yao & Guishan Yang, 2014. "Urban Land Pattern Impacts on Floods in a New District of China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 6(10), pages 1-21, September.
    19. Sanna L Read & Emily M D Grundy, 2017. "Fertility History and Cognition in Later Life," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 72(6), pages 1021-1031.
    20. David Cantarero-Prieto & Marta Pascual-Sáez & Carla Blázquez-Fernández, 2018. "What is Happening with Quality of Life Among the Oldest People in Southern European Countries? An Empirical Approach Based on the SHARE Data," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 140(3), pages 1195-1209, December.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:psydev:v:32:y:2020:i:2:p:278-307. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.