McHugh Power, Joanna and Hannigan, Caoimhe and Carney, Sile and Feeney, Joanne and Kenny, Rose Ann and Kee, Frank and Lawlor, Brian A.
(2020)
Lonely SARTs: Loneliness and sustained attention in the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing.
Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition, 27 (2).
pp. 197-206.
ISSN 1382-5585
Abstract
Based on biologically plausible mechanisms and previous research, it is
possible to hypothesize a reciprocal association between sustained
attention and loneliness. We investigated this association using
a cross-lagged modeling approach. Using data from 6,239 participants
aged over 50 in TILDA, a nationally representative study of aging, we
used structural equation models to investigate potential cross-lagged
associations between sustained attention and loneliness, measured at
baseline and again after four years. Sustained attention at baseline had
a small association with loneliness four years later, but loneliness at
baseline was not associated with sustained attention at follow-up.
Auto-regressive associations were strong for both loneliness over
time and sustained attention over time. Sustained attention may
account for a small proportion of the variance in loneliness over time
among older adults, and may constitute a risk factor in the development of loneliness. Implications for the identification of at-risk individuals and the prevention of loneliness are discussed.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Cognitive; cross-lagged;
structural equation
modelling; observational; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology |
| Item ID: |
13724 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2019.1602705 |
| Depositing User: |
Joanna McHugh Power
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| Date Deposited: |
04 Jan 2021 10:38 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition |
| Publisher: |
Routledge |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| URI: |
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| Use Licence: |
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