Cross-lagged relationships between sense of purpose in life, memory performance, and subjective memory beliefs in adulthood over a 9-year interval.

CONCLUSION: Our findings underscore once more the relevance of sense of purpose in life as a predictor of positive late life functioning, as it is related to both performance-based and subjective cognitive outcomes. More work is needed to understand mechanisms underlying the purpose-memory association in order to develop and implement purpose interventions.
PMID: 32954859 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Aging and Mental Health - September 20, 2020 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Dewitte L, Lewis NA, Payne BR, Turiano NA, Hill PL Tags: Aging Ment Health Source Type: research