In:
GeroPsych, Hogrefe Publishing Group, Vol. 28, No. 3 ( 2015-01), p. 123-136
Abstract:
Abstract. We examine whether sensory impairment moderates the association between cognitive performance and well-being and, if so, whether such a moderation effect is due to a mediating mechanism via everyday competence in sensory-impaired individuals. Our sample consisted of visually-impaired (VI, n = 121), hearing-impaired (HI, n = 116), and sensory-unimpaired older adults (UI, n = 150), with a mean age of 82.50 years (SD = 4.71 years). Multiple measures of well-being (life satisfaction, affect, loneliness) as well as several established tests of cognitive performance were included. We found stronger relationships between cognitive performance and well-being in the HI and VI group than in UI individuals. Furthermore, the relationship was mostly mediated by everyday competence both in VI and HI older adults.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1662-9647
,
1662-971X
DOI:
10.1024/1662-9647/a000131
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hogrefe Publishing Group
Publication Date:
2015
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2539807-6
SSG:
5,2
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