Network recall among older adults with cognitive impairments
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Although it is widely accepted that personal networks influence health and illness, network recall remains a major concern. This concern is heightened when studying a population that is vulnerable to cognitive decline. Given these issues, we use data from the Social Network in Alzheimer Disease project to explore similarities and discrepancies between the network perceptions of focal participants and study partners. By leveraging data on a sample of older adults with normal cognition, mild cognitive impairment, and early stage dementia, we explore how cognitive impairment influences older adults' perceptions of their personal networks. We find that the average individual is more likely to omit weaker, peripheral ties from their self-reported networks than stronger, central ties. Despite observing only moderate levels of focal-partner corroboration across our sample, we find minimal evidence of perceptual differences across diagnostic groups. We offer two broad conclusions. First, self-reported network data, though imperfect, offer a reasonable account of the core people in one's life. Second, our findings assuage concerns that cognitively impaired older adults have skewed perceptions of their personal networks.
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- Authors
- Roth, A. R., Peng, S., Coleman, M. E., Finley, E., & Perry, B. L.
- Affiliations
- Indiana University (US)
- Indiana University Indianapolis (US)
- Corresponding author
- Roth, Adam R.
- Venue
- Social Networks
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2021-01
- Volume
- 64
- Pages
- 99-108
- ISSN
- 0378-8733 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7500575
- OpenAlex
- W3084205111
- Cited by
- 16
- References
- 56
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 3
- FWCI
- 1.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Social Networks (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- IUScholarWorks (Indiana University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
- National Institute on Aging
- Indiana University Bloomington
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
- Keywords
- older adults, cognitive impairment, mild cognitive impairment, early-stage dementia
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