Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jan 20, 2026
Shuttle Box Assay as an Associative Learning Tool for Cognitive Assessment in Learning and Memory Studies using Adult Zebrafish
Published on: July 12, 2021
Facets of Religion/Spirituality and Cognitive Health: Association Variations Across Gender and Race Among Older
Katherine Carroll Britt1, Augustine Cassis Obeng Boateng2, Chinwe Nwadiogbu3
1College of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Abstract:
Religion and spirituality (R/S) may be associated with better cognitive health, yet most published studies have been conducted in primarily White populations without investigating association variations by gender and race. A cross-sectional analysis of 1,041 community-dwelling diverse older adults from the Philadelphia Healthy Brain Aging (PHBA) cohort study was conducted using multiple regression analysis. We examined associations between facets of R/S and total cognitive scores and performed stratification analysis separately by gender and race to explore potential gender- and race-specific variations. Higher non-organizational R/S was associated with lower cognitive scores, while greater religious and spiritual coping was associated with higher cognitive scores, controlling for age, education, chronic conditions, race, and financial constraints. Across gender and race variations, non-organizational R/S was associated with lower cognitive scores in women alone, with no variations across race. Higher religious and spiritual coping was associated with higher cognitive scores in both Black and White women, but not men, while higher religious and spiritual healing was associated with lower cognitive scores in Black women only. Associations between religious and spiritual facets and cognitive health differ across gender and race; longitudinal studies are needed.
Related Concept Videos
08:35Shuttle Box Assay as an Associative Learning Tool for Cognitive Assessment in Learning and Memory Studies using Adult Zebrafish
10:10The Implicit Association Test
One of the core constructs in social psychology is the notion of an attitude toward an object or person. Traditionally, psychologists measured attitudes by simply asking people to self-report their beliefs, opinions, or feelings. This approach has limitations, however, when measuring socially sensitive attitudes, like racial prejudice, because people are often motivated to self-report unprejudiced, egalitarian beliefs (despite...
04:33Association Between Sleep Quality and Cognitive Symptoms in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder
08:47Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
09:12Facet-to-facet Linking of Shape-anisotropic Colloidal Cadmium Chalcogenide Nanostructures
08:13Using the Race Model Inequality to Quantify Behavioral Multisensory Integration Effects