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Religiosity/spirituality and cognitive functioning across the life span: the mediating role of social engagement

Grunwald, Celine
(2021)

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Supervisors
Agrigoroaei, Stefan
Faculty
Faculté de psychologie, logopédie, sexologie et des sciences de la famille
Degree label
Master [120] en sciences psychologiques, à finalité spécialisée
Abstract
Given the rate of growth of the aging population throughout the world and hence the number of individuals suffering from cognitive decline, it is critical to identify possible protective of cognitive decline and cognitive performance to help target older people. The objective of this thesis was to analyze the relationship between aspects of religion/spirituality on cognitive decline and cognitive performance at middle age and later life with participants ranging from 35 to 84 years old. This thesis also investigated whether social engagement acted as a mediator of the effect of R/S on cognitive performance. The data used were taken from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) longitudinal study and relate to the measurements carried out at time 2 (2004-2009) and 3 (2013-2014). This study adds to the literature on the implication of religiosity and spirituality on cognitive performance across the life span. The transversal findings suggested that some aspects of R/S could be significant protective factors of cognitive performance. Also, we found that some aspects of R/S were mediating factors of the relation between R/S and cognitive performance. Unfortunately, the longitudinal findings did not predict that some aspects of R/S had the potential to protect from cognitive decline in mid and later life.