Causal mediation of the association between educational attainment and late-life cognitive function by trajectories of social participation

Yu-Tien Hsu, Francine Grodstein, Tzu-Hung Liu, Chia-Rui Chang, Ichiro Kawachi and Jarvis T. Chen

Social Science & Medicine, 2025, vol. 370, issue C

Abstract: Education is a well-established predictor for late-life cognition. Moreover, social participation is associated with late-life cognition and could mediate the association between education and cognitive function. Yet, few studies have formally tested this question within a causal mediation framework.

Keywords: Cognitive aging; Social participation; Educational status; Social isolation; Cognitive reserve; Causal mediation analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117861

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