The Journals of Gerontology: Series B

2000 - 2026

Current editor(s): Psychological Sciences - S. Duke Han, PhD and Social Sciences - Jessica A Kelley, PhD, FGSA

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Volume 81, issue Supplement_1, 2026

Introduction: Harmonization Recommendations from the Gateway to Global Aging Data pp. S1-S3

Jinkook Lee and Jere R Behrman

NIA perspective on harmonizing International Health and Retirement Studies (HRS) and Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP) studies pp. S4-S6

Jonathan W King, Minki Chatterji and Jessica A Kelley

Recommended contents for a longitudinal, population-representative study of health, retirement, and aging pp. S7-S17

Jinkook Lee, Jenny Wilkens, Drystan Phillips, Emma Nichols, David Knapp and Jere R Behrman

The measurement of cognition in large-scale cross-national surveys: lessons from the Health and Retirement Study International Network of Studies and the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol pp. S18-S30

Emma Nichols, Alden L Gross, Lindsay C Kobayashi, Kenneth M Langa, Jinkook Lee and Jere R Behrman

Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol: What makes an HCAP an HCAP? An adaptive architecture for measuring cognitive aging around the world pp. S31-S43

Alden L Gross, Sneha S Mani, David Weir, Emily M Briceño, Miguel Arce Rentería, Emma Nichols, Richard N Jones, Jennifer M Manly, Kenneth M Langa, Jean Ikanga, Jinkook Lee, Lindsay C Kobayashi and Jere R Behrman

Recommended best practices for construct-centered adaptation of the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol pp. S44-S54

Emily M Briceño, Darina T Bassil, Pranali Khobragade, Anthony Ngugi, Martine Elbejjani, Eric Ochieng, Silvia Mejia-Arango, Salima Douhou, Kazione Kulisewa, Miguel Arce Rentería, Alden L Gross, Richard N Jones, Jinkook Lee, Kenneth M Langa, Lindsay C Kobayashi and Jere R Behrman

Missing data and imputation in the international studies following the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol pp. S55-S63

Erik Meijer, Ying Liu and Jere R Behrman

Sharing common measures of the environment across continents: challenges and opportunities for global studies of aging pp. S64-S75

Nia Clements, Adam Taggart, Kayleigh P Keller, Katherine Francois, Catalina Bravo, David Bravo, Ekta Chaudhary, Ruth Hunter, Anne Nolan, Emma Nichols, Meredith Pedde, Joanna S Valson, Paola Zaninotto, Jinkook Lee, Sara D AdarSc and Jessica Kelley

Harmonizing measures of cross-country policies for aging research: applications to education, pension, and long-term care systems pp. S75-S86

Mauricio Avendano, David Knapp, Mario Padula, Giacomo Pasini and Jere R Behrman

Volume 81, issue 3, 2026

Disentangling social isolation, loneliness, and later-life cognitive function for older adults in the United States: evidence from causal inference modeling pp. gbaf254.

Jo Mhairi Hale, Angelo Lorenti, Solveig A Cunningham and Jessica A Kelley

Poorer subjective hearing is associated with less frequent and more negative social interactions in older adults pp. gbaf261.

Elliot M Friedman, Markus H Schafer, Melissa M Franks, Alexander L Francis and Jessica A Kelley

Sex differences in the association between occupational environment exposures and cognitive function outcomes in later life pp. gbaf263.

Qiuchang (Katy) Cao, Dawn C Carr, Melissa Radey and Kenzie Latham-Mintus

Perceived control buffers against variability in day-to-day cognition in midlife and older age pp. gbaf265.

Laura M Klepacz, Eric S Cerino, Jacqueline A MoglePh, Jeremy M Hamm and Gali Weissberger

Caregivers’ positive emotional language predicts their depression trajectories after dementia caregiving ends pp. gbaf267.

Jenna L Wells, Julian A Scheffer, Suzanne M Shdo, Claire I Yee, Kevin J Grimm, Alissa B Sideman, Bruce L Miller, Jennifer J Merrilees, Katherine L Possin, Robert W Levenson and Elizabeth Muñoz

Prevalence of dementia and mild cognitive impairment in the Mexican population: evidence from Mex-Cog, a harmonized cognitive assessment protocol study pp. gbaf268.

Silvia Mejia-Arango, Miguel Arce Rentería, Joseph L Saenz, Rebeca Wong and Elizabeth Muñoz

Aging in global perspective: on the 50th anniversary of the National Institute on Aging pp. gbaf269.

Jinkook Lee and Jessica A Kelley

Perceived control, brain health, and cognitive reserve: longitudinal resilience mechanisms in Black, White, and Hispanic older adults pp. gbaf270.

Monica E Walters, Kiana A Scambray, Emily P Morris, Jordan D Palms, Robrielle M Pierce, Ketlyne Sol, Nicole Schupf, Adam M Brickman, Laura B Zahodne and Elizabeth Muñoz

The effect of retirement on cardiovascular disease: evidence from European countries pp. gbaf271.

Jiaru Liu, Ilias Kyriopoulos, Wei Yang, Sotiris Vandoros and Bram Vanhoutte

Parkinson’s research with inclusion, diversity, and equity: exploring the experiences of LGBTQ+ caregivers of people living with Parkinson’s disease pp. gbaf272.

Sarah Benson, Brittany Castro, Cody Yamada, Jennifer R Pharr, Krystal R Kittle, Jace D Flatt and Jessica A Kelley

Caregivers serving as confidants: relationship correlates and well-being by care-recipients’ dementia status pp. gbaf273.

Meng Huo, Fei Wang, Yongxin Shang, Sarah E Patterson and Markus Schafer

Gender differences in work expectations and psychological distress: insights from the United States and South Korea pp. gbaf274.

Linh Dang, Toni Antonucci, Carlos Mendes de Leon, Briana Mezuk and Gali Weissberger

Associations between joint air pollution exposure, mental health, and physical health and dementia incidence in an aging U.S. cohort pp. gbaf275.

Kayan Clarke, Zhengyi Deng, Aisha S Dickerson and Samuele Zilioli

Associations of lifetime cumulative estrogen exposure with lifecourse social exposures, cognitive decline, and dementia risk among postmenopausal White, Black, and Latina women pp. gbag001.

Justina F Avila-Rieger, Benjamin Huber, Sarah E Tom, Whitney R Robinson, Tanisha G Hill-Jarrett, Mateo P Farina, Timothy J Hohman, Nicole Schupf, Adam M Brickman, Richard P Mayeux and Jennifer J Manly

Race/color functional limitation disparities in a “racial democracy”: findings among middle-aged and older adults in Brazil pp. gbag002.

Shane D Burns, Philippa J Clarke and Jessica A Kelley

Volume 81, issue 2, 2026

Subjective well-being mediates the longitudinal effect of insomnia symptoms on internalizing symptoms in community-dwelling older adults pp. gbaf221.

Yiwei Ying, Runtang Meng, Jiale Xu, Yi Luo, Ciarán O’Driscoll, Joseph M Dzierzewski, Mengyi Huang, Xinyuan Li, Yue Wang, Yexin Ma, Haiyan Ma, Karen Spruyt, Stuart F Quan, Raffaele Ferri and Alyssa Gamaldo

Views of aging and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder among older adult war veterans in the context of renewed war pp. gbaf226.

Sharon Avidor, Geva Shenkman, Amit Shrira, Ella Cohn-Schwartz, Yuval Palgi, Lee Greenblatt-Kimron and Elizabeth Muñoz

Self-efficacy change among diverse family caregivers in dementia care pp. gbaf233.

Deborah M Oyeyemi, Erich J Greene, Yunshan Xu, David R Lee, Rafael Samper-Ternent, Maya L Lichtenstein, Alan Stevens, Jeff D Williamson, Arun S Karlamangla, Debra Saliba, David B Reuben and Elizabeth Muñoz

Effects of mindfulness training on sustained attention and mind-wandering in older adults: results from the HealthyAgers randomized controlled trial pp. gbaf235.

Megan Fisher, Madhura Phansikar, James Teng, Nathan McPherson, Elizabeth Duraney, Michael McKenna, Anita Shankar, Courtney Blau, Rosie Canter, Christine Roberts, Stephanie Aghamoosa, Kathy Wright, Rebecca Andridge, Ruchika S Prakash and Gali Weissberger

The NIH toolbox emotion battery and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease: findings from the multisite ARMADA study pp. gbaf236.

Kexin Yu, Jennifer R Gatchel, Emily H Ho, Ihab Hajjar, Steven E Arnold, Gad A Marshall, Hiroko H Dodge and Brittany S Cassidy

The advantages of aging: greater stability of self-representation in older adults is linked to higher well-being pp. gbaf239.

Sarah Hennessy, Jessica R Andrews-Hanna, Matthew D Grilli and Brittany S Cassidy

Uncovering the biological toll of neighborhood disorder trajectories: a machine learning based weighting analysis of biomarkers in older adults pp. gbaf242.

Jiao Yu, XThomas K M Cudjoe, Walter S Mathis, Xi Chen and Marc A Garcia

Effect of cognitive training on cortisol levels in patients with neurocognitive disorders pp. gbaf243.

Marina De Rui, Giulia Salerno Trapella, Chiara Ceolin, Filippo Ceccato, Giorgia Antonelli, Adele Ravelli, Rita Andreuzza, Enrico Conti, Michela Sarlo, Alessandra Coin, Bruno Micael Zanforlini, Anna Bertocco, Chiara Curreri, Irene Tizianel, Daniela Mapelli, Giuseppe Sergi, Maria Devita and Martina Luchetti

Functional impairment representations and behavioral intentions in later life: a motivational perspective pp. gbaf244.

Shira Peleg, XVictoria Michalowski, Theresa Pauly and Annie L Nguyen

The toll of caregiving: life-course family care and disparities in physical functioning pp. gbaf246.

Chioun Lee, Xinyao Zheng, Soojin Park and Nekehia T Quashie

Nonlinear decline in the association between birth weight and cognitive ability from infancy to midlife in a community sample of twins pp. gbaf247.

Sophie A Bell, Sean R Womack, Alyssa Kam, Molly Gonenne, Christopher R Beam, Evan J Giangrande, Deborah Finkel, Eric Turkheimer, Deborah W Davis and Martina Luchetti

Heterogeneity in Asian Americans’ mortality trends, 2000–2022 pp. gbaf248.

Hui Zheng, Yoonyoung Choi, Leafia Ye, Ming Wen and Marc A Garcia

Cognitive difficulties among middle-aged and older Latino adults: within-group variation across U.S. states pp. gbaf249.

Marc A Garcia, Catherine García and Jessica A Kelley

The association of number and geographic proximity of children with care home use before all-cause and dementia deaths: a register-based study of Finnish older adults pp. gbaf250.

Kaarina Korhonen, Elina Einiö, Pekka Martikainen and Bram Vanhoutte

Coping with life’s finitude: the protective role of death preparation and death acceptance amid resource loss pp. gbaf251.

Yaeji Kim-Knauss, Frieder R Lang and Annie L Nguyen

From dysphoria to anhedonia: age-related shift in the link between cognitive and affective symptoms pp. gbaf252.

Daniel Harlev, Aya Vituri, Moni Shahar, Noham Wolpe and Martina Luchetti

Grandparent caregiving and epigenetic aging among midlife and older adults in the United States pp. gbaf255.

Aarti C Bhat, Kaitlin M Trexberg, Abner T Apsley, David M Almeida, Idan Shalev and Markus Schafer

Sibling status and dementia risk in later life pp. gbaf256.

Juwen Wang, XHui Liu, Wencheng Zhang and Nekehia T Quashie

Neighborhood built environment and loneliness dynamics among older Chinese immigrants in the United States pp. gbaf257.

Fengyan Tang, Qingqing Yin, Wendi Da, Guoping Jin, Yanping Jiang and Regina Wright

Structural determinants of Medicaid enrollment in late life pp. gbaf262.

Sarah E Petry and Marc A Garcia

Relationship quality moderates the association between neighborhood disadvantage and cognition among Mexican American older adults pp. gbaf266.

Kiana A Scambray, Monica E Walters, Cindy Tsotsoros, Ángela Gutiérrez, Ketlyne Sol, Hwajung Choi and Elizabeth Muñoz

Volume 81, issue 1, 2026

Mental health literacy predicts depression in older adults in China: an interpretable machine learning model pp. gbaf158.

Ningning Mao, Yueran Wang, Anji Zhou, Xiangwei Dai, Zhuo Rachel Han, He Li, Zhanjun Zhang and Alyssa Gamaldo

Cognitive dedifferentiation in later life: longitudinal findings from the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 pp. gbaf189.

Joanna E Moodie, Janie Corley, XIan J Deary, Simon R Cox and Gali Weissberger

Uncovering mechanisms of historical change in midlife loneliness across the United States and Europe: a focus on physical activity, health conditions, and wealth pp. gbaf207.

Frank J Infurna, Yesenia Cruz-Carrillo, Nutifafa E Y Dey, Markus Wettstein, Kevin J Grimm, Margie E Lachman and Denis Gerstorf

Couples’ perceptions of interpersonal emotion regulation receipt and provision predict well-being across adulthood pp. gbaf208.

Claire M Growney, Tabea Springstein and Tammy English

Associations between pain reactivity to worse sleep and health outcomes pp. gbaf210.

Christina X Mu, Brent J Small, Christina S McCrae, Lindsay J Peterson, Ross Andel, Katie L Stone and Soomi Lee

From disconnection to well-being: a longitudinal study on digital access as a social determinant of health for older adults in China pp. gbaf211.

Minzhi Ye, Jierong Hu and Regina Wright

How time exposure, role engagement and task essence (“3E”) of volunteering interact to associate with healthy aging: a cross-sectional mixed-method study in Hong Kong pp. gbaf214.

Shiyu Lu and Kate de Medeiros

Cumulative (dis)advantages in cognitive health: rural/urban residency, household registration status, and cognitive aging among older Chinese adults pp. gbaf217.

Jen-Hao Chen, Qian Song, Yuan S Zhang and Jessica A Kelley

Urban-rural disparity: temporal trends in dementia prevalence and the impact of demographic transition in Taiwan (2000–2020) pp. gbaf218.

Chen-Yang Hsiao, Chia Liu, Sun-Wung Hsieh, Hsueh-Fen Chen, Yuan-Han Yang, Hui-Min Hsieh and Jessica A Kelley

Beyond pain presence: the impact of multisite pain and pain interference on cognitive functioning among middle-aged and older adults pp. gbaf220.

Chang YuMA, Ashley B Barr, Yulin Yang, Hanna Grol-Prokopczyk and Annie L Nguyen

Incongruent caregiver–care recipient reports by care task and relationship type pp. gbaf222.

Janecca A Chin and I-Fen Lin

The importance of modifiable lifestyle factors for episodic memory: a gradient boosted tree analysis pp. gbaf225.

Addison Leeds Berg, Stephanie Sinclair, Ashley Acosta-Parra, César A Moreno, Ana Glosson, Rachel A Whitmer, Paola Gilsanz and Evan Fletcher

Purpose in life mitigates digital disconnection in older adults pp. gbaf227.

Yichen Wang and Anthony D Ong

Prevalence of cognitive frailty, reversible and potentially reversible cognitive frailty among older adults without dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis pp. gbaf228.

Jinwei BianMPA, Zi Chen, Ying Gao, Fung Yee Lau, Daniel Yee Tak Fong, Edmond Pui Hang Choi, Pui Hing Chau and Annie L Nguyen

Spousal education and cognitive trajectories among Chinese couples: a Longitudinal Actor–Partner Interdependence Model analysis pp. gbaf229.

Yu Guo, Zhenmei Zhang, Philip J Pettis, Quanbao Jiang and Nekehia T Quashie

Internet al.ruistic behaviors and affective well-being among family caregivers: a natural language processing approach pp. gbaf230.

Shaowei Liu, Junyao Zheng, Fan Yang, Wenjie Li, Yiyan Zhou, Shihan Lu and Vivian Weiqun Lou

Digital technology use and dementia among older adults: the moderating role of activity limitations pp. gbaf231.

Jiao Yu, Wenxuan Huang, Roland J Thorpe and Markus Schafer

Qualitative insights on help-seeking from older Australian women with lived experience of elder abuse pp. gbaf232.

Bianca Brijnath, Rachel Muoio, Jake Najman, Shelby Marrington, Alexandra Clavarino, Tara Renae McGee and Anna Gilbard

Resource or crisis? Cognitive functioning after widowhood and why paid work status matters pp. gbaf234.

Maria Karlene Shawn I Cabaraban, Valeria Bordone, Daniela Weber and Zhen Cong

Life after loss: cognitive differences by gender and age following widowhood or divorce transitions pp. gbaf237.

Julia E Schlameus, Elizabeth Muñoz, Mateo P Farina and Markus Schafer

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and the social worlds we age in pp. gbaf245.

XJason D Flatt