Interplay of Cognitive and Motivational Resources for Out-of-Home Behavior in a Sample of Cognitively Heterogeneous Older Adults: Findings of the SenTra Project

We examined in this study the hypothesis that cognitive resources are more closely linked with out-of-home behavior than motivational resources. A cognitively heterogeneous sample of 222 older adults aged 59-91 years (M = 72.7; SD = 6.2), including 146 cognitively healthy persons and 76 persons with...

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Published in:The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2013-09, Vol.68 (5), p.691-702
Main Authors: WAHL, Hans-Werner, WETTSTEIN, Markus, SHOVAL, Noam, OSWALD, Frank, KASPAR, Roman, ISSACSON, Michal, VOSS, Elke, AUSLANDER, Gail, HEINIK, Jeremia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of Daily Living - psychology
Adult. Elderly
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Attitudes
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition
Cognitive ability
Cognitive Dysfunction - psychology
Developmental psychology
Elderly people
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Geriatrics
Global positioning systems
GPS
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Mental depression
Middle Aged
Minimental State Examination
Motivation
Neuropsychological Tests
Older people
Positioning
Psychological Tests
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Quality of life
Wellbeing
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Summary:We examined in this study the hypothesis that cognitive resources are more closely linked with out-of-home behavior than motivational resources. A cognitively heterogeneous sample of 222 older adults aged 59-91 years (M = 72.7; SD = 6.2), including 146 cognitively healthy persons and 76 persons with mild cognitive impairment-recruited in the German and Israeli arm of the SenTra project-was used for the analysis. Out-of-home behavior was assessed by means of global positioning system technology (time out of home; number of nodes visited) as well as by questionnaire (out-of-home activities). Mini-Mental State Examination and trail-making tests A and B were used to assess cognitive resources. Well-being, depression, and environmental mastery were assessed as motivational resources. Findings at the zero-order and latent variable levels confirmed that cognitive resources were more closely linked with out-of-home behavior than motivational resources. Findings support the view that well-being-related motivations to exert out-of-home behavior may become less important in old age because of the increasing cognitive resources required by such behavior.
ISSN:1079-5014
1758-5368
DOI:10.1093/geronb/gbs106