TY - JOUR
T1 - Anticipated stigma and dementia-related anxiety in middle-aged and older adults
AU - Maxfield, Molly
AU - Greenberg, Jeff
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was partially supported by the National Institute on Aging under Grant #1R21AG052820-01A1
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Hogrefe Publishing GmbH. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - Heightened awareness and perceived negativity of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) may increase health-related concerns about developing ADRD, also called dementia-related anxiety. Anticipating greater levels of ADRD stigma was expected to be associated with greater dementia-related anxiety. Middle-aged and older adults (N = 183, aged 40-80, M = 59.57) responded to online questionnaires about anticipated ADRD stigma, ADRD exposure, dementia-related anxiety, and potential psychosocial correlates of dementiarelated anxiety. Multivariate regression analyses revealed that self-perceived ADRD risk, ADRD exposure, and anticipated stigma remained significantly associated with dementia-related anxiety, after controlling for demographic variables. Reducing ADRD stigma may ease dementia-related anxiety, an area for future research.
AB - Heightened awareness and perceived negativity of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) may increase health-related concerns about developing ADRD, also called dementia-related anxiety. Anticipating greater levels of ADRD stigma was expected to be associated with greater dementia-related anxiety. Middle-aged and older adults (N = 183, aged 40-80, M = 59.57) responded to online questionnaires about anticipated ADRD stigma, ADRD exposure, dementia-related anxiety, and potential psychosocial correlates of dementiarelated anxiety. Multivariate regression analyses revealed that self-perceived ADRD risk, ADRD exposure, and anticipated stigma remained significantly associated with dementia-related anxiety, after controlling for demographic variables. Reducing ADRD stigma may ease dementia-related anxiety, an area for future research.
KW - ADRD exposure
KW - anticipated ADRD stigma
KW - dementia-related anxiety
KW - self-perceived dementia risk
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U2 - 10.1024/1662-9647/a000234
DO - 10.1024/1662-9647/a000234
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85089152141
SN - 1662-9647
VL - 34
SP - 13
EP - 22
JO - GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry
JF - GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry
IS - 1
ER -