Publications [#254517] of Keith E. Whitfield

Journal Articles

1. Whitfield, KE; Allaire, JC; Wiggins, SA (2004). Relationships among health factors and everyday problem solving in African Americans. Health Psychology, 23(6), 641-644. [doi]
   (last updated on 2017/07/31)

   Abstract:
   This study examined whether measures of health status enhance the prediction of performance on everyday problem solving in adult African Americans. The sample consisted of 209 community-dwelling African American adults with a mean age of 66.82 years (SD = 7.95). The following variables were included in the analysis: Everyday Problems Test (EPT), summary index of chronic illnesses (cardiovascular disease, hypertension, arthritis, stroke, and diabetes), self-rated health (current health, health in the past month, health compared with others, health compared with 5 years ago), and demographic information. Using hierarchical regression and follow-up communality analysis, the authors found that the number of chronic illnesses and self-rated health as compared with 5 years prior were significant and unique predictors of performance on the EPT but did not account for all of the demographic-related variance. The results indicate that health indices contribute to the variability in everyday cognition in this understudied population.