nmm 22 4500 ICPSR25281 MiAaI m f a u cr mn mmmmuuuu 130518s2009 miu f a eng d (MiAaI)ICPSR25281 MiAaI MiAaI National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS II) [electronic resource] Cognitive Project, 2004-2006 Carol D. Ryff , Margie E. Lachman 2013-04-29 Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 2009 ICPSR 25281 Numeric Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2013-05-18. AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to the general public. Also available as downloadable files. In 1994/1995, the MacArthur Midlife Research Network carried out a national survey of over 7,000 Americans aged 25 to 74. The purpose of the study was to investigate the role of behavioral, psychological, and social factors in understanding age-related differences in physical and mental health. A description of the study and findings from it are available at http://www.midus.wisc.edu. With support from the National Institute on Aging, a longitudinal follow-up of the original MIDUS samples (core sample (N = 3,487), metropolitan over-samples (N = 757), twins (N = 957 pairs), and siblings (N = 950)) was conducted in 2004-2006. Guiding hypotheses, at the most general level, were that behavioral and psychosocial factors are consequential for health (physical and mental). The purpose of the Cognitive Project was to determine how cognition is related to overall mental and physical health. Specific goals were: (1) to characterize the nature and range of midlife cognitive performance, relative to those younger and older, across multiple domains in a nationally representative sample (MIDUS); and (2) to examine the relationship between biopsychosocial factors (e.g., SES, health status, health-promoting behaviors, metabolic and cardiovascular biomarkers, depression, personality, control beliefs, stressful life events) and individual differences in cognitive functioning. The development of a cognitive battery for the second wave of testing of the Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS) study provided an opportunity to examine the cognitive performance of young, middle-aged and older adults from a wide range of education levels in a large-scale, national sample. As part of the Cognitive Project of the MIDUS II the Brief Test of Adult Cognition by Telephone (BTACT) (Lachman & Tun, 2008; Tun & Lachman, 2006) was administered. More information about the BTACT can be found at www.brandeis.edu/projects/lifespan. The BTACT represents the first comprehensive cognitive battery, including measures of speed and reaction time, to be administered by telephone to a national sample across the adult years and into later life. With a response rate of over 86 percent for the cognitive testing component of the MIDUS II, a cognitive data set of unprecedented range in terms of age, gender, socioeconomic status (SES), education, and geographic diversity was produced. Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25281.v5 adults icpsr cognition icpsr cognitive functioning icpsr cognitive impairment icpsr cognitive processes icpsr health icpsr health status icpsr life satisfaction icpsr mental health icpsr physical heallth icpsr RCMD V. Health and Well-Being NACDA II. Social Characteristics of Older Adults ICPSR XVII.D. Social Institutions and Behavior, Age and the Life Cycle FENWAY I. Fenway Archive Project FENWAY VI. Studies That Include Heterosexual Populations DSDR VI. Population Characteristics ICPSR XVII. Social Institutions and Behavior Ryff, Carol D. Lachman, Margie E. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. ICPSR (Series) 25281 Access restricted ; authentication may be required: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25281.v5