@mastersthesis {10237,
	title = {Comparing Cognitive Functioning in White Mexican/Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic White Americans with and without Type 2 Diabetes.},
	volume = {Master of Science},
	year = {2019},
	month = {2019},
	pages = {49},
	school = {University of North Texas},
	address = {Denton, TX},
	abstract = {To better understand the impact of type 2 diabetes, the relationship between ethnicity, specifically Mexican/Mexican American ethnicity, and the disease must be further investigated. This study specifically examined the cognitive impact of type 2 diabetes. Data from the 2014 Health and Retirement Study was used to compare the cognitive functioning of non-Hispanic White (n = 10,658) and White Mexican/Mexican American (n = 847) individuals, age 50+ years, with and without type 2 diabetes. Serial 7{\textquoteright}s and immediate and delayed recall{\textemdash}hypothesized to be more negatively affected by type 2 diabetes and Mexican American status{\textemdash}was compared controlling for age, education, and depression. A multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) indicated significant main effects for race/ethnicity (F(3,11496) = 11.15, p < .001) and diabetes status (F(3,11496) = 3.15, p < .024), with Mexican Americans and those with diabetes having worse cognitive performance. There were significant effects for all covariates. A step-wise multiple regression indicated that education, age, depression, race/ethnicity and diabetes status accounted for a combined 28.4\% of variance in a cognitive performance composite. Implications for assessment and treatment are discussed.},
	keywords = {Clinical Psychology, cognitive function, Diabetes, ethnicity, mexican american, Psychology},
	url = {https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1538649/$\#$description-content-main},
	author = {Saldana, Samantha Lee}
}
