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Work in Later Life: Structures and Spaces/Barriers and Benefits Open

Anne Barrett, Dawn Carr · 2025

Psychology Sociology Political science

Despite the prevailing image of later life as centered on leisure, work – whether paid or unpaid – remains a core institution and activity in the lives of older adults. This symposium brings together multidisciplinary research conducted at…

Cognitive Aging and Dementia Research: Expanding Horizons on Social and Environmental Contexts Open

Jacqui Smith, Dawn Carr · 2025

Psychology

This symposium showcases new cross-disciplinary research into proposals about early-life and midlife contexts associated with later-life cognition and dementia. The early-career speakers utilize data from the Carolina African American Twin…

Cross-National Differences in Association Between Food Deprivation and Depressive Symptom in India, Mexico and USA Open

Shekhar Chauhan, Dawn Carr, T. Muhammad, Arun Balachandran · 2025

Medicine Psychology

Food insecurity has been shown to erode mental health as people age, but it is not known how these effects vary across different country contexts. This study examines the association between food deprivation and depressive symptoms among o…

Occupational Autonomy and Later Life Cognitive Change: The Moderating Role of Education Open

Katy Xinquan Cao, Dawn Carr · 2025

Psychology

As a component of enriching occupational environments, work autonomy has been associated with workers’ better physical and mental health. However, few longitudinal studies have connected autonomous work with later-life cognition. Furthermo…

Country Differences in Fall Risk Among Older Adults: A Comparative Study of India and the USA Open

Shekhar Chauhan, Dawn Carr · 2025

Medicine

Falls represent a critical health concern for older adults, with risk factors varying across socio-demographic and lifestyle contexts. Despite significant implications for public health, few studies have compared fall risk between older ad…

Average Lifetime Work Exposures and Immune Function Among Older Adults Open

Rebekah Carpenter, Dawn Carr, Grace A. Noppert · 2025

Medicine Psychology

Overall immune health and functioning plays a critical role in the development of aging-related chronic conditions and diseases over the life course. Recent research shows that differences in immune function in later life are socially patt…

Innovations in Economics of Aging: Household Financial Factors and Well-Being in Later Life Open

Jessica Kelley, Dawn Carr · 2025

Economics Business

Income and wealth are broadly understood to shape what it means to age well. Other household financial factors, however, receive less attention and may have more daily impact on well-being. For instance, the daily strain of having sufficie…

Enhancing Adherence in Cognitive Assessment and Training: Insights From the APPT Trial Open

Dawn Carr, Walter Boot, Zhe He, Shayok Chakraborty, Mia Liza Lustria , et al. · 2025

Psychology Medicine

The Adherence Promotion with Person-centered Technology (APPT) trial addresses adherence challenges in cognitive assessment and training by leveraging smart, tailored technologies. Early detection of cognitive decline is critical for advan…

The Role of Social Isolation and Depressive Symptoms in the Link Between Physical Activity and Cognition in Older Adults Open

Daniel E C Leme, Neil Charness, Dawn Carr, Zhe He · 2025

Psychology Medicine

Although the direct relationship between physical activity (PA) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in older adults has been widely discussed in the literature, evidence on the indirect association through psychosocial factors is limited. …

The Social Prescription: Enhancing Cognitive Functioning Through Social Activities Open

Meng Huo, Dawn Carr · 2025

Psychology

Social activities have been linked to a variety of physical and emotional benefits in later life, but the contribution these activities can make to older adults’ cognitive health remains less clear. This symposium extends the growing body …

The protective effects of psychological resilience on fall risk Open

Dawn Carr, Shekhar Chauhan, Matthew C. Lohman, Miles G. Taylor, Amanda Sonnega · 2025

Psychology Physics

The relationship between PR and fall risk is bi-directional. Falls erode PR and PR is related to reduced fall risk among those at higher risk. Future research is needed to identify potential interventions that promote PR as a pathway to fa…

Predicting active and productive engagement: introducing the index of aging in midlife and beyond (IAM+) Open

Leah Abrams, Stipica Mudražija, Barbara A. Butrica, Rebekah Carpenter, Amanda Sonnega , et al. · 2025

Background and Objectives Indicators of midlife health decline are needed to determine people’s ability to engage in meaningful activities as they age and to implement early interventions to improve long-term health trajectories. Existing …

EDUCATION, OCCUPATIONAL ENVIRONMENT, AND COGNITIVE DECLINE IN LATE ADULTHOOD Open

Qiuchang Cao, Dawn Carr, Miles G. Taylor · 2024

Psychology Medicine Sociology

Education and occupational environment shape cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related dementias (ADRDs) in late adulthood. However, few studies have explored both factors simultaneously. This study aims to (1) Identify occupat…

LAUNCHING A NEW UNIVERSITY-BASED OPENING MINDS THROUGH ARTS PROGRAM Open

Dawn Carr, Suzanne S. Monroe · 2024

Sociology Computer science Art

Florida State University launched the Opening Minds through Arts program in Fall of 2023 within the college of Social Sciences and Public Policy. The current model is based in a student internship program, in which students are able to ear…

TESTING PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE IN THE OLDER US POPULATION Open

Miles G. Taylor, Dawn Carr · 2024

Psychology Physics

The concept of resilience, broadly defined as the ability to successfully navigate or bounce back after stressors or traumas, has gained increased attention in several disciplinary literatures on aging. Certain challenges and setbacks, suc…

DIFFERENCES IN PROTECTIVE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AMONG WIDOWED IN THE UNITED STATES AND INDIA Open

Shekhar Chauhan, Dawn Carr, Miles G. Taylor, Amanda Sonnega · 2024

Geography Medicine

Widowhood is among the most consequential stressful events for mental health. Although social support is protective for mental health at widowhood, most of widowhood studies are based on US populations. This study uses a harmonized dataset…

Measuring Psychological Resilience in Aging: Findings From the Health and Retirement Study and National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health Open

Miles G. Taylor, Tyler Bruefach, Dawn Carr · 2024

Psychology Medicine Computer science

Background and Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the measurement properties of 2 emerging psychological resilience (PR) measures constructed for use in large national data sources and to test their reliability across social axes incl…

Adherence Promotion With Tailored Motivational Messages: Proof of Concept and Message Preferences in Older Adults Open

Shenghao Zhang, Michael Dieciuc, Andrew Dilanchian, Mia Liza A. Lustria, Dawn Carr , et al. · 2024

Psychology Medicine Computer science

This study examined the feasibility of using tailored text messages to promote adherence to longitudinal protocols and determined what facets of text message tone influence motivation. Forty-three older adults ( M age = 73.21, SD = 5.37) w…

COGNITION MEASURES AND FINDINGS IN THE NATIONAL SOCIAL LIFE, HEALTH, AND AGING PROJECT Open

Linda J. Waite, Dawn Carr · 2023

Psychology Medicine

Good cognitive function is an important component of health at any age. Certain domains of cognition tend to decline with age and rates of change vary dramatically across individuals and across social groups. This Symposium examines a comm…

PROSPECTIVE EXPLORATION OF COMBINED INTERNALIZING SYMPTOMS ON SELF-REPORTED MEMORY DURING COVID-19 Open

Dawn Carr, Natalie Sachs‐Ericsson, Norman B. Schmidt, Frederick T Schubert · 2023

Psychology Medicine Economics

A growing literature suggests depression and anxiety increase risk of cognitive decline. However, few studies have examined their combined effects on cognition, among older adults, especially during periods of high stress. Based on a sampl…

ENGAGING DIVERSE OLDER ADULTS IN AGING RESEARCH: IDENTIFYING COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES Open

Trudy Gaillard, Dawn Carr, Julia Sheffler, Ursula Weiß, Donna Felber Neff , et al. · 2023

Psychology Medicine Political science

A growing challenge is ensuring that diverse older adults participate in research studies. If studies are not inclusive of diverse populations, it is not possible to determine if interventions are likely to be universally beneficial or red…

THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN JOB COMPLEXITY AND COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN LATER LIFE ACROSS RACIAL/ETHNIC GROUP Open

Qiuchang Cao, Dawn Carr, Rebekah Carpenter · 2023

Psychology Medicine Sociology

The health of older Black and Hispanic populations are disproportionately impacted by cognitive decline later in life. Although cognitive stimulation through work protects against cognitive decline and dementia in later life, Black and His…

INTRODUCING A NEW AGE-BASED DATASET FOR EVALUATING OCCUPATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS ACROSS THE LIFE COURSE Open

Qize Chen, Amanda Sonnega, Dawn Carr, Rebekah Carpenter, Qiuchang Cao · 2023

Psychology Medicine Computer science

The connection between early life career choices and later life outcomes is a topic of interest to gerontology researchers, but research has been limited by data availability. In this paper, we present a newly constructed LHMS-HRS-O*NET li…

DATA AND INITIAL EVIDENCE: OCCUPATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND LATER-LIFE PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE HEALTH Open

Dawn Carr · 2023

Psychology Medicine Engineering

Research on aging is often based on evaluations of health and wellbeing once individuals have already reached later life. However, many of the problems observed are based on experiences that occurred during earlier phases of life. Adults s…

LIFE COURSE EXPOSURE TO RISKY WORK ENVIRONMENTS AND EARLY RETIREMENT DUE TO DISABILITY Open

Amanda Sonnega, Dawn Carr, Qize Chen, Rebekah Carpenter, Qiuchang Cao · 2023

Psychology Medicine Economics

Jobs that are physically demanding, stressful, and dangerous are typically associated with earlier onset of physical health decline and may be associated with increased risk of early retirement due to disability. Occupations reflect differ…

A LONGITUDINAL EXAMINATION OF THE EFFECT OF RESILIENCE AGAINST ANXIETY DURING COVID-19 Open

Dawn Carr, Natalie Sachs‐Ericsson, Julia Sheffler, Melissa Meynadasy, Norman B. Schmidt , et al. · 2023

Psychology Medicine

This longitudinal study of community dwelling older adults (N = 453) examined consequences of COVID-related worries on changes in anxiety symptoms before relative to during the pandemic. We further evaluated if pre-COVID psychological resi…

RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN THE EFFECTS OF COVID-19 ON EMPLOYMENT DISRUPTION AND FINANCIAL PRECARITY Open

Dawn Carr, Amanda Sonnega, Rebekah Carpenter, Qiuchang Cao, Qize Chen · 2023

Business Medicine Political science

The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately influenced minoritized individuals, with significantly higher rates of infection and death. One reason for this higher rate is hypothesized to relate to occupational environments of older minoritize…

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Lifetime Work Environment Exposures and Early Disability Retirement Open

Amanda Sonnega, Qize Chen, Dawn Carr, Qiuchang Cao, Rebekah Carpenter · 2023

Psychology Sociology Medicine

A large research literature attests to the important role of work in human health. Less research has investigated the potential role of work environments as a key factor shaping racial and ethnic health disparities. Work environments that …

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