The Journals of Gerontology: Series B

2000 - 2025

Current editor(s): Psychological Sciences - S. Duke Han, PhD and Social Sciences - Jessica A Kelley, PhD, FGSA

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Volume 63, issue 6, 2008

Is Positive Well-Being Protective of Mobility Limitations Among Older Adults? pp. P321-P327

Amy Love Collins, Noreen Goldman and Germán Rodríguez

How Are Personality Traits Related to Preparation for Future Care Needs in Older Adults? pp. P328-P336

Silvia Sörensen, Paul R. Duberstein, Benjamin Chapman, Jeffrey M. Lyness and Martin Pinquart

Early Life Exposure to Poor Nutrition and Infectious Diseases and Its Effects on the Health of Older Puerto Rican Adults pp. S337-S348

Mary McEniry, Alberto Palloni, Ana Luisa Dávila and Alberto García Gurucharri

Interpretation of Emotionally Ambiguous Faces in Older Adults pp. P337-P343

Romola S. Bucks, Matthew Garner, Louise Tarrant, Brendan P. Bradley and Karin Mogg

Age-Related Loss of Adaptability to Fast Time Scales in Motor Variability pp. P344-P352

Jacob J. Sosnoff and Karl M. Newell

Parental Marital Disruption, Family Type, and Transfers to Disabled Elderly Parents pp. S349-S358

Liliana E. Pezzin, Robert Pollak and Barbara Schone

The Mediating Role of Perceived Control on the Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status and Functional Changes in Older Patients With Coronary Heart Disease pp. P353-P361

Giorgio Barbareschi, Robbert Sanderman, Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen and Adelita V. Ranchor

Differences Over Time in the Relationship Between Partnership Disruptions and Support in Early Old Age in Britain pp. S359-S368

Karen Glaser, Cecilia Tomassini and Rachel Stuchbury

Ambivalent Relationship Qualities Between Adults and Their Parents: Implications for the Well-Being of Both Parties pp. P362-P371

Karen L. Fingerman, Lindsay Pitzer, Eva S. Lefkowitz, Kira S. Birditt and Daniel Mroczek

Effect of Financial Strain on Mortality in Community-Dwelling Older Women pp. S369-S374

Sarah L. Szanton, Jerilyn K. Allen, Roland J. Thorpe, Teresa Seeman, Karen Bandeen-Roche and Linda P. Fried

Caregiving for Parkinson's Disease Patients: An Exploration of a Stress-Appraisal Model for Quality of Life and Burden pp. P372-P376

Belinda Goldsworthy and Simon Knowles

From Social Structural Factors to Perceptions of Relationship Quality and Loneliness: The Chicago Health, Aging, and Social Relations Study pp. S375-S384

Louise C. Hawkley, Mary Elizabeth Hughes, Linda J. Waite, Christopher M. Masi, Ronald A. Thisted and John T. Cacioppo

Self-Perceptions of Aging: Do Subjective Age and Satisfaction With Aging Change During Old Age? pp. P377-P385

Anna Kleinspehn-Ammerlahn, Dana Kotter-Grühn and Jacqui Smith

Using Freelisting to Identify, Assess, and Characterize Age Differences in Shared Cultural Domains pp. S385-S393

Robert W. Schrauf and Julia Sanchez

Exploring the Within-Person Coupling of Blood Pressure and Cognition in Elders pp. P386-P389

Alyssa A. Gamaldo, Sarah R. Weatherbee and Jason C. Allaire

Collective Ambivalence: Considering New Approaches to the Complexity of Intergenerational Relations pp. S394-S396

Karl Pillemer and J. Jill Suitor

Ambivalence About Ambivalence: Reply to Pillemer and Suitor pp. S397-S398

Russell A. Ward, Glenn Deane and Glenna Spitze

Volume 63, issue 5, 2008

Differential Age Trajectories of Positive and Negative Affect: Further Evidence From the Berlin Aging Study pp. P261-P270

Ute Kunzmann

Cohort Changes in Active Life Expectancy in the U.S. Elderly Population: Experience From the 1982–2004 National Long-Term Care Survey pp. S269-S281

Kenneth G. Manton, XiLiang Gu and Gene R. Lowrimore

Death, Dropout, and Longitudinal Measurements of Cognitive Change in Old Age pp. P271-P278

Patrick Rabbitt, Mary Lunn and Danny Wong

Ambulatory but Sedentary: Impact on Cognition and the Rest–Activity Rhythm in Nursing Home Residents With Dementia pp. P279-P287

Laura H. P. Eggermont and Erik J. A. Scherder

Gender Differences in Functional Status in Middle and Older Age: Are There Any Age Variations? pp. S282-S292

Jersey Liang, Joan M. Bennett, Benjamin A. Shaw, Ana R. Quiñones, Wen Ye, Xiao Xu and Mary Beth Ofstedal

Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitor in Combination With Cognitive Training in Older Adults pp. P288-P294

Jerome A. Yesavage, Leah Friedman, J. Wesson Ashford, Helena C. Kraemer, Martin S. Mumenthaler, Art Noda and Jennifer Hoblyn

Religious Participation and Mortality Risk Among the Oldest Old in China pp. S293-S297

Wei Zhang

Effects of Sensorimotor Adaptation Training on Functional Mobility in Older Adults pp. P295-P300

Regina R. Buccello-Stout, Jacob J. Bloomberg, Helen S. Cohen, Elbert B. Whorton, Gayle D. Weaver and Ronita L. Cromwell

Social Integration and Social Support Among Older Adults Following Driving Cessation pp. S298-S303

Briana Mezuk and George W. Rebok

Are Comparisons the Answer to Understanding Behavioral Aspects of Aging in Racial and Ethnic Groups? pp. P301-P308

Keith E. Whitfield, Jason C. Allaire, Rhonda Belue and Christopher L. Edwards

Preventive Health Behaviors Among Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren pp. S304-S311

Lindsey A. Baker and Merril Silverstein

Longitudinal Relationships Between Cognitive Functioning and Depressive Symptoms Among Hispanic Older Adults pp. P309-P317

Tatiana Perrino, Craig A. Mason, Scott C. Brown, Arnold Spokane and José Szapocznik

The Meaning and Significance of Self-Management Among Socioeconomically Vulnerable Older Adults pp. S312-S319

Daniel O. Clark, Richard M. Frankel, David L. Morgan, Gretchen Ricketts, Matthew J. Bair, Kathryn A. Nyland and Christopher M. Callahan

Racial Differences in Arthritis-Related Stress, Chronic Life Stress, and Depressive Symptoms Among Women With Arthritis: A Contextual Perspective pp. S320-S327

Jessica M. McIlvane, Tamara A. Baker and Chivon A. Mingo

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Treatment of Dementia Among Medicare Beneficiaries pp. S328-S333

Ilene H. Zuckerman, Priscilla T. Ryder, Linda Simoni-Wastila, Thomas Shaffer, Masayo Sato, Lirong Zhao and Bruce Stuart

Volume 63, issue 4, 2008

Effects of Poverty and Family Stress Over Three Decades on the Functional Status of Older African American Women pp. S201-S210

Judith D. Kasper, Margaret E. Ensminger, Kerry M. Green, Kate E. Fothergill, Hee-Soon Juon, Judith Robertson and Roland J. Thorpe

Sudden Declines in Intelligence in Old Age Predict Death and Dropout From Longitudinal Studies pp. P205-P211

Patrick Rabbitt, Mary Lunn, Danny Wong and Mark Cobain

Differential Determinants of Men's and Women's Everyday Physical Activity in Later Life pp. S211-S218

Judith G. Chipperfield, Nancy E. Newall, Loring P. Chuchmach, Audrey U. Swift and Tara L. Haynes

The Hazard Perception Ability of Older Drivers pp. P212-P218

Mark S. Horswill, Shelby A. Marrington, Cynthia M. McCullough, Joanne Wood, Nancy A. Pachana, Jenna McWilliam and Maria K. Raikos

Physical Limitations and Depressive Symptoms: Exploring the Nature of the Association pp. S219-S228

Mathew D. Gayman, R. Jay Turner and Ming Cui

Growing Less Empathic With Age: Disinhibition of the Self-Perspective pp. P219-P226

Phoebe E. Bailey and Julie D. Henry

Productive Roles, Gender, and Depressive Symptoms: Evidence From a National Longitudinal Study of Late-Middle-Aged Japanese pp. P227-P234

Yoko Sugihara, Hidehiro Sugisawa, Hiroshi Shibata and Ken Harada

Spousal Caregiving in Late Midlife Versus Older Ages: Implications of Work and Family Obligations pp. S229-S238

Julie C. Lima, Susan M. Allen, Frances Goldscheider and Orna Intrator

Age and Ability Affect Practice Gains in Longitudinal Studies of Cognitive Change pp. P235-P240

Patrick Rabbitt, Mary Lunn, Danny Wong and Mark Cobain

Multiple Parent–Adult Child Relations and Well-Being in Middle and Later Life pp. S239-S247

Russell A. Ward

The Association Between Social Resources and Cognitive Change in Older Adults: Evidence From the Charlotte County Healthy Aging Study pp. P241-P244

Tiffany F. Hughes, Ross Andel, Brent J. Small, Amy R. Borenstein and James A. Mortimer

Older Adults' Acceptance of Psychological, Pharmacological, and Combination Treatments for Geriatric Depression pp. P245-P248

Ashley E. Hanson and Forrest Scogin

Elder Mistreatment in the United States: Prevalence Estimates From a Nationally Representative Study pp. S248-S254

Edward O. Laumann, Sara A. Leitsch and Linda J. Waite

Psychological Well-Being Is an Independent Predictor of Falling in an 8-Year Follow-Up of Older Adults pp. P249-P257

Kaarin J. Anstey, Richard Burns, Chwee von Sanden and Mary A. Luszcz

The Influence of Care Provider Access to Structural Empowerment on Individualized Care in Long-Term-Care Facilities pp. S255-S265

Sienna Caspar and Norm O'Rourke

Volume 63, issue 3, 2008

Staying the Course: Facility and Profession Retention Among Nursing Assistants in Nursing Homes pp. S113-S121

Sally Stearns and Laura P. D'Arcy

Walking Variability and Working-Memory Load in Aging: A Dual-Process Account Relating Cognitive Control to Motor Control Performance pp. P121-P128

Martin Lövdén, Sabine Schaefer, Anna E. Pohlmeyer and Ulman Lindenberger

Divergent Pathways? Racial/Ethnic Differences in Older Women's Labor Force Withdrawal pp. S122-S134

Tyson H. Brown and David F. Warner

Church Attendance and New Episodes of Major Depression in a Community Study of Older Adults: The Cache County Study pp. P129-P137

Maria C. Norton, Archana Singh, Ingmar Skoog, Christopher Corcoran, JoAnn T. Tschanz, Peter P. Zandi, John C. S. Breitner, Kathleen A. Welsh-Bohmer and David C. Steffens

The Influence of Work Control Trajectories on Men's Mental and Physical Health During the Middle Years: Mediational Role of Personal Control pp. S135-S145

K. A. S. Wickrama, Florensia F. Surjadi, Frederick O. Lorenz and Glen H. Elder

Effective Regulation of the Experience and Expression of Negative Affect in Old Age pp. P138-P145

Louise H. Phillips, Julie D. Henry, Judith A. Hosie and Alan B. Milne

Retirement and Weight Changes Among Men and Women in the Health and Retirement Study pp. S146-S153

Valerie L. Forman-Hoffman, Kelly K. Richardson, Jon W. Yankey, Stephen L. Hillis, Robert B. Wallace and Fredric D. Wolinsky

Assessing Age-Related Patterns in Strategy Selection on a Mathematical Problem-Solving Task pp. P146-P155

Nina Lamson and Wendy A. Rogers

Routine Assistance to Parents: Effects on Daily Mood and Other Stressors pp. S154-S161

Jyoti Savla, David M. Almeida, Adam Davey and Steven H. Zarit

Cultural Specificity of Socioemotional Selectivity: Age Differences in Social Network Composition Among Germans and Hong Kong Chinese pp. P156-P164

Helene H. Fung, Franziska S. Stoeber, Dannii Yuen-lan Yeung and Frieder R. Lang

Negative Life Events and Age-Related Decline in Mastery: Are Older Adults More Vulnerable to the Control-Eroding Effect of Stress? pp. S162-S170

John Cairney and Neal Krause

Length Perception by Dynamic Touch: The Effects of Aging and Experience pp. P165-P170

Chih-Hui Chang, Michael G. Wade, Thomas A. Stoffregen and Huei-Ying Ho

Emotional and Physical Health of Informal Caregivers of Residents at the End of Life: The Role of Social Support pp. S171-S183

Sharon Wallace Williams, Christianna S. Williams, Sheryl Zimmerman, Jean Munn, Debra Dobbs and Philip D. Sloane

Conceptual and Perceptual Similarity Between Encoding and Retrieval Contexts and Recognition Memory Context Effects in Older and Younger Adults pp. P171-P175

Eli Vakil, Chaya Hornik and Daniel A. Levy

Effects of Computer Training and Internet Usage on the Well-Being and Quality of Life of Older Adults: A Randomized, Controlled Study pp. P176-P184

Karin Slegers, Martin P. J. van Boxtel and Jelle Jolles

Limited English Proficiency, Social Network Characteristics, and Depressive Symptoms Among Older Immigrants pp. S184-S191

Sadhna Diwan

Application of a Joint Multivariate Longitudinal–Survival Analysis to Examine the Terminal Decline Hypothesis in the Swiss Interdisciplinary Longitudinal Study on the Oldest Old pp. P185-P192

Paolo Ghisletta

Social Status and Mortality With Activity of Daily Living Disability in Later Life pp. S192-S196

Edith Guilley and Christian J. Lalive d'Epinay

Age-Related Differences in Viewer-Rotation Tasks: Is Mental Manipulation the Key Factor? pp. P193-P200

Mélanie Joanisse, Sylvain Gagnon, Joshua Kreller and Marie-Claude Charbonneau

Volume 63, issue 2, 2008

Neurophysiological Measures of Task-Set Switching: Effects of Working Memory and Aging pp. P57-P66

Philippe Goffaux, Natalie A. Phillips, Marco Sinai and Dolores Pushkar

Productive Activities and Psychological Well-Being Among Older Adults pp. S64-S72

Yanni Hao

Mental Health and Cognitive Function in Adults Aged 18 to 92 Years pp. P67-P74

David Bunce, Maya Tzur, Anusha Ramchurn, Felicity Gain and Frank W. Bond

Reading Daily Predicts Reduced Mortality Among Men From a Cohort of Community-Dwelling 70-Year-Olds pp. S73-S80

Jeremy M. Jacobs, Robert Hammerman-Rozenberg, Aaron Cohen and Jochanan Stessman

Ability Perceptions, Perceived Control, and Risk Avoidance Among Male and Female Older Drivers pp. P75-P83

Tim D. Windsor, Kaarin J. Anstey and Janine G. Walker

Stability and Change in Patient Preferences and Spouse Substituted Judgments Regarding Dialysis Continuation pp. S81-S91

Rachel A. Pruchno, Michael J. Rovine, Francine Cartwright and Maureen Wilson-Genderson

Storage and Executive Components of Working Memory: Integrating Cognitive Psychology and Behavior Genetics in the Study of Aging pp. P84-P91

William S. Kremen, Hong Xian, Kristen C. Jacobson, Lindon J. Eaves, Carol E. Franz, Matthew S. Panizzon, Seth A. Eisen, Andrew Crider and Michael J. Lyons

Measurement of Late-Life Residential Relocation: Why Are Rates for Such a Manifest Event So Varied? pp. S92-S98

Julie F. Sergeant, David J. Ekerdt and Rosemary Chapin

Age Differences in Descriptions of Emotional Experiences in Oneself and Others pp. P92-P99

Corinna E. Löckenhoff, Paul T. Costa and Richard D. Lane

The Effects of Socioeconomic Status and Health on Transitions in Living Arrangements and Mortality: A Longitudinal Analysis of Elderly Finnish Men and Women From 1997 to 2002 pp. S99-S109

Pekka Martikainen, Elina Nihtilä and Heta Moustgaard

Aging and Implicit Learning of an Invariant Association pp. P100-P105

Darlene V. Howard, James H. Howard, Nancy A. Dennis, Sean LaVine and Kristin Valentino

Decision Strategies in Health Care Choices for Self and Others: Older but not Younger Adults Make Adjustments for the Age of the Decision Target pp. P106-P109

Corinna E. Löckenhoff and Laura L. Carstensen

Capture of Attention by New Motion in Young and Older Adults pp. P110-P116

Shawn E. Christ, Alan D. Castel and Richard A. Abrams

Volume 63, issue 1, 2008

Gerontology's Greatest Hits pp. S3-S6

Kenneth F. Ferraro and Markus H. Schafer

Farewell Editorial pp. P3-P3

Thomas M. Hess

Editorial pp. P4-P5

Rosemary Blieszner

Longitudinal Predictors of Driving Cessation Among Older Adults From the ACTIVE Clinical Trial pp. P6-P12

Jerri D. Edwards, Lesley A. Ross, Michelle L. Ackerman, Brent J. Small, Karlene K. Ball, Stacy Bradley and Joan E. Dodson

Predictors of Non-Local Moves Among Older Adults: A Prospective Study pp. S7-S14

Charles F. Longino, Don E. Bradley, Eleanor P. Stoller and William H. Haas

Age Differences in Memory for Arousing and Nonarousing Emotional Words pp. P13-P18

Elizabeth A. Kensinger

Employment Hardship Among Older Workers: Does Residential and Gender Inequality Extend Into Older Age? pp. S15-S24

Tim Slack and Leif Jensen

Physical Activity in Prefrail Older Adults: Confidence and Satisfaction Related to Physical Function pp. P19-P26

W. Jack Rejeski, Abby C. King, Jeffrey A. Katula, Stephen Kritchevsky, Michael E. Miller, Michael P. Walkup, Nancy W. Glynn and Marco Pahor

Early Life Influences on Cognitive Impairment Among Oldest Old Chinese pp. S25-S33

Zhenmei Zhang, Danan Gu and Mark D. Hayward

Within-Group Differences in Depression Among Older Hispanics Living in the United States pp. P27-P32

Frances M. Yang, Yamileth Cazorla-Lancaster and Richard N. Jones

When Parents Matter to Their Adult Children: Filial Reliance Associated With Parents' Depressive Symptoms pp. P33-P40

Amy L. Byers, Becca R. Levy, Heather G. Allore, Martha L. Bruce and Stanislav V. Kasl

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mobility Device Use in Late Life pp. S34-S41

Jennifer C. Cornman and Vicki A. Freedman

Spousal Social Activity Trajectories in the Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing in the Context of Cognitive, Physical, and Affective Resources pp. P41-P50

Christiane A. Hoppmann, Denis Gerstorf and Mary Luszcz

Sex and Gender in Older Adults' Experience of Parkinson's Disease pp. S42-S48

Samantha Solimeo

The Effect of Widowhood on Intergenerational Ambivalence pp. S49-S58

Jung-Hwa Ha and Berit Ingersoll-Dayton