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 62, issue 6, 2007

Aging and Numerosity Estimation pp. P305-P312

Patrick Lemaire and Mireille Lecacheur

Living With Chronic Health Conditions: Age Differences in Affective Well-Being pp. P313-P321

Jennifer R. Piazza, Susan T. Charles and David M. Almeida

Social Network Types Among Older Adults: A Multidimensional Approach pp. P322-P330

Katherine L. Fiori, Jacqui Smith and Toni C. Antonucci

It's Never Too Late to Engage in Lifestyle Activities: Significant Concurrent but not Change Relationships Between Lifestyle Activities and Cognitive Speed pp. P331-P339

Allison A. M. Bielak, Tiffany F. Hughes, Brent J. Small and Roger A. Dixon

Aging and Lexical Inhibition: The Effect of Orthographic Neighborhood Frequency in Young and Older Adults pp. P340-P342

Christelle Robert and Stéphanie Mathey

Personality Traits, Education, and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Older Adult Primary Care Patients pp. P343-P352

Benjamin Chapman, Paul Duberstein and Jeffrey M. Lyness

The Power of Personality in Discriminating Between Healthy Aging and Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease pp. P353-P361

Janet M. Duchek, David A. Balota, Martha Storandt and Randy Larsen

Positive and Negative Social Exchanges and Disability in Later Life: An Investigation of Trajectories of Change pp. S361-S370

Shahrzad Mavandadi, Karen S. Rook and Jason T. Newsom

Cultural Differences in the Relationship Between Aging and the Correspondence Bias pp. P362-P365

Fredda Blanchard-Fields, Yiwei Chen, Michelle Horhota and Mo Wang

Reliability and Validity of the Older Americans Resources and Services (OARS) Social Resources Scale in Six European Countries pp. S371-S379

Vanessa Burholt, Gill Windle, Dieter Ferring, Cristian Balducci, Cecilia Fagerström, Frans Thissen, Germain Weber and G. Clare Wenger

Once Validated, Always Validated? pp. S380-S380

Gerda G. Fillenbaum

Characteristics of Strong Commitments to Intergenerational Family Care of Older Adults pp. S381-S387

Kathleen W. Piercy

Regional Differences in Mother–Adult-Child Relations: A Brief Report pp. S388-S391

Jori Sechrist, J. Jill Suitor, Angela C. Henderson, Krista M. C. Cline and Michael Steinhour

The Lived Experience of Depression in Elderly African American Women pp. S392-S398

Helen K. Black, Tracela White and Susan M. Hannum

Employment and Occupation Effects on Depressive Symptoms in Older Americans: Does Working Past Age 65 Protect Against Depression? pp. S399-S403

Sharon L. Christ, David J. Lee, Lora E. Fleming, William G. LeBlanc, Kristopher L. Arheart, Katherine Chung-Bridges, Alberto J. Caban and Kathryn E. McCollister

The Continuing Benefits of Education: Adult Education and Midlife Cognitive Ability in the British 1946 Birth Cohort pp. S404-S414

Stephani L. Hatch, Leon Feinstein, Bruce G. Link, Michael E. J. Wadsworth and Marcus Richards

Perceptions of Body Weight Among Older Adults: Analyses of the Intersection of Gender, Race, and Socioeconomic Status pp. S415-S423

Scott Schieman, Tetyana Pudrovska and Rachel Eccles

Volume 62, issue 5, 2007

Age-Related Differences in Control Processes in Verbal and Visuospatial Working Memory: Storage, Transformation, Supervision, and Coordination pp. P239-P246

Kara L. Bopp and Paul Verhaeghen

Do You See What I See? The Impact of Age Differences in Time Perspective on Visual Attention pp. P247-P252

Ruthann C. Thomas, Sunghan Kim, David Goldstein, Lynn Hasher, Karen Wong and Amrita Ghai

The Importance of Family Relationships With Nursing Facility Staff for Family Caregiver Burden and Depression pp. P253-P260

Cory K. Chen, Myra Sabir, Sheryl Zimmerman, Jill Suitor and Karl Pillemer

Personality and Health Care Decision-Making Style pp. P261-P267

Kathryn E. Flynn and Maureen A. Smith

Desired Lifetime and End-of-Life Desires Across Adulthood From 20 to 90: A Dual-Source Information Model pp. P268-P276

Frieder R. Lang, Paul B. Baltes and Gert Wagner

Maintaining Self-Rated Health Through Social Comparison in Old Age pp. P277-P285

Sheung-Tak Cheng, Helene Fung and Alfred Chan

Cohort Differences in Trajectories of Cognitive Aging pp. P286-P294

Deborah Finkel, Chandra A. Reynolds, John J. McArdle and Nancy L. Pedersen

Why Do Boomers Plan to Work Longer? pp. S286-S294

Gordon B. T. Mermin, Richard W. Johnson and Dan P. Murphy

Involuntary Retirement: The Role of Restrictive Circumstances, Timing, and Social Embeddedness pp. S295-S303

Hanna van Solinge and Kène Henkens

DSM-IV Personality Disorders and Coronary Heart Disease in Older Adults: Results From the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions pp. P295-P299

Robert H. Pietrzak, Julie A. Wagner and Nancy M. Petry

The Joint Effects of Life Stress and Negative Social Exchanges on Emotional Distress pp. S304-S314

Kristin J. August, Karen S. Rook and Jason T. Newsom

Impact of Spouse Vision Impairment on Partner Health and Well-Being: A Longitudinal Analysis of Couples pp. S315-S322

William J. Strawbridge, Margaret I. Wallhagen and Sarah J. Shema

Gender Differences in Correlates of Mental Health Among Elderly Koreans pp. S323-S329

Gyeong-Suk Jeon, Soong-Nang Jang, Seon-Ja Rhee, Ichiro Kawachi and Sung-il Cho

Intergenerational Coresidence of Older Adults in Japan: Conditions for Cultural Plasticity pp. S330-S339

Emiko Takagi, Merril Silverstein and Eileen Crimmins

Intertwining Courses of Functional Status and Subjective Health Among Older Japanese pp. S340-S348

Jersey Liang, Benjamin A. Shaw, Joan M. Bennett, Neal Krause, Erika Kobayashi, Taro Fukaya and Yoko Sugihara

An Examination of Urban Versus Rural Mortality in China Using Community and Individual Data pp. S349-S357

Zachary Zimmer, Toshiko Kaneda and Laura Spess

Volume 62, issue 4, 2007

Charlie Brown Versus Snow White: The Effects of Descriptiveness on Young and Older Adults' Retrieval of Proper Names pp. P201-P207

Kethera A. Fogler and Lori E. James

Effects of Emotion on Memory Specificity in Young and Older Adults pp. P208-P215

Elizabeth A. Kensinger, Rachel J. Garoff-Eaton and Daniel L. Schacter

Baseline Health, Socioeconomic Status, and 10-Year Mortality Among Older Middle-Aged Americans: Findings From the Health and Retirement Study, 1992–2002 pp. S209-S217

Joe Feinglass, Suru Lin, Jason Thompson, Joseph Sudano, Dorothy Dunlop, Jing Song and David W. Baker

Age Differences in Reactivity to Daily Stressors: The Role of Personal Control pp. P216-P225

Shevaun D. Neupert, David M. Almeida and Susan Turk Charles

Nursing Homes' Response to the Nursing Home Compare Report Card pp. S218-S225

Dana B. Mukamel, William D. Spector, Jacqueline S. Zinn, Lynn Huang, David Weimer and Ann Dozier

Social and Gender Inequalities in Depressive Symptoms Among Urban Older Adults of Latin America and the Caribbean pp. S226-S236

Beatriz Eugenia Alvarado, Maria Victoria Zunzunegui, François Béland, Maryline Sicotte and Lourdes Tellechea

Does Greater Frequency of Contact With General Physicians Reduce Feelings of Mastery in Older Adults? pp. P226-P229

John Cairney, Laurie M. Corna, Terrance Wade and David L. Streiner

The Enhanced Effects of Pictorial Distraction in Older Adults pp. P230-P233

Lixia Yang and Lynn Hasher

Religious and Spiritual Involvement Among Older African Americans, Caribbean Blacks, and Non-Hispanic Whites: Findings From the National Survey of American Life pp. S238-S250

Robert Joseph Taylor, Linda M. Chatters and James S. Jackson

Religious Participation Among Older Black Caribbeans in the United States pp. S251-S256

Robert Joseph Taylor, Linda M. Chatters and James S. Jackson

Recovering From Spousal Bereavement in Later Life: Does Volunteer Participation Play a Role? pp. S257-S266

Yunqing Li

Productive Activity Clusters Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Intersecting Forms and Time Commitments pp. S267-S275

Jeffrey A. Burr, Jan E. Mutchler and Francis G. Caro

Community and Communication in the Third Age: The Impact of Internet and Cell Phone Use on Attachment to Place in Later Life in England pp. S276-S283

Chris Gilleard, Martin Hyde and Paul Higgs

Volume 62, issue 3, 2007

Effect of Motor Practice on Dual-Task Performance in Older Adults pp. P141-P148

Claudia Voelcker-Rehage and Jay L. Alberts

Moderation of Older Adults' Retrieval Reluctance Through Task Instructions and Monetary Incentives pp. P149-P155

Dayna R. Touron, Elizabeth T. Swaim and Christopher Hertzog

Scales and Tales: Older Women's Difficulty With Daily Tasks pp. S153-S159

Eileen J. Porter

Longitudinal Findings on Aging-Related Cognitions, Control Beliefs, and Health in Later Life pp. P156-P164

Susanne Wurm, Clemens Tesch-Römer and Martin J. Tomasik

An Interpersonal Continuity of Care Measure for Medicare Part B Claims Analyses pp. S160-S168

Fredric D. Wolinsky, Thomas R. Miller, John F. Geweke, Elizabeth A. Chrischilles, Hyonggin An, Robert B. Wallace, Claire E. Pavlik, Kara B. Wright, Robert L. Ohsfeldt and Gary E. Rosenthal

Parental Practices and Willingness to Ask for Children's Help Later in Life pp. P165-P170

Carmi Schooler, Andrew J. Revell and Leslie J. Caplan

Risk of Nursing Home Admission Among Older Americans: Does States' Spending on Home- and Community-Based Services Matter? pp. S169-S178

Naoko Muramatsu, Hongjun Yin, Richard T. Campbell, Ruby L. Hoyem, Martha A. Jacob and Christopher O. Ross

Effects of Balance Status and Age on Muscle Activation While Walking Under Divided Attention pp. P171-P178

Sarah A. Fraser, Karen Z. H. Li, Richard G. DeMont and Virginia B. Penhune

Effects of Cognitive Training on Change in Accuracy in Inductive Reasoning Ability pp. P179-P186

Julie Blaskewicz Boron, Nicholas A. Turiano, Sherry L. Willis and K. Warner Schaie

Sekentei and Family Caregiving of Elders Among the Japanese: Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Sekentei Scale pp. S179-S183

Masayuki O. Asai and Velma A. Kameoka

Socioeconomic Differences in Mortality Among U.S. Adults: Insights Into the Hispanic Paradox pp. S184-S192

Cassio Turra and Noreen Goldman

Executive Functions in Normal Aging: An Examination of Script Sequencing, Script Sorting, and Script Monitoring pp. P187-P190

Philippe Allain, Gilles Berrut, Frédérique Etcharry-Bouyx, Jean Barré, Frédéric Dubas and Didier Le Gall

Performance on the Benton Visual Retention Test in an Educationally Diverse Elderly Population pp. P191-P193

Eun Hyun Seo, Dong Young Lee, Il Han Choo, Jong Choul Youn, Ki Woong Kim, Jin Hyeong Jhoo, Kwan Woo Suh, Yong Su Paek, Yong Ho Jun and Jong Inn Woo

Educational Disparities in the Prevalence and Consequence of Physical Vulnerability pp. S193-S197

Daniel O. Clark, Timothy E. Stump, Douglas K. Miller and J. Scott Long

Aging and Memory for Numerical Information: The Role of Specificity and Expertise in Associative Memory pp. P194-P196

Alan D. Castel

Aging and the Elapse of Time: A Comment on the Analysis of Change pp. S198-S202

Carlos F. Mendes de Leon

Age Versus Time Since Baseline as the Time Scale in the Analysis of Change pp. S203-S204

Benjamin A. Shaw, Neal Krause, Jersey Liang and Joan Bennett

Volume 62, issue 2, 2007

Aging and Temporal Patterns of Inhibition of Return pp. P71-P77

Linda K. Langley, Luis J. Fuentes, Ana B. Vivas and Alyson L. Saville

Lateralized Readiness Potentials Reveal Motor Slowing in the Aging Brain pp. P78-P84

Alexa B. Roggeveen, David J. Prime and Lawrence M. Ward

Social Security Politics: Ideology and Reform pp. S79-S89

Judie Svihula and Carroll L. Estes

Age-Group Differences in Saccadic Interference pp. P85-P89

Lawrence R. Gottlob, Mark T. Fillmore and Ben D. Abroms

Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Change in Psychological Control: Role of Time Since Diagnosis and Functional Ability pp. P90-P97

Hans-Werner Wahl, Oliver Schilling and Stefanie Becker

Tracking Changes in Social Relations Throughout Late Life pp. S90-S99

Benjamin A. Shaw, Neal Krause, Jersey Liang and Joan Bennett

Age-Related Differences in Implicit Learning of Subtle Third-Order Sequential Structure pp. P98-P103

Ilana J. Bennett, James H. Howard and Darlene V. Howard

Solidarity–Conflict and Ambivalence: Testing Two Conceptual Frameworks and Their Impact on Quality of Life for Older Family Members pp. S100-S107

Ariela Lowenstein

Linking Possible Selves and Behavior: Do Domain-Specific Hopes and Fears Translate Into Daily Activities in Very Old Age? pp. P104-P111

Christiane A. Hoppmann, Denis Gerstorf, Jacqui Smith and Petra L. Klumb

All in the Family: The Impact of Caring for Grandchildren on Grandparents' Health pp. S108-S119

Mary Elizabeth Hughes, Linda J. Waite, Tracey A. LaPierre and Ye Luo

Cholesterol and Triglycerides Moderate the Effect of Apolipoprotein E on Memory Functioning in Older Adults pp. P112-P118

Cindy M. de Frias, David Bunce, Åke Wahlin, Rolf Adolfsson, Kristel Sleegers, Marc Cruts, Christine Van Broeckhoven and Lars-Göran Nilsson

Attitudes and Beliefs That Predict Older People's Intention to Undertake Strength and Balance Training pp. P119-P125

Lucy Yardley, Margaret Donovan-Hall, Katharine Francis and Chris Todd

No Place Like Home: Older Adults and Their Housing pp. S120-S128

Jonathan Fisher, David S. Johnson, Joseph Marchand, Timothy M. Smeeding and Barbara Boyle Torrey

Correlates of Physical Health of Informal Caregivers: A Meta-Analysis pp. P126-P137

Martin Pinquart and Silvia Sörensen

The Salience of Social Relationships for Resident Well-Being in Assisted Living pp. S129-S134

Debra Street, Stephanie Burge, Jill Quadagno and Anne Barrett

End-of-Life Health Care Planning Among Young-Old Adults: An Assessment of Psychosocial Influences pp. S135-S141

Deborah Carr and Dmitry Khodyakov

Herbal Remedy Use as Health Self-Management Among Older Adults pp. S142-S149

Thomas A. Arcury, Joseph G. Grzywacz, Ronny A. Bell, Rebecca H. Neiberg, Wei Lang and Sara A. Quandt

Volume 62, issue 1, 2007

Is Gerontology Interdisciplinary? pp. S2-S2

Kenneth F. Ferraro

Assessment of Decision-Making Capacity in Older Adults: An Emerging Area of Practice and Research pp. P3-P11

Jennifer Moye and Daniel C. Marson

Trends in Rates of Onset of and Recovery From Disability at Older Ages: 1982–1994 pp. S3-S10

Douglas A. Wolf, Carlos F. Mendes de Leon and Thomas A. Glass

Feeling Better? Trends in General Health Status pp. S11-S21

Linda G. Martin, Robert Schoeni, Vicki A. Freedman and Patricia Andreski

Assessing Assessments of Decision-Making Capacity: A Few Legal Queries and Commentary on “Assessment of Decision-Making Capacity in Older Adults” pp. P12-P13

Marshall B. Kapp

Contexts of Capacity: Local and State Variations in Capacity Assessment—Commentary on “Assessment of Decision-Making Capacity in Older Adults” pp. P14-P15

Michael A. Smyer

Hopes for an Empirical Base for Clinical Practice—Commentary on “Assessment of Decision-Making Capacity in Older Adults” pp. P16-P17

Sara Honn Qualls

Empirical Studies of Capacity in Older Adults: Finding Clarity Amidst Complexity pp. P18-P19

Daniel C. Marson and Jennifer Moye

Concordance of Self-Report and Informant Assessment of Emotional Well-Being in Nursing Home Residents With Dementia pp. P20-P27

Ann Kolanowski, Lesa Hoffman and Scott M. Hofer

Self-Rated Health Trajectories and Mortality Among Older Adults pp. S22-S27

Thomas R. Miller and Fredric D. Wolinsky

Age and Decline in Role-Specific Feelings of Control pp. S28-S35

Neal Krause

Feelings of Usefulness to Others, Disability, and Mortality in Older Adults: The MacArthur Study of Successful Aging pp. P28-P37

Tara L. Gruenewald, Arun S. Karlamangla, Gail A. Greendale, Burton H. Singer and Teresa E. Seeman

Functional Limitations and Changes in Levels of Depression Among Older Adults: A Multiple-Hierarchy Stratification Perspective pp. S36-S42

Scott Schieman and Gabriele Plickert

Resilience and Transitions From Dementia Caregiving pp. P38-P44

Joseph E. Gaugler, Robert L. Kane and Robert Newcomer

Weight and Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults: Direction of Influence? pp. S43-S51

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

Cognitive Training Gain as a Predictor of Mental Status pp. P45-P52

Julie Blaskewicz Boron, Sherry L. Willis and K. Warner Schaie

Urban Neighborhoods and Depressive Symptoms Among Older Adults pp. S52-S59

Carol S. Aneshensel, Richard G. Wight, Dana Miller-Martinez, Amanda L. Botticello, Arun S. Karlamangla and Teresa E. Seeman

Age Differences in Emotion Recognition Skills and the Visual Scanning of Emotion Faces pp. P53-P60

Susan Sullivan, Ted Ruffman and Sam B. Hutton

Continuous Participation in Voluntary Groups as a Protective Factor for the Psychological Well-Being of Adults Who Develop Functional Limitations: Evidence From the National Survey of Families and Households pp. S60-S68

Emily A. Greenfield and Nadine F. Marks

Age Differences in Everyday Problem-Solving Effectiveness: Older Adults Select More Effective Strategies for Interpersonal Problems pp. P61-P64

Fredda Blanchard-Fields, Andrew Mienaltowski and Renee Baldi Seay

Volunteering Among Older People in Korea pp. S69-S73

Jibum Kim, Jeong-han Kang, Min-Ah Lee and Yongmo Lee