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 70, issue 6, 2015

Positive Aspects of Family Caregiving for Dementia: Differential Item Functioning by Race pp. 813-819

David L. Roth, Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, Jin Huang, Alden L. Gross and Laura N. Gitlin

Editor's choice Depressive Mood, Anger, and Daily Cortisol of Caregivers on High- and Low-Stress Days pp. 820-829

Amanda N. Leggett, Steven H. Zarit, Kyungmin Kim, David M. Almeida and Laura Cousino Klein

Age Differences in Reactions to Social Rejection: The Role of Cognitive Resources and Appraisals pp. 830-839

Yanhua Cheng and Daniel Grühn

Multiple Object Tracking While Walking: Similarities and Differences Between Young, Young-Old, and Old-Old Adults pp. 840-849

Kristell Pothier, Nicolas Benguigui, Richard Kulpa and Chantal Chavoix

A Longitudinal Examination of the Effects of Early Influences and Midlife Characteristics on Successful Aging pp. 850-859

Rachel A. Pruchno and Maureen Wilson-Genderson

Value-Expressive Volunteer Motivation and Volunteering by Older Adults: Relationships With Religiosity and Spirituality pp. 860-870

Morris A. Okun, Holly P. O’Rourke, Brian Keller, Kathryn A. Johnson and Craig Enders

Ageism Comes of Age pp. 873-875

Erdman Palmore

An Ego Depletion Account of Aging Stereotypes’ Effects on Health-Related Variables pp. 876-885

Mélanie Emile, Fabienne d’Arripe-Longueville, Boris Cheval, Massimiliano Amato and Aïna Chalabaev

Resiliency Over Time of Elders’ Age Stereotypes After Encountering Stressful Events pp. 886-890

Becca R. Levy, Martin D. Slade, Pil H. Chung and Thomas M. Gill

How Stereotype Threat Affects Healthy Older Adults’ Performance on Clinical Assessments of Cognitive Decline: The Key Role of Regulatory Fit pp. 891-900

Sarah J. Barber, Mara Mather and Margaret Gatz

Perceived Age Discrimination as a Mediator of the Association Between Income Inequality and Older People’s Self-Rated Health in the European Region pp. 901-912

Christin-Melanie Vauclair, Sibila Marques, Maria L. Lima, Dominic Abrams, Hannah Swift and Christopher Bratt

Positive Portrayals of Old Age Do Not Always Have Positive Consequences pp. 913-924

Helene H. Fung, Tianyuan Li, Xin Zhang, Iny M. I. Sit, Sheung-Tak Cheng and Derek M. Isaacowitz

Greater Perceived Age Discrimination in England than the United States: Results from HRS and ELSA pp. 925-933

Isla Rippon, Paola Zaninotto and Andrew Steptoe

Living Arrangements and Health of Older Adults in India pp. 937-947

Tannistha Samanta, Feinian Chen and Reeve Vanneman

Functional Disability and Social Conflict Increase Risk of Depression in Older Adulthood Among Bolivian Forager-Farmers pp. 948-956

Jonathan Stieglitz, Eric Schniter, Christopher von Rueden, Hillard Kaplan and Michael Gurven

Living Arrangements and Psychological Well-Being of the Older Adults After the Economic Transition in Vietnam pp. 957-968

Ken Yamada and Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan

Bargaining Power, Parental Caregiving, and Intergenerational Coresidence pp. 969-980

Liliana E. Pezzin, Robert Pollak and Barbara Schone

Editor's choice Receiving Instrumental Support in Late Parent–Child Relationships and Parental Depression pp. 981-994

Maja Djundeva, Melinda Mills, Rafael Wittek and Nardi Steverink

Older Adults’ Residential Proximity to Their Children: Changes After Cardiovascular Events pp. 995-1004

HwaJung Choi, Robert Schoeni, Kenneth M. Langa and Michele M. Heisler

Volume 70, issue 5, 2015

Editor's choice Sleep Architecture and Mental Health Among Community-Dwelling Older Men pp. 673-681

Stephen F. Smagula, Charles F. Reynolds, Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, Thuy-Tien Dam, Jan M. Hughes-Austin, Misti Paudel, Susan Redline, Katie L. Stone and Jane A. Cauley

Age-Related Deficits in Visuospatial Memory Are due to Changes in Preparatory Set and Eye–Hand Coordination pp. 682-690

Melanie Rose Burke, Charlotte Poyser and Ingo Schiessl

Personality Accounts for the Connection Between Volunteering and Health pp. 691-697

Hannah R. King, Joshua J. Jackson, Nancy Morrow-Howell and Thomas F. Oltmanns

Normal Aging of the Attentional Control Functions That Underlie Working Memory pp. 698-708

Stéphanie Sylvain-Roy, Ovidiu Lungu and Sylvie Belleville

Sex Differences in Genetic and Environmental Influences on Longitudinal Change in Functional Ability in Late Adulthood pp. 709-717

Deborah Finkel, Marie Ernsth-Bravell and Nancy L. Pedersen

An Age-Related Dissociation of Short-Term Memory for Facial Identity and Facial Emotional Expression pp. 718-728

Alan A. Hartley, Zoe Ravich, Sarah Stringer and Katherine Wiley

The Influence of Age-Related Differences in Prior Knowledge and Attentional Refreshing Opportunities on Episodic Memory pp. 729-736

Vanessa M. Loaiza, Matthew G. Rhodes and Julia Anglin

Similarity to the Self Affects Memory for Impressions of Others in Younger and Older Adults pp. 737-742

Eric D. Leshikar, Jung M. Park and Angela H. Gutchess

Editor's choice Disability Trajectories at the End of Life: A "Countdown" Model pp. 745-752

Douglas A. Wolf, Vicki A. Freedman, Jan I. Ondrich, Christopher L. Seplaki and Brenda Spillman

Editor's choice Commentary on "Disability Trajectories at the End of Life: A Countdown Model" The Problems With Time-to-Death as a Predictor of Disability pp. 753-756

Scott M. Lynch

Editor's choice Reply pp. 757-758

Douglas A. Wolf, Vicki A. Freedman, Jan I. Ondrich, Christopher L. Seplaki and Brenda Spillman

Cross-National Differences in Disability Among Elders: Transitions in Disability in Mexico and the United States pp. 759-768

Kerstin Gerst-Emerson, Rebeca Wong, Alejandra Michaels-Obregon and Alberto Palloni

Social Relationships, Gender, and Recovery From Mobility Limitation Among Older Americans pp. 769-781

Kenzie Latham, Philippa J. Clarke and Greg Pavela

Grandparenthood and Subjective Well-Being: Moderating Effects of Educational Level pp. 782-792

Katharina Mahne and Oliver Huxhold

Race/Ethnic Differentials in the Health Consequences of Caring for Grandchildren for Grandparents pp. 793-803

Feinian Chen, Christine A. Mair, Luoman Bao and Yang Claire Yang

Social Support and Grandparent Caregiver Health: One-Year Longitudinal Findings for Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren pp. 804-812

Bert Hayslip, Heidemarie Blumenthal and Ashley Garner

Volume 70, issue 4, 2015

JGPS Special Series on Race, Ethnicity, Life Experiences, and Cognitive Aging pp. 509-511

Jennifer J. Manly and Dan Mungas

A Longitudinal Analysis of the Influence of Race on Cognitive Performance pp. 512-518

Melissa Castora-Binkley, Carol L. Peronto, Jerri D. Edwards and Brent J. Small

Early Life Development in a Multiethnic Sample and the Relation to Late Life Cognition pp. 519-531

Rebecca J. Melrose, Paul Brewster, María J. Marquine, Anna MacKay-Brandt, Bruce Reed, Sarah T. Farias and Dan Mungas

Association of Vascular Risk Factors With Cognition in a Multiethnic Sample pp. 532-544

Brooke C. Schneider, Alden L. Gross, Katherine J. Bangen, Jeannine C. Skinner, Andreana Benitez, M. Maria Glymour, Bonnie C. Sachs, Regina A. Shih, Shannon Sisco, Jennifer J. Manly and José A. Luchsinger

Deconstructing Racial Differences: The Effects of Quality of Education and Cerebrovascular Risk Factors pp. 545-556

Janessa O. Carvalho, Doug Tommet, Paul K. Crane, Michael L. Thomas, Amy Claxton, Christian Habeck, Jennifer J. Manly and Heather R. Romero

The Role of Early-Life Educational Quality and Literacy in Explaining Racial Disparities in Cognition in Late Life pp. 557-567

Shannon Sisco, Alden L. Gross, Regina A. Shih, Bonnie C. Sachs, M. Maria Glymour, Katherine J. Bangen, Andreana Benitez, Jeannine Skinner, Brooke C. Schneider and Jennifer J. Manly

Editor's choice Racial Differences in Self-Reports of Short Sleep Duration in an Urban-Dwelling Environment pp. 568-575

Alyssa A. Gamaldo, Jessica M. McNeely, Mauli T. Shah, Michele K. Evans and Alan B. Zonderman

More Years, Less Yawns: Fresh Evidence on Tiredness by Age and Other Factors pp. 576-580

Paul Dolan and Laura Kudrna

Variety is the Spice of Life: A Microlongitudinal Study Examining Age Differences in Intraindividual Variability in Daily Activities in Relation to Sleep Outcomes pp. 581-590

Natalie D. Dautovich, Kristy D. Shoji and Christina S. McCrae

Successful Aging 2.0: Conceptual Expansions for the 21st Century pp. 593-596

John W. Rowe and Robert L. Kahn

Does Embeddedness Protect? Personal Network Density and Vulnerability to Mistreatment Among Older American Adults pp. 597-606

Markus H. Schafer and Jonathan Koltai

Continuity and Change in Relationships with Neighbors: Implications for Psychological Well-being in Middle and Later Life pp. 607-618

Emily A. Greenfield and Laurent Reyes

Identifying Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities: A Spatial Analysis pp. 619-627

Maricruz Rivera-Hernandez, Takashi Yamashita and Jennifer M. Kinney

How Do Race and Hispanic Ethnicity Affect Nursing Home Admission? Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study pp. 628-638

Mieke Beth Thomeer, Stipica Mudrazija and Jacqueline L. Angel

Longer Lives, Sicker Lives? Increased Longevity and Extended Disability Among Mexican-Origin Elders pp. 639-649

Ronald J. Angel, Jacqueline L. Angel and Terrence D. Hill

Subjective Social Status of Older People Across Countries: The Role of Modernization and Employment pp. 650-660

Christin-Melanie Vauclair, Sibila Marques, Maria L. Lima, Christopher Bratt, Hannah J. Swift and Dominic Abrams

Editor's choice Socioeconomic Stratification and Multidimensional Health Trajectories: Evidence of Convergence in Later Old Age pp. 661-671

Xiao Xu, Jersey Liang, Joan M. Bennett, Anda Botoseneanu and Heather G. Allore

Volume 70, issue 3, 2015

Editor's choice How Does Bereavement Get Under the Skin? The Effects of Late-Life Spousal Loss on Cortisol Levels pp. 341-347

Virginia E. Richardson, Kate M. Bennett, Deborah Carr, Stephen Gallagher, Jinhyun Kim and Noelle Fields

Education Desegregation and Cognitive Change in African American Older Adults pp. 348-356

Adrienne T. Aiken-Morgan, Alyssa A. Gamaldo, Regina C. Sims, Jason C. Allaire and Keith E. Whitfield

Impact of Cognitive Training on Balance and Gait in Older Adults pp. 357-366

Renae L. Smith-Ray, Susan L. Hughes, Thomas R. Prohaska, Deborah M. Little, Donald A. Jurivich and Donald Hedeker

Does Social Support Buffer the Effect of Financial Strain on the Trajectory of Smoking in Older Japanese? A 19-Year Longitudinal Study pp. 367-376

Hiroshi Murayama, Joan M. Bennett, Benjamin A. Shaw, Jersey Liang, Neal Krause, Erika Kobayashi, Taro Fukaya and Shoji Shinkai

Ecological Relevance Determines Task Priority in Older Adults’ Multitasking pp. 377-385

Michail Doumas and Ralf Th. Krampe

Measurement Invariance of Cognitive Abilities Across Ethnicity, Gender, and Time Among Older Americans pp. 386-397

A. Nayena Blankson and John J. McArdle

Emotional Reactivity and Mortality: Longitudinal Findings From the VA Normative Aging Study pp. 398-406

Daniel K. Mroczek, Robert S. Stawski, Nicholas A. Turiano, Wai Chan, David M. Almeida, Shevaun D. Neupert and Avron Spiro

Young Adults’ Provision of Support to Middle-Aged Parents pp. 407-416

Yen-Pi Cheng, Kira S. Birditt, Steven H. Zarit and Karen L. Fingerman

The Efficacy of InSight Cognitive Training to Improve Useful Field of View Performance: A Brief Report pp. 417-422

Jerri D. Edwards, Elise G. Valdés, Carol Peronto, Melissa Castora-Binkley, Jessie Alwerdt, Ross Andel and Jennifer J. Lister

The Vicious Cycle of Parental Caregiving and Financial Well-being: A Longitudinal Study of Women pp. 425-431

Yeonjung Lee, Fengyan Tang, Kevin H. Kim and Steven M. Albert

Reports of Elder Neglect by Older Adults, Their Family Caregivers, and Their Home Care Workers: A Test of Measurement Invariance pp. 432-442

Liat Ayalon

Socioeconomic Position and Health-Seeking Behavior for Hearing Loss Among Older Adults in England pp. 443-452

Lenka Benova, Emily Grundy and George B. Ploubidis

Make Mine Home: Spatial Modification With Physical and Social Implications in Older Adulthood pp. 453-461

Tam E. Perry

Spouse and Child Availability for Newly Disabled Older Adults: Socioeconomic Differences and Potential Role of Residential Proximity pp. 462-469

HwaJung Choi, Robert Schoeni, Kenneth M. Langa and Michele M. Heisler

Psychological Resilience and the Onset of Activity of Daily Living Disability Among Older Adults in China: A Nationwide Longitudinal Analysis pp. 470-480

Yiqing Yang and Ming Wen

Editor's choice Transitions in Relationships With Older Parents: From Middle to Later Years pp. 481-495

Martijn J. A. Hogerbrugge and Merril D. Silverstein

Repartnering After Widowhood pp. 496-507

Zheng Wu, Christoph M. Schimmele and Nadia Ouellet

Volume 70, issue 2, 2015

Mindful Attention and Awareness Mediate the Association Between Age and Negative Affect pp. 179-188

An K. Raes, Lynn Bruyneel, Tom Loeys, Beatrijs Moerkerke and Rudi De Raedt

Editor's choice Ageism and Body Esteem: Associations With Psychological Well-Being Among Late Middle-Aged African American and European American Women pp. 189-199

Natalie J. Sabik

On the Generality of Age Differences in Social and Nonsocial Decision Making pp. 200-212

Matthias Rieger and Rui Mata

Aging, Empathy, and Prosociality pp. 213-222

Janelle N. Beadle, Alexander H. Sheehan, Brian Dahlben and Angela H. Gutchess

Age Differences in the Underlying Mechanisms of Stereotype Threat Effects pp. 223-232

Lauren E. Popham and Thomas M. Hess

Positive Effect of Social Work—Related Values on Work Outcomes: The Moderating Role of Age and Work Situation pp. 233-244

Dannii Y. Yeung, Helene H. Fung and Darius K.-S. Chan

Perceived Threat of Alzheimer’s Disease Among Chinese American Older Adults: The Role of Alzheimer’s Disease Literacy pp. 245-255

Fei Sun, Xiang Gao and David W. Coon

Discourse Compression of Elderly Adults in a Dyadic Context pp. 256-261

Lauren L. Saling, Kathryn Woodcock and Michael M. Saling

Editorial pp. 267-268

Deborah Carr

Editor's choice Incorporating Immigrants: Integrating Theoretical Frameworks of Adaptation pp. 269-278

Judith Treas

Age at Migration and Self-Rated Health Trajectories After Age 50: Understanding the Older Immigrant Health Paradox pp. 279-290

Zoya Gubernskaya

Age at Immigration and the Incomes of Older Immigrants, 1994–2010 pp. 291-302

Kevin O’Neil and Marta Tienda

Health Insurance Instability Among Older Immigrants: Region of Origin Disparities in Coverage pp. 303-313

Adriana M. Reyes and Melissa Hardy

The Role of Midlife Occupational Complexity and Leisure Activity in Late-Life Cognition pp. 314-321

Ross Andel, Merril Silverstein and Ingemar Kåreholt

Fine Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Cognitive Function Among U.S. Older Adults pp. 322-328

Jennifer A. Ailshire and Philippa Clarke

Exposure to Stressors and Trajectories of Perceived Stress Among Older Adults pp. 329-337

Sarinnapha Vasunilashorn, Scott M. Lynch, Dana A. Glei, Maxine Weinstein and Noreen Goldman

Volume 70, issue 1, 2015

The Science of Clinical Geropsychology pp. 1-2

Forrest Scogin

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression among Older Versus Younger Veterans: Results of a National Evaluation pp. 3-12

Bradley E. Karlin, Mickey Trockel, Gregory K. Brown, Maria Gordienko, Jerome Yesavage and C. Barr Taylor

BE-ACTIV for Depression in Nursing Homes: Primary Outcomes of a Randomized Clinical Trial pp. 13-23

Suzanne Meeks, Kimberly Van Haitsma, Ben Schoenbachler and Stephen W. Looney

Editor's choice The Efficacy of Life-Review as Online-Guided Self-help for Adults: A Randomized Trial pp. 24-34

Sanne M.A. Lamers, Ernst T. Bohlmeijer, Jojanneke Korte and Gerben J. Westerhof

A Randomized Controlled Trial for an Individualized Positive Psychosocial Intervention for the Affective and Behavioral Symptoms of Dementia in Nursing Home Residents pp. 35-45

Kimberly S. Van Haitsma, Kimberly Curyto, Katherine M. Abbott, Gail L. Towsley, Abby Spector and Morton Kleban

Variability in Self-Reported Normal Sleep Across the Adult Age Span pp. 46-56

Haley R. Dillon, Kenneth L. Lichstein, Natalie D. Dautovich, Daniel J. Taylor, Brant W. Riedel and Andrew J. Bush

Motivational and Cognitive Pathways to Medical Help-Seeking for Alzheimer’s Disease: A Cognitive Impairment Response Model pp. 57-66

Sara Honn Qualls, Kelli J. Klebe, Kevin Berryman, Ashley Williams, Laura Phillips, Heidi Layton, Kimberly Hiroto, Mary Stephens, Lindsay Anderson and Megan Rogers

An Empirical Typology of Social Networks and Its Association With Physical and Mental Health: A Study With Older Korean Immigrants pp. 67-76

Nan Sook Park, Yuri Jang, Beom S. Lee, Jung Eun Ko, William E. Haley and David A. Chiriboga

High Anger Expression Exacerbates the Relationship Between Age and Metabolic Syndrome pp. 77-82

Jennifer Morozink Boylan and Carol D. Ryff

Foreword (and Farewell) pp. 85-86

Merril Silverstein

The Social Network Approach in Gerontological Research pp. 87-90

Benjamin Cornwell, Christopher Marcum and Merril Silverstein

The Relationship of Age to Personal Network Size, Relational Multiplexity, and Proximity to Alters in the Western United States pp. 91-99

Emily J. Smith, Christopher S. Marcum, Adam Boessen, Zack W. Almquist, John R. Hipp, Nicholas N. Nagle and Carter T. Butts

Editor's choice On the Locality of Asymmetric Close Relations: Spatial Proximity and Health Differences in a Senior Community pp. 100-110

Markus H. Schafer

Multilevel Examination of Facility Characteristics, Social Integration, and Health for Older Adults Living in Nursing Homes pp. 111-122

Skye N. Leedahl, Rosemary K. Chapin and Todd D. Little

Changes in Support Networks in Late Middle Age: The Extension of Gender and Educational Differences pp. 123-131

Claude S. Fischer and Lauren Beresford

Social Disadvantage and Network Turnover pp. 132-142

Benjamin Cornwell

Caregiving Networks—Using a Network Approach to Identify Missed Opportunities pp. 143-154

Laura M. Koehly, Sato Ashida, Ellen J. Schafer and Amanda Ludden

Social Networks and Health Among Older Adults in Lebanon: The Mediating Role of Support and Trust pp. 155-166

Noah J. Webster, Toni C. Antonucci, Kristine J. Ajrouch and Sawsan Abdulrahim

Maternal Differential Treatment in Later Life Families and Within-Family Variations in Adult Sibling Closeness pp. 167-177

Megan Gilligan, J. Jill Suitor and Sangbo Nam