Abstract

The long-term objective of the proposed training program is the strengthening of aging research by training pre- and postdoctoral level students to high levels of expertise in both the substance and methods of studying aging from a social and behavioral science perspective. The resulting benefits include the development of a better understanding of the aging process in relation to health, health practices, adaptation to changing capacities, and social interaction. This objective will be attained by a thorough and comprehensive program of training that includes: (1) formal course work; (2) apprenticeship on ongoing research projects; (3) formal participation in research meetings and colloquia; and (4) participation in specialized, technical workshops and practica aimed at developing quantitative skills. In addition to a substantive focus on aging issues, the training program will emphasize measurement and change representation, research design and implementation, and quantitative modeling and data analysis.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Type
Institutional National Research Service Award (T32)
Project #
5T32AG020500-05
Application #
7038396
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZAG1-FAS-5 (J1))
Program Officer
Elias, Jeffrey W
Project Start
2002-05-01
Project End
2008-04-30
Budget Start
2006-05-01
Budget End
2008-04-30
Support Year
5
Fiscal Year
2006
Total Cost
$232,963
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Virginia
Department
Psychology
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
065391526
City
Charlottesville
State
VA
Country
United States
Zip Code
22904

  Publications

Beam, Christopher R; Marcus, Katherine; Turkheimer, Eric et al. (2018) Gender Differences in the Structure of Marital Quality. Behav Genet 48:209-223
Beam, Christopher R; Dinescu, Diana; Emery, Robert et al. (2017) A Twin Study on Perceived Stress, Depressive Symptoms, and Marriage. J Health Soc Behav 58:37-53
Green, Jennifer S; Magee, Joshua C; Steiner, Amanda R W et al. (2017) When the ""Golden Years"" Turn Blue: Using the Healthy Aging Literature to Elucidate Anxious and Depressive Disorders in Older Adulthood. Int J Behav Dev 41:295-307
Beam, Christopher R; Emery, Robert E; Reynolds, Chandra A et al. (2016) Widowhood and the Stability of Late Life Depressive Symptomatology in the Swedish Adoption Twin Study of Aging. Behav Genet 46:100-13
Dinescu, Diana; Turkheimer, Eric; Beam, Christopher R et al. (2016) Is marriage a buzzkill? A twin study of marital status and alcohol consumption. J Fam Psychol 30:698-707
Estabrook, Ryne (2015) Evaluating measurement of dynamic constructs: defining a measurement model of derivatives. Psychol Methods 20:117-141
Turkheimer, Eric; Beam, Christopher E; Davis, Deborah W (2015) The Scarr-Rowe Interaction in Complete Seven-Year WISC Data from the Louisville Twin Study: Preliminary Report. Behav Genet 45:635-9
Beam, Christopher R; Turkheimer, Eric; Dickens, William T et al. (2015) Twin Differentiation of Cognitive Ability Through Phenotype to Environment Transmission: The Louisville Twin Study. Behav Genet 45:622-34
Sbarra, David A; Emery, Robert E; Beam, Christopher R et al. (2014) Marital Dissolution and Major Depression in Midlife: A Propensity Score Analysis. Clin Psychol Sci 2:249-257
Beam, Christopher R; Turkheimer, Eric (2013) Phenotype-environment correlations in longitudinal twin models. Dev Psychopathol 25:7-16

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