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Young Adults' Provision of Support to Middle-Aged Parents
This study examined support that young adults provide parents and explanations for that support from both offspring’s and parents’ perspectives. Method. Young adults (n = 515, mean age = 22.34) and their parents (n = 364, mean age = 50.09) from the Family Exchanges Study reported support that offspring provide parents. Participants also reported parental personal problems, parental disability status, relationship quality, and support that parents provide offspring. Results. Offspring provided parents with emotional support and listening more often than other forms of support. Offspring reported providing more...
Source: Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences - April 20, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Cheng, Y.-P., Birditt, K. S., Zarit, S. H., Fingerman, K. L. Tags: Original Research Report Source Type: research

Emotional Reactivity and Mortality: Longitudinal Findings From the VA Normative Aging Study
This study used an index of emotional reactivity, defined as changes in positive or negative affect in response to daily stressors, to predict 10-year survival. Methods. An 8-day daily diary study was conducted in 2002 on 181 men aged 58–88. Multilevel models were employed to estimate emotional reactivity coefficients, which were subsequently entered into a Cox proportional hazards model to predict mortality. Results. Results indicated that positive emotional reactivity, that is, greater decreases in positive affect in response to daily stressors, increased mortality risk. Negative emotional reactivity did not pred...
Source: Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences - April 20, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Mroczek, D. K., Stawski, R. S., Turiano, N. A., Chan, W., Almeida, D. M., Neupert, S. D., Spiro, A. Tags: Original Research Report Source Type: research

Measurement Invariance of Cognitive Abilities Across Ethnicity, Gender, and Time Among Older Americans
Discussion. Results of the research further our understanding of invariance of the HRS/AHEAD cognitive ability measures. Further implications are discussed. (Source: Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences)
Source: Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences - April 20, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Blankson, A. N., McArdle, J. J. Tags: Original Research Report Source Type: research

Ecological Relevance Determines Task Priority in Older Adults' Multitasking
Discussion. Our results identify ecological relevance as the key factor in older adults’ multitasking. (Source: Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences)
Source: Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences - April 20, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Doumas, M., Krampe, R. T. Tags: Original Research Report Source Type: research

Does Social Support Buffer the Effect of Financial Strain on the Trajectory of Smoking in Older Japanese? A 19-Year Longitudinal Study
This study aimed to estimate the effect of financial strain and the stress-buffering effect of social support, on the trajectory of smoking over an extended period of time among older Japanese. Method. Data came from a national sample of more than 4,800 adults, aged 60 and older in Japan, with up to 7 repeated observations between 1987 and 2006 (16,669 observations). Hierarchical linear modeling was used to analyze the intrapersonal and interpersonal differences in smoking. Results. Higher financial strain at baseline was associated with greater amount of smoking, and a slower rate of decline, after adjusting for sociode...
Source: Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences - April 20, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Murayama, H., Bennett, J. M., Shaw, B. A., Liang, J., Krause, N., Kobayashi, E., Fukaya, T., Shinkai, S. Tags: Original Research Report Source Type: research

Impact of Cognitive Training on Balance and Gait in Older Adults
Discussion. Cognitive training slows degradation of balance and improves gait while distracted, rendering it a promising approach to falls prevention. (Source: Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences)
Source: Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences - April 20, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Smith-Ray, R. L., Hughes, S. L., Prohaska, T. R., Little, D. M., Jurivich, D. A., Hedeker, D. Tags: Original Research Report Source Type: research

Education Desegregation and Cognitive Change in African American Older Adults
Discussion. Overall, these findings suggest a slight advantage of desegregated schooling for cognitive performance, but no advantage of desegregated schooling on the rate of cognitive change over time in this sample. (Source: Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences)
Source: Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences - April 20, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Aiken-Morgan, A. T., Gamaldo, A. A., Sims, R. C., Allaire, J. C., Whitfield, K. E. Tags: Original Research Report Source Type: research

How Does Bereavement Get Under the Skin? The Effects of Late-Life Spousal Loss on Cortisol Levels
Discussion. Our findings reveal that stressful life events are associated with stress-related neuroendocrine reactions for longer durations than researchers have previously documented. The specific death-related stressor affecting cortisol varies by gender. Implications for research and practice are discussed. (Source: Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences)
Source: Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences - April 20, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Richardson, V. E., Bennett, K. M., Carr, D., Gallagher, S., Kim, J., Fields, N. Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research

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Source: Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences - March 6, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carr, D. Tags: Editorial Source Type: research