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ALOEN TOWNSEND

 
 

Recent Publications - Aloen L. Townsend


Peek, M. K., Stimpson, J., Townsend, A., & Markides, K. (in press). Well-being in older Mexican American spouses.  The Gerontologist.

Townsend, A., Ishler, K., Vargo, E., Shapiro, B., Pitorak, E., & Matthews, C. (in press).  The FACES project: An academic-community partnership to improve end-of-life care for families.  Journal of Gerontological Social Work (Special Issue on "Partnering with the Community through Research and Curricular Innovation").

Pot, A. M., Zarit, S., Twisk, J., & Townsend, A. (in press).  Transitions in caregivers' use of paid home help: Associations with stress appraisals and well-being.  Psychology and Aging.

Min, M., Townsend, A., Miller, B., & Rovine, M.  (2005).  Supplemental private health insurance and depressive symptoms in older married couples.  International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 61, 293-312.

Jarrott, S., Zarit, S., Stephens, M. A., Townsend, A., & Greene, R. (2005).  Instrumental help and caregivers' distress: Effects of change in informal and formal help.  American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, 20, 181-190.

Norton, T., Gupta, A., Stephens, M. A., Martire, L., & Townsend, A. (2005).  Stress, rewards, and change in the centrality of women's family and work roles: Mastery as a mediator. Sex Roles, 52, 325-335.

Miller, D., & Townsend, A. (2005).  Urban hassles as chronic stressors and adolescent mental health: The Urban Hassles Index.  Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention, 5, 85-94.

Rodriguez LeSage, M., & Townsend, A. (2004).   Acculturation and depressive symptoms in Mexican American couples.  Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 10, 131-154.

Miller, B., Townsend, A., & Ishler, K. (2004).  Change in marital dissatisfaction, health, and depression in older married couples.  Journal of Mental Health and Aging, 10, 65-77.

Atienza, A., Stephens, M. A., & Townsend, A.  (2004).  Role stressors as predictors of changes in women's optimistic expectations.  Personality and Individual Differences, 37, 471-484.

Gaugler, J., Jarrott, S., Zarit, S., Stephens, M. A., Townsend, A., & Greene, R. (2003).  Respite for dementia caregivers: The effects of adult day service use on caregiving hours and care demands.  International Psychogeriatrics, 15, 37-58.

Zarit, S., Stephens, M. A., Townsend, A., Femia, E., & Greene, R. (2003).  Give day care a chance to be effective: A commentary (Commentary on "Evaluation of geriatric day care units: Effects on patients and caregivers" and authors' reply).  Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 58B, P195-P196.

Gaugler, J., Zarit, S., Townsend, A., Stephens, M. A., & Greene, R. (2003).  Evaluating community-based programs for dementia caregivers: The cost implications of adult day services.  Journal of Applied Gerontology, 22, 118-133.

Gaugler, J., Jarrott, S., Zarit, S., Stephens, M.  A., Townsend, A., & Greene, R. (2003).  Adult day service use and reductions in caregiving hours: Effects on stress and psychological well-being for dementia caregivers.  International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 18, 55-62.

Atienza, A., Stephens, M. A., & Townsend, A.  (2002).  Dispositional optimism, role-specific stress, and the well-being of adult daughter caregivers. Research on Aging, 24, 193-217.

Norton, T., Stephens, M.  A., Martire, L., Townsend, A., & Gupta, A.  (2002).  Change in the centrality of women's multiple roles: Effects of role stress and rewards. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 57B, S52-S62.

Edwards, A., Zarit, S., Stephens, M. A., & Townsend, A. (2002).  Employed family caregivers of cognitively impaired elderly: An examination of role strain and depressive symptoms.  Aging & Mental Health, 6, 55-61.

Townsend, A., Miller, B., & Guo, S. (2001).  Depressive symptomatology in middle-aged and older married couples: A dyadic analysis. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 56B, S352-S364.

Leitsch, S.,  Zarit, S., Townsend, A., & Greene, R. (2001).  Medical and social adult day service programs: A comparison of characteristics, dementia clients, and their family caregivers.  Research on Aging, 23, 473-498.

Miller, B., Townsend, A., Carpenter, E., Montgomery, R., Stull, D., & Young, R. (2001).  Social support and caregiver distress: A replication analysis. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 56B, S249-S256.

Stephens, M. A., Townsend, A., Martire, L., & Druley, J. (2001).  Balancing parent care with other roles: Interrole conflict of adult daughter caregivers. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 56B, P24-P34.

 

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