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Bob G. Knight is affiliated with the University of Southern Queensland in Australia. They have contributed to multiple fields, primarily within psychology, social sciences, and health professions, with a focus on several subfields including neuropsychology and physiological psychology, general health professions, sociology and political science, health, and clinical psychology.

Their research topics span a range of domains related to aging, mental health, and spirituality. Key areas of work include:

  • Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
  • Identity, Memory, and Therapy
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health

Bob G. Knight has published research in several academic venues, notably:

  • International Psychogeriatrics
  • Ageing and Society
  • Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
  • Journal of Religion Spirituality & Aging
  • Collegian Journal of the Royal College of Nursing Australia

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Knight include:

  • Values and the experience of family care-giving: cultural values or shared family values? (2022) published in Ageing and Society

Frequent coauthors working alongside Knight encompass researchers such as Trilas M. Leeman, Erich C. Fein, Sonya Winterbotham, Niamh Keane, and Daniela Benea. Collaborations with these scholars appear across several publications and contribute to the breadth of Knight's research network.

Best Publications

  • Handbook of the Psychology of Aging

    K. Warner Schaie;Sherry L. Willis;Bob G. Knight;Becca Levy

  • The Influence of Ethnicity and Culture on the Caregiver Stress and Coping Process: A Sociocultural Review and Analysis

    María P. Aranda;Bob G. Knight

  • Psychotherapy with Older Adults

    Bob G. Knight

  • Cultural Values and Caregiving: The Updated Sociocultural Stress and Coping Model

    Bob G. Knight;Philip Sayegh

  • A Meta-analytic Review of Interventions for Caregiver Distress: Recommendations for Future Research

    Bob G. Knight;Steven M. Lutzky;Felice Macofsky-Urban

  • Effectiveness of a lifestyle intervention in promoting the well-being of independently living older people: results of the Well Elderly 2 Randomised Controlled Trial

    Florence Clark;Jeanne Jackson;Mike Carlson;Chih Ping Chou

  • A Sociocultural Stress and Coping Model for Mental Health Outcomes Among African American Caregivers in Southern California

    Bob G. Knight;Merril Silverstein;T. J. McCallum;Lauren S. Fox

  • Explaining gender differences in caregiver distress: the roles of emotional attentiveness and coping styles.

    Steven M. Lutzky;Bob G. Knight

  • Cross cultural issues in caregiving for persons with dementia: Do familism values reduce burden and distress?

    Bob G. Knight;Gia S. Robinson;Crystal V. Flynn Longmire;Miae Chun

  • Differences in familism values and caregiving outcomes among Korean, Korean American, and White American dementia caregivers.

    Gahyun Youn;Bob G. Knight;Hyun-Suk Jeong;Donna Benton

  • Psychosocial factors and caregivers' distress: effects of familism and dysfunctional thoughts.

    Andres Losada;Maria Marquez-Gonzalez;Bob G Knight;Javier Yanguas

  • Social and Personal Factors as Predictors of Earthquake Preparation: The Role of Support Provision, Network Discussion, Negative Affect, Age, and Education1

    Kenneth Heller;Douglas B. Alexander;Margaret Gatz;Bob G. Knight

  • Cross-cultural study comparing the association of familism with burden and depressive symptoms in two samples of Hispanic dementia caregivers.

    A Losada;G Robinson Shurgot;B G Knight;M Márquez

  • Age and emotional response to the Northridge earthquake: a longitudinal analysis.

    Bob G. Knight;Margaret Gatz;Kenneth Heller;Vern L. Bengtson

  • Pikes Peak model for training in professional geropsychology.

    Bob G. Knight;Michele J. Karel;Gregory A. Hinrichsen;Sara H. Qualls

  • The Effects of Familism and Cultural Justification on the Mental and Physical Health of Family Caregivers

    Philip Sayegh;Bob G. Knight

  • Cross-cultural differences in dementia: the Sociocultural Health Belief Model.

    Phillip Sayegh;Bob G. Knight

  • Stress and coping among gay men: age and ethnic differences.

    Steven David;Bob G. Knight

  • Factor Structure of the Burden Interview

    Bob G. Knight;Lauren S. Fox;Chih-Ping Chou

  • The role of familism in stress and coping processes among African American and White dementia caregivers: effects on mental and physical health.

    Jung-Hyun Kim;Bob G. Knight;Crystal V. Flynn Longmire

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy A. Pachana
Nancy A. Pachana University of Queensland
Andrés Losada
Andrés Losada King Juan Carlos University
Chih-Ping Chou
Chih-Ping Chou University of Southern California
Margaret Gatz
Margaret Gatz University of Southern California
Derek D. Satre
Derek D. Satre University of California, San Francisco
Viviana M. Wuthrich
Viviana M. Wuthrich Macquarie University
K. Warner Schaie
K. Warner Schaie University of Washington
Denise C. Park
Denise C. Park The University of Texas at Dallas
Merril Silverstein
Merril Silverstein Syracuse University
Becca R. Levy
Becca R. Levy Yale University

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