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Overview

J. Jill Suitor is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with a particular emphasis on sociology and political science, health, demography, neuropsychology and physiological psychology, and general health professions.

The main topics of Suitor's work include:

  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health

Suitor has contributed to multiple academic journals, with frequent publications in:

  • Innovation in Aging
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series B
  • Research on Aging
  • Journal of Marriage and the Family
  • The Gerontologist

Recent notable publications authored or co-authored by Suitor include:

  • "Multigenerational social support in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic," 2020, Journal of Family Theory & Review
  • "Understanding and Addressing Older Adults' Needs During COVID-19," 2020, Innovation in Aging
  • "The Caregiver Identity in Context: Consequences of Identity Threat From Siblings," 2020, The Journals of Gerontology Series B
  • "Patterns and Processes of Intergenerational Estrangement: A Qualitative Study of Mother-Adult Child Relationships Across Time," 2021, Research on Aging
  • "What Motivates Physicians to Address Caregiver Needs? The Role of Experiential Similarity," 2023, Journal of Applied Gerontology

Suitor frequently collaborates with colleagues including Megan Gilligan, Catherine Stepniak, Destiny Ogle, Yifei Hou, and Robert T. Frase.

Best Publications

  • Violence and violent feelings: what causes them among family caregivers?

    Karl Pillemer;J. Jill Suitor

  • Explaining mothers' ambivalence toward their adult children.

    Karl Pillemer;J. Jill Suitor

  • Marital Quality and Satisfaction with the Division of Household Labor across the Family Life Cycle.

    J. Jill Suitor

  • The Baby Boomers’ Intergenerational Relationships

    Karen L. Fingerman;Karl A. Pillemer;Merril Silverstein;J. Jill Suitor

  • Capturing the Complexity of Intergenerational Relations: Exploring Ambivalence within Later-Life Families

    Karl Pillemer;J. Jill Suitor;Steven E. Mock;Myra Sabir

  • Once a friend, always a friend? Effects of homophily on women's support networks across a decade☆

    Jill Suitor;Shirley Keeton

  • Choosing Daughters: Exploring Why Mothers Favor Adult Daughters over Sons:

    J. Jill Suitor;Karl Pillemer

  • A Cooperative Communication Intervention for Nursing Home Staff and Family Members of Residents

    Karl Pillemer;J. Jill Suitor;Charles R. Henderson;Rhoda Meador

  • Gender, household labor, and scholarly productivity among university professors

    J. Jill Suitor;Dorothy Mecom;Ilana S. Feld

  • It's about time: how, why, and when networks change

    J.Jill Suitor;Barry Wellman;David L. Morgan

  • Making Choices: A Within-Family Study of Caregiver Selection

    Karl Pillemer;J. Jill Suitor

  • When Experience Counts: The Effects of Experiential and Structural Similarity on Patterns of Support and Interpersonal Stress

    J. Jill Suitor;Shirley Keeton;Karl Pillemer

  • Within-Family Differences in Mothers' Support to Adult Children

    J Jill Suitor;Karl Pillemer;Jori Sechrist

  • Aged parents and aging children: determinants of relationship quality.

    Suitor Jj;Pillemer K;Keeton S;Robison J

  • Explaining intergenerational conflict when adult children and elderly parents live together.

    J. Jill Suitor;Karl Pillemer

  • Describing Changes in Personal Networks over Time

    Scott L. Feld;J. Jill Suitor;Jordana Gartner Hoegh

  • Support and Interpersonal Stress in the Social Networks of Married Daughters Caring for Parents With Dementia

    J. Jill Suitor;Karl Pillemer

  • Who Provides Care? A Prospective Study of Caregiving Among Adult Siblings

    Karl Pillemer;J. Jill Suitor

  • The Role of Perceived Maternal Favoritism in Sibling Relations in Midlife

    J. Jill Suitor;Jori Sechrist;Mari Plikuhn;Seth T. Pardo

  • Within-Family Differences in Parent–Child Relations Across the Life Course

    J. Jill Suitor;Jori Sechrist;Mari Plikuhn;Seth T. Pardo

  • Family caregiving and marital satisfaction: Findings from a 1-year panel study of women caring for parents with dementia

    J. Jill Suitor;Karl Pillemer

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl Pillemer
Karl Pillemer Cornell University
Merril Silverstein
Merril Silverstein Syracuse University
Karen L. Fingerman
Karen L. Fingerman The University of Texas at Austin
Glenna Spitze
Glenna Spitze University at Albany, State University of New York
Elaine Wethington
Elaine Wethington Cornell University
Thomas E. Fuller-Rowell
Thomas E. Fuller-Rowell Auburn University
Vern L. Bengtson
Vern L. Bengtson University of Southern California

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