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  • 2003 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Jacqui Smith is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States, where their research primarily focuses on social sciences and psychology. Their work spans several subfields including health, neuropsychology and physiological psychology, demography, clinical psychology, and sociology and political science.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Aging and gerontology research
  • Psychological well-being and life satisfaction
  • Retirement, disability, and employment
  • Intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving
  • Dementia and cognitive impairment research
  • Health, environment, cognitive aging

Jacqui Smith has published extensively, with a frequent presence in the journal "Innovation in Aging" where they have 33 publications. Other common venues include "The Journals of Gerontology Series B" with 4 papers, "Psychology and Aging" with 3 papers, and "Deep Blue (University of Michigan)" with 2 papers.

Some of their recent published papers include:

  • Psychosocial and Lifestyle Questionnaire 2006 - 2022, 2023, Deep Blue (University of Michigan)
  • Trajectories of Big Five Personality Traits: A Coordinated Analysis of 16 Longitudinal Samples, 2020, European Journal of Personality
  • Changes in optimism and pessimism in response to life events: Evidence from three large panel studies, 2020, Journal of Research in Personality
  • Associations Between Satisfaction With Aging and Health and Well-being Outcomes Among Older US Adults, 2022, JAMA Network Open
  • Multigenerational Households During Childhood and Trajectories of Cognitive Functioning Among U.S. Older Adults, 2020, The Journals of Gerontology Series B

The scholar has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Marina Larkina
  • Richard Gonzalez
  • Amanda Sonnega
  • Shannon T. Mejía
  • Denis Gerstorf

Jacqui Smith has received recognition as a Member of Academia Europaea since 2003, which highlights a sustained level of academic involvement. Their publication record shows a clear concentration on aging research and associated social and psychological factors, indicating a multidisciplinary approach to understanding well-being and cognitive health in older populations.

Best Publications

  • Toward a general theory of expertise : prospects and limits

    K. Anders Ericsson;Jacqui Smith

  • New frontiers in the future of aging: from successful aging of the young old to the dilemmas of the fourth age.

    Paul B. Baltes;Jacqui Smith

  • Toward a psychology of wisdom and its ontogenesis

    Paul B. Baltes;Jacqui Smith

  • Is age-related stability of subjective well-being a paradox? Cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence from the Berlin Aging Study.

    Ute Kunzmann;Todd D. Little;Jacqui Smith

  • Handbook of theories of aging

    Vern L. Bengtson;Richard A. Jr. Settersten;Brian K. Kennedy;Nancy Morrow-Howell

  • Die Berliner Altersstudie

    Ulman Lindenberger;Jacqui Smith;Karl Ulrich Mayer;Paul B. Baltes

  • Testing-the-Limits and the Study of Adult Age Differences in Cognitive Plasticity of a Mnemonic Skill

    Reinhold Kliegl;Jacqui Smith;Paul B. Baltes

  • Prospects and limits of the empirical study of expertise: An introduction.

    K. Anders Ericsson;Jacqui Smith

  • People nominated as wise: a comparative study of wisdom-related knowledge.

    Paul B. Baltes;Ursula M. Staudinger;Andreas Maercker;Jacqui Smith

  • Working memory plasticity in old age: Practice gain, transfer, and maintenance.

    Shu Chen Li;Florian Schmiedek;Oliver Huxhold;Christina Röcke

  • The Fascination of Wisdom: Its Nature, Ontogeny, and Function

    Paul B. Baltes;Jacqui Smith

  • Social Network Types Among Older Adults: A Multidimensional Approach

    Katherine L. Fiori;Jacqui Smith;Toni C. Antonucci

  • Self-Perceptions of Aging: Do Subjective Age and Satisfaction With Aging Change During Old Age?

    Anna Kleinspehn-Ammerlahn;Dana Kotter-Grühn;Jacqui Smith

  • Health and Well–Being in the Young Old and Oldest Old

    Jacqui Smith;Markus Borchelt;Heiner Maier;Daniela Jopp

  • Wisdom-related knowledge: Age/cohort differences in response to life-planning problems.

    Jacqui Smith;Paul B. Baltes

  • Self-perceptions of aging predict mortality and change with approaching death: 16-year longitudinal results from the Berlin Aging Study.

    Dana Kotter-Grühn;Anna Kleinspehn-Ammerlahn;Denis Gerstorf;Jacqui Smith

  • Psychological Predictors of Mortality in Old Age

    Heiner Maier;Jacqui Smith

  • Intraindividual variability in positive and negative affect over 45 days: do older adults fluctuate less than young adults?

    Christina Röcke;Shu Chen Li;Jacqui Smith

  • Wisdom and successful aging.

    Paul B. Baltes;Jacqui Smith;Ursula M. Staudinger

  • Resources and life-management strategies as determinants of successful aging: On the protective effect of selection, optimization, and compensation.

    Daniela Jopp;Jacqui Smith

  • New frontiers in the future of aging: From successful aging of the young old to the dilemmas of the Fourth Age. Keynote lecture at the Valencia Forum, International Scientific Congress, Valencia, Spain

    Paul B. Baltes;Jacqui Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul B. Baltes
Paul B. Baltes Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Denis Gerstorf
Denis Gerstorf Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Ulman Lindenberger
Ulman Lindenberger Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Richard Gonzalez
Richard Gonzalez University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Toni C. Antonucci
Toni C. Antonucci University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Reinhold Kliegl
Reinhold Kliegl University of Potsdam
Margret M. Baltes
Margret M. Baltes Freie Universität Berlin
Alexandra M. Freund
Alexandra M. Freund University of Zurich
William J. Chopik
William J. Chopik Michigan State University

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