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  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Jamila Bookwala is affiliated with Gettysburg College in the United States. Their scholarly work primarily spans the field of Psychology, with a particular concentration in subfields such as Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Sociology and Political Science, and Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology.

The main topics covered in Bookwala's research include Mental Health Research Topics, Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving, Aging and Gerontology Research, Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology, Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction, Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function, and Embodied and Extended Cognition.

Bookwala has published articles in several academic venues, notably including:

  • Health Psychology
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • The Gerontologist
  • American Psychologist
  • Innovation in Aging

Some of the recent papers reflecting their research focus are:

  • Relationship quality and 5-year mortality risk., 2020, Health Psychology
  • The neuroscience of positive emotions and affect: Implications for cultivating happiness and wellbeing, 2020, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • The Human Affectome, 2023, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • The Profile of Stress and Coping Related to Successful Aging Among Chinese Migrant and Nonmigrant Grandparents, 2023, The Gerontologist
  • Report of the American Psychological Association's Board of Scientific Affairs Task Force on Promotion, Tenure, and Retention of Faculty of Color in Psychology., 2025, American Psychologist

Frequent collaborators with Bookwala include Nicky J. Newton, Rebecca Alexander, Oriana R. Aragón, Nicolas Cherbuin, and Justine M. Gatt.

Jamila Bookwala has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) since 2011.

Best Publications

  • Psychiatric and Physical Morbidity Effects of Dementia Caregiving: Prevalence, Correlates, and Causes

    Richard Schulz;Alison T. O'Brien;Jamila Bookwala;Kathy Fleissner

  • Advance Directives as Acts of Communication A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Peter Ditto;Joseph Danks;William Smucker;J. Bookwala

  • Predictors of dating violence: a multivariate analysis

    Jamila Bookwala;Irene H. Frieze;Christine Smith;Kathryn Ryan

  • Pessimism, age, and cancer mortality.

    Richard Schulz;Jamila Bookwala;Judith E. Knapp;Michael F. Scheier

  • The neuroscience of positive emotions and affect: Implications for cultivating happiness and wellbeing.

    Rebecca Alexander;Oriana R. Aragón;Jamila Bookwala;Nicolas Cherbuin

  • A comparison of primary stressors, secondary stressors, and depressive symptoms between elderly caregiving husbands and wives: the Caregiver Health Effects Study.

    Jamila Bookwala;Richard Schulz

  • Spousal similarity in subjective well-being: The cardiovascular health study.

    Jamila Bookwala;Richard Schulz

  • The role of marital quality in physical health during the mature years.

    Jamila Bookwala

  • Pessimism, age, and cancer mortality.

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  • The Role of Neuroticism and Mastery in Spouse Caregivers' Assessment of and Response to a Contextual Stressor

    Jamila Bookwala;Richard Schulz

  • Adult Attachment Styles and Aggressive Behavior within Dating Relationships

    Jamila Bookwala;Bozena Zdaniuk

  • Gender differences in older adults' preferences for life-sustaining medical treatments and end-of-life values.

    Jamila Bookwala;Kristen M. Coppola;Angela Fagerlin;Peter H. Ditto

  • Caregiving and Detrimental Mental and Physical Health Outcomes

    Jamila Bookwala;Jennifer L. Yee;Richard Schulz

  • Poor Vision, Functioning, and Depressive Symptoms: A Test of the Activity Restriction Model

    Jamila Bookwala;Brendan Lawson

  • Elderly adults' preferences for life-sustaining treatments: the role of impairment, prognosis, and pain.

    Kristen M. Coppola;Jamila Bookwala;Peter H. Ditto;Lisa Klepac Lockhart

  • The Impact of Parent Care on Marital Quality and Well-Being in Adult Daughters and Sons

    Jamila Bookwala

  • Effects of pain on functioning and well-being in older adults with osteoarthritis of the knee.

    Jamila Bookwala;Tina L Harralson;Patricia A Parmelee

  • Predictors of Perceived Health Status in Elderly Men and Women The Cardiovascular Health Study

    Richard Schulz;Maurice B. Mittelmark;Richard Kronmal;Joseph F. Polak

  • Concurrent and Long-Term Predictors of Older Adults' Use of Community-Based Long-Term Care Services: The Caregiver Health Effects Study

    Jamila Bookwala;Bozena Zdaniuk;Lynda Burton;Bonnie Lind

  • Body Objectification, Social Pressure, and Disordered Eating Behavior in College Women: The Role of Sorority Membership

    Susan A. Basow;Kelly A. Foran;Jamila Bookwala

  • Identity development and psychological well-being in Korean-born adoptees in the U.S.

    Susan A Basow;Elizabeth Lilley;Jamila Bookwala;Ann McGillicuddy-DeLisi

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Schulz
Richard Schulz University of Pittsburgh
Peter H. Ditto
Peter H. Ditto University of California, Irvine
Irene Hanson Frieze
Irene Hanson Frieze University of Pittsburgh
Melissa M. Franks
Melissa M. Franks Purdue University West Lafayette
Gail M. Williamson
Gail M. Williamson University of Georgia
Patricia A. Parmelee
Patricia A. Parmelee University of Alabama
Susan Krauss Whitbourne
Susan Krauss Whitbourne University of Massachusetts Amherst
Renate Houts
Renate Houts Duke University
Ellen Frank
Ellen Frank University of Pittsburgh
Alistair Lawrence
Alistair Lawrence Scotland's Rural College

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