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Overview

Katie E. Cherry is affiliated with Louisiana State University in the United States and has a research focus primarily within the field of psychology. Their work spans multiple subfields, including clinical psychology, emergency medical services, sociology and political science, neuropsychology and physiological psychology, and demography. The body of research concentrates on topics related to disaster response and management, resilience and mental health, disaster management and resilience, posttraumatic stress disorder research, aging and gerontology, dementia and cognitive impairment research, as well as identity, memory, and therapy.

The scientist has frequently published in several venues, with the most prominent being Innovation in Aging, which features 17 of their publications. Other venues include The Journal of Genetic Psychology, Traumatology An International Journal, Psychology and Aging, and The International Journal of Aging and Human Development.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Risk Factors for Substance Use across the Lifespan, 2022, The Journal of Genetic Psychology
  • Disaster stressors and psychological well-being in older adults after a flood, 2021, Psychology and Aging
  • Religiosity and Social Support Predict Resilience in Older Adults After a Flood, 2022, The International Journal of Aging and Human Development
  • Feature Selection Algorithms Enhance the Accuracy of Frailty Indexes as Measures of Biological Age, 2021, The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • Multimethod assessment of driving in older adults using a novel driving simulator, 2020, Applied Neuropsychology Adult

Katie E. Cherry has collaborated frequently with a number of researchers, including:

  • Matthew Calamia
  • Emily M. Elliott
  • Piper Bordes
  • Laura Sampson
  • Sandro Galea

The scope of research conducted by Cherry addresses diverse but interconnected areas, such as disaster response and management, resilience in mental health contexts, and aging-related factors. This is reflected in the range of topics within their publications, which often examine psychological and physiological outcomes following traumatic events, as well as mechanisms of resilience and recovery in older adult populations.

Best Publications

  • Individual difference and contextual variables influence spatial memory in younger and older adults

    Katie E. Cherry;Denise C. Park

  • A validity study on the Questions About Behavioral Function (QABF) Scale: predicting treatment success for self-injury, aggression, and stereotypies.

    Johnny L Matson;Jay W Bamburg;Katie E Cherry;Theodosia R Paclawskyj

  • An analysis of maladaptive behaviors in persons with autism, PDD-NOS, and mental retardation.

    Jennifer E Dawson;Johnny L Matson;Katie E Cherry

  • Age and individual differences influence prospective memory

    Katie E. Cherry;Denny C. LeCompte

  • A comparison of social skills in adults with autistic disorder, pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified, and mental retardation.

    Urdur Njardvik;Johnny L. Matson;Katie E. Cherry

  • The frailty index outperforms DNA methylation age and its derivatives as an indicator of biological age

    Sangkyu Kim;Leann Myers;Jennifer Wyckoff;Katie E. Cherry

  • Social Engagement and Health in Younger, Older, and Oldest-Old Adults in the Louisiana Healthy Aging Study

    Katie E. Cherry;Erin Jackson Walker;Jennifer Silva Brown;Julia Volaufova

  • The relationship of self-injurious behavior and aggression to social skills in persons with severe and profound learning disability.

    Dee Duncan;Johnny L Matson;Jay W Bamburg;Katie E Cherry

  • Long-term psychological outcomes in older adults after disaster: relationships to religiosity and social support

    Katie E. Cherry;Laura Sampson;Pamela F. Nezat;Ashley Cacamo

  • An evaluation of functional variables affecting severe problem behaviors in adults with mental retardation by using the Questions about Behavioral Function Scale (QABF).

    Heather Applegate;Johnny L Matson;Katie E Cherry

  • Implicit learning of a nonverbal sequence in younger and older adults.

    Katie E. Cherry;Michael E. Stadler

  • Relating to Older People Evaluation (ROPE): A Measure of Self-Reported Ageism

    Katie E. Cherry;Erdman Palmore

  • The Effects of Age, Ability, and Memory Monitoring on Prospective Memory Task Performance

    Celinda M. Reese;Katie E. Cherry

  • Telomere maintenance genes SIRT1 and XRCC6 impact age-related decline in telomere length but only SIRT1 is associated with human longevity

    Sangkyu Kim;Xiuhua Bi;Malwina Czarny-Ratajczak;Jianliang Dai

  • Prospective remembering in younger and older adults: role of the prospective cue

    Katie E. Cherry;Roy C. Martin;Shannon S. Simmons-D'Gerolamo;James B. Pinkston

  • Effects of distinctive context on memory for objects and their locations in young and elderly adults.

    Denise C. Park;Katie E. Cherry;Anderson D. Smith;Vincent N. Lafronza

  • Prevalence of Psychopathology in Elderly Persons in Nursing Homes and in the Community

    John Junginger;Elisa Phelan;Katie Cherry;Judith Levy

  • Psychopathology in older adults with severe and profound mental retardation

    Katie E. Cherry;Johnny L. Matson;Theodosia R. Paclawskyj

  • Longitudinal assessment of cognitive and psychosocial functioning after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Exploring disaster impact on middle-aged, older, and oldest-old adults

    Katie E Cherry;Jennifer Silva Brown;Loren D Marks;Sandro Galea

  • Self-Reported Ageism in Social Work Practitioners and Students

    Priscilla D Allen;Katie E Cherry;Erdman Palmore

  • Spaced-Retrieval Effects on Name-Face Recognition in Older Adults with Probable Alzheimer’s Disease

    Karri S. Hawley;Katie E. Cherry

Frequent Co-Authors

Johnny L. Matson
Johnny L. Matson Louisiana State University
Denise C. Park
Denise C. Park The University of Texas at Dallas
Leonard W. Poon
Leonard W. Poon University of Georgia
David L. Penn
David L. Penn University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jason L. Hicks
Jason L. Hicks Louisiana State University
Mark A. Batzer
Mark A. Batzer Louisiana State University
Mônica Sanches Yassuda
Mônica Sanches Yassuda Universidade de São Paulo
Thomas G. Power
Thomas G. Power Washington State University
Darla E. Kendzor
Darla E. Kendzor University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Dorothea C. Lerman
Dorothea C. Lerman University of Houston - Clear Lake

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