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Psychology D-index 69 Citations 29,028 196 World Ranking 1640 National Ranking 997

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Awards & Achievements

2018 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Social psychology
  • Social science
  • Psychiatry

Linda J. Waite mainly focuses on Socioeconomic status, Developed country, Gerontology, Developmental psychology and Demography. Her research integrates issues of Economic growth, Attendance and National Longitudinal Surveys, Labour economics in her study of Socioeconomic status. She has researched Developed country in several fields, including Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Fertility and Longitudinal study.

Her Gerontology study combines topics in areas such as Cross-sectional study and Sexual dysfunction. Her Developmental psychology research includes elements of Social network, Social isolation, Mental health, Social support and Loneliness. Her work carried out in the field of Demography brings together such families of science as Social change, Sex factors and Marital status.

Her most cited work include:

  • A Study of Sexuality and Health among Older Adults in the United States (1500 citations)
  • A Short Scale for Measuring Loneliness in Large Surveys: Results From Two Population-Based Studies. (1216 citations)
  • Loneliness as a specific risk factor for depressive symptoms: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses. (1124 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Linda J. Waite mainly investigates Gerontology, Developmental psychology, Demography, Social psychology and Developed country. Her research in Gerontology intersects with topics in Cross-sectional study, Social support, Loneliness and Actigraphy. Her Social support study incorporates themes from Social network, Social isolation and Social engagement.

Her Developmental psychology study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Mental health and Human sexuality. Her work in the fields of Social psychology, such as Social relation and Affect, overlaps with other areas such as Religious organization. Linda J. Waite combines subjects such as Longitudinal study, Fertility, Marital status, Socioeconomic status and Ethnic group with her study of Developed country.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Gerontology (24.35%)
  • Developmental psychology (17.39%)
  • Demography (16.96%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Gerontology (24.35%)
  • Social support (11.30%)
  • Social life (8.26%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Her primary scientific interests are in Gerontology, Social support, Social life, Loneliness and Demography. Her work deals with themes such as Cohort, Social network, Spouse, Montreal Cognitive Assessment and Social engagement, which intersect with Gerontology. Her Social support study improves the overall literature in Social psychology.

Her studies deal with areas such as Bedtime and Gender studies as well as Social psychology. Her Loneliness research includes themes of Clinical psychology and Social isolation. She interconnects Linear regression and Clinical significance in the investigation of issues within Demography.

Between 2016 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Elder mistreatment predicts later physical and psychological health: Results from a national longitudinal study (30 citations)
  • Measuring physical activity with hip accelerometry among U.S. older adults: How many days are enough? (27 citations)
  • The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Frailty Among U.S. Older Adults Based on Hourly Accelerometry Data. (25 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Social science
  • Social psychology
  • Internal medicine

Gerontology, Social support, Developmental psychology, Demography and Linear regression are her primary areas of study. Her work carried out in the field of Gerontology brings together such families of science as Longitudinal study, Older population and Loneliness. Her biological study deals with issues like Social network, which deal with fields such as Public health.

Her Social support research is classified as research in Social psychology. Her Developmental psychology study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Cognition and Cognitive decline. Her Demography research includes elements of Male gender, Overweight and Comorbidity.

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Best Publications

The Case for Marriage: Why Married People are Happier, Healthier, and Better off Financially

Linda J. Waite;Maggie Gallagher.
(2000)

2779 Citations

A Short Scale for Measuring Loneliness in Large Surveys: Results From Two Population-Based Studies.

Mary Elizabeth Hughes;Linda J. Waite;Louise C. Hawkley;John T. Cacioppo.
Research on Aging (2004)

2580 Citations

A Study of Sexuality and Health among Older Adults in the United States

Stacy Tessler Lindau;L. Philip Schumm;Edward O. Laumann;Wendy Levinson.
The New England Journal of Medicine (2007)

2535 Citations

Loneliness as a specific risk factor for depressive symptoms: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses.

John T. Cacioppo;Mary Elizabeth Hughes;Linda J. Waite;Louise C. Hawkley.
Psychology and Aging (2006)

2281 Citations

Social Disconnectedness, Perceived Isolation, and Health among Older Adults

Erin York Cornwell;Linda J. Waite.
Journal of Health and Social Behavior (2009)

2023 Citations

Does Marriage Matter

Linda J. Waite.
Demography (1995)

1405 Citations

Loneliness, health, and mortality in old age: A national longitudinal study

Ye Luo;Louise C. Hawkley;Linda J. Waite;John T. Cacioppo.
Social Science & Medicine (2012)

1216 Citations

New Families, No Families?: The Transformation of the American Home

Frances K. Goldscheider;Linda J. Waite.
(1991)

967 Citations

'Til Death Do Us Part: Marital Disruption and Mortality

Lee A. Lillard;Linda J. Waite.
American Journal of Sociology (1995)

811 Citations

Attitudes, Values, and Entrance into Cohabitational versus Marital Unions

Marin Clarkberg;Ross M. Stolzenberg;Linda J. Waite.
Social Forces (1995)

657 Citations

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