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Overview

Linda M. Chatters is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, United States. Their research primarily spans across the social sciences, health professions, and psychology, with a focus on multiple subfields including sociology and political science, health, general health professions, social psychology, and clinical psychology.

Their scholarly work addresses key topics such as health disparities and outcomes, racial and ethnic identity research, intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving, religion, spirituality, and psychology, family dynamics and relationships, mental health treatment and access, as well as employment and welfare studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Linda M. Chatters include:

  • Robert Joseph Taylor
  • Harry Owen Taylor
  • Ann W. Nguyen
  • Amy J. Schulz
  • Christina J. Cross

Notable venues where they have published multiple works include:

  • Innovation in Aging
  • UNC Libraries
  • Health Education & Behavior
  • Journal of Family Issues
  • Journal of Marriage and the Family

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Linda M. Chatters include:

  • Older Black Americans During COVID-19: Race and Age Double Jeopardy, 2020, Health Education & Behavior
  • Moving Health Education and Behavior Upstream: Lessons From COVID-19 for Addressing Structural Drivers of Health Inequities, 2020, Health Education & Behavior
  • Fictive Kin Networks among African Americans, Black Caribbeans, and Non-Latino Whites, 2021, Journal of Family Issues
  • Social isolation from family and friends and mental health among African Americans and Black Caribbeans, 2020, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
  • Psychiatric Disorders Among Older Black Americans: Within- and Between-Group Differences, 2020, Innovation in Aging

The topics covered in these papers emphasize the intersections of race, age, mental health, family networks, and health inequities. The work frequently explores how structural factors and social environments affect health outcomes, especially within Black American populations.

Best Publications

  • Religion in the Lives of African Americans : Social, Psychological, and Health Perspectives

    Robert Joseph Taylor;Linda M. Chatters;Jeffrey S. Levin

  • Religion and Health: Public Health Research and Practice

    Linda M. Chatters

  • Sociodemographic and environmental correlates of racial socialization by Black parents.

    Michael C. Thornton;Linda M. Chatters;Robert Joseph Taylor;Walter R. Allen

  • Race and Gender Differences in Religiosity Among Older Adults: Findings From Four National Surveys

    Jeffrey S. Levin;Robert Joseph Taylor;Linda M. Chatters

  • CHURCH MEMBERS AS A SOURCE OF INFORMAL SOCIAL SUPPORT

    Robert Joseph Taylor;Linda M. Chatters

  • Mental Health Services in Faith Communities: The Role of Clergy in Black Churches

    Robert Joseph Taylor;Christopher G. Ellison;Linda M. Chatters;Jeffrey S. Levin

  • Religious effects on health status and life satisfaction among black Americans.

    Jeffrey S. Levin;Linda M. Chatters;Robert Joseph Taylor

  • Black and white differences in religious participation : A multisample comparison

    Robert Joseph Taylor;Linda M. Chatters;Rukmalie Jayakody;Jeffrey S. Levin

  • Social Isolation, Depression, and Psychological Distress Among Older Adults:

    Harry Owen Taylor;Robert Joseph Taylor;Ann W. Nguyen;Linda Chatters

  • Religion, Health, and Psychological Well-Being in Older Adults: Findings from Three National Surveys

    Jeffrey S. Levin;Linda M. Chatters

  • Fictive Kinship Relations in black extended families

    Linda M. Chatters;Robert Joseph Taylor;Rukmalie Jayakody

  • Religious Coping Among African Americans, Caribbean Blacks and Non-Hispanic Whites.

    Linda M. Chatters;Robert Joseph Taylor;James S. Jackson;Karen D. Lincoln

  • Subjective Religiosity among African Americans: A Synthesis of Findings from Five National Samples

    Robert Joseph Taylor;Jacqueline Mattis;Linda M. Chatters

  • Research on religion and mental health: An overview of empirical findings and theoretical issues

    Jeffrey S. Levin;Linda M. Chatters

  • Racial and Ethnic Differences in Extended Family, Friendship, Fictive Kin, and Congregational Informal Support Networks

    Robert Joseph Taylor;Linda M. Chatters;Amanda Toler Woodward;Edna Brown

  • Church-based Informal Support Among Elderly Blacks

    Robert Joseph Taylor;Linda M. Chatters

  • Emotional Support from Parents Early in Life, Aging, and Health

    Benjamin A. Shaw;Neal Krause;Linda M. Chatters;Cathleen M Connell

  • A MULTIDIMENSIONAL MEASURE OF RELIGIOUS INVOLVEMENT FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS

    Jeffrey S. Levin;Robert Joseph Taylor;Linda M. Chatters

  • Antecedents and dimensions of religious involvement among older black adults.

    Linda M. Chatters;Jeffrey S. Levin;Robert Joseph Taylor

  • Patterns of Informal Support to Elderly Black Adults: Family, Friends, and Church Members

    Robert Joseph Taylor;Linda M. Chatters

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Joseph Taylor
Robert Joseph Taylor University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
James S. Jackson
James S. Jackson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Joseph A. Himle
Joseph A. Himle University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Neal Krause
Neal Krause University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Brian E. Perron
Brian E. Perron University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Monnica T. Williams
Monnica T. Williams University of Ottawa
Susan T. Ennett
Susan T. Ennett University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Vickie M. Mays
Vickie M. Mays University of California, Los Angeles
Enrique W. Neblett
Enrique W. Neblett University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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