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  • 1984 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Michael A. Smyer was affiliated with Bucknell University in the United States. Their research primarily focused on psychology and social sciences, encompassing specific subfields such as neuropsychology and physiological psychology, social psychology, health, sociology and political science, and literature and literary theory.

The main topics covered in Smyer's work included aging and gerontology research, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, health disparities and outcomes, climate change communication and perception, media influence and health, environmental education and sustainability, as well as community health and development.

Smyer published research in several academic venues, with notable contributions to American Psychologist, PLoS ONE, Australasian Journal on Ageing, and The Gerontologist. Their recent notable papers included:

  • "Optimizing aging: A call for a new narrative." (2020) in American Psychologist
  • "Mental health and aging in the 2020s." (2021) in American Psychologist
  • "The impact of place and legacy framing on climate action: A lifespan approach" (2020) in PLoS ONE
  • "Volunteering for a better future: A pilot Sustainability Ambassadors Training Program" (2022) in Australasian Journal on Ageing
  • "The Legacy of Helen Q. Kivnick" (2020) in The Gerontologist

Frequent co-authors in Smyer's work included Nancy A. Pachana, Manfred Diehl, Chandra M. Mehrotra, Brian Carpenter, and Margaret Gatz, reflecting collaboration across various topics and research questions.

Smyer's career was recognized with the award of Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1984.

Best Publications

  • The Development, Validity, and Reliability of the OARS Multidimensional Functional Assessment Questionnaire.

    Gerda G. Fillenbaum;Michael A. Smyer

  • Aging and Mental Health in the Decade Ahead: What Psychologists Need to Know.

    Michele J. Karel;Margaret Gatz;Michael A. Smyer

  • The Meanings of Work for Older Workers

    Michael A. Smyer;Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes

  • Improving Nursing Home Care Through Training and Job Redesign

    Michael Smyer;Diane Brannon;Margaret Cohn

  • The mental health system and older adults in the 1990s.

    Margaret Gatz;Michael A. Smyer

  • Validation of Two Methods of Data Collection of Self-Reported Medicine Use Among the Elderly

    Julie A. Landry;Michael A. Smyer;Jonathan G. Tubman;Dan J. Lago

  • Life on the Edge: Patterns of Formal and Informal Help to Older Adults in the United States and Sweden

    Adam Davey;Elia E. Femia;Steven H. Zarit;Dennis G. Shea

  • Validity Study of the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire for the Elderly

    Michael A. Smyer;Brian F. Hofland;Edward A. Jonas

  • The provision and use of mental health services in nursing homes : results from the National Medical Expenditure Survey

    Michael A. Smyer;Dennis G. Shea;Andrea Streit

  • Summary of the report of the Ad Hoc Task Force on Psychopharmacology of the American Psychological Association.

    Michael A. Smyer;Robert L. Balster;Dan Egli;Dale L. Johnson

  • Exploring Assistance in Sweden and the United States

    Dennis Shea;Adam Davey;Elia E. Femia;Steven H. Zarit

  • PARENTAL DIVORCE IN YOUNG ADULTHOOD: Some Preliminary Findings

    Teresa M. Cooney;Michael A. Smyer;Gunhild O. Hagestad;B S Robin Klock

  • Competence of Long-Term Care Residents to Participate in Decisions About Their Medical Care: A Brief, Objective Assessment

    Rachel A. Pruchno;Michael A. Smyer;Miriam S. Rose;Paula E. Hartman-Stein

  • Optimizing aging: A call for a new narrative.

    Manfred Diehl;Michael A. Smyer;Chandra M. Mehrotra

  • The resilience of self-esteem in late adulthood.

    Amy L. Collins;Michael A. Smyer

  • The experience of micro- and macroevents. A life span analysis.

    Peter Martin;Michael A. Smyer

  • The mental health system and older adults in the 1990s.

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  • The mental health system and the older adult.

    Margaret Gatz;Michael A. Smyer;M. Powell Lawton

  • CHAPTER 1 – The Dimensionalization of Life Events

    Hayne W. Reese

  • The national conference on graduate education in the applications of developmental science across the life span

    Celia B. Fisher;John P. Murray;John R. Dill;John W. Hagen

  • Use of mental health services by persons with a mental illness in nursing facilities: initial impacts of OBRA87.

    Dennis G. Shea;Patricia A. Russo;Michael A. Smyer

  • Determinants of the use of specialist mental health services by nursing home residents.

    Dennis G. Shea;Andrea Streit;Michael A. Smyer

  • Aging and mental health

    Daniel L. Segal;Sarah Honn Qualls;Michael A. Smyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven H. Zarit
Steven H. Zarit Pennsylvania State University
Margaret Gatz
Margaret Gatz University of Southern California
Adam Davey
Adam Davey University of Delaware
Rachel Pruchno
Rachel Pruchno Rowan University
Richard M. Lerner
Richard M. Lerner Tufts University
Daniel L. Segal
Daniel L. Segal University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Manfred Diehl
Manfred Diehl Colorado State University
Jennifer Moye
Jennifer Moye Boston University
Nancy L. Pedersen
Nancy L. Pedersen Karolinska Institute
Laurence Marks
Laurence Marks Northwestern University

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