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Peter A. Lichtenberg

Peter A. Lichtenberg

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Psychology

D-Index
40
Citations
5660
World Ranking
8314
National Ranking
4435

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Peter A. Lichtenberg is affiliated with Wayne State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Health Professions, with significant focus on subfields such as General Health Professions, Demography, Clinical Psychology, Health, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's work addresses multiple topics, including:

  • Elder Abuse and Neglect
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes

Peter A. Lichtenberg has published extensively with notable venues where their work frequently appears, including:

  • Innovation in Aging
  • Clinical Gerontologist
  • The Gerontologist
  • Aging & Mental Health
  • Ethnicity & Disease

Recent published works include:

  • "Building and Sustaining a Community Advisory Board of African American Older Adults as the Foundation for Volunteer Research Recruitment and Retention in Health Sciences." (2020, Ethnicity & Disease)
  • "Context Matters: Financial, Psychological, and Relationship Insecurity Around Personal Finance Is Associated With Financial Exploitation" (2020, The Gerontologist)
  • "Earning the Trust of African American Communities to Increase Representation in Dementia Research" (2020, Ethnicity & Disease)
  • "Internet-Based Conversational Engagement Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial (I-CONECT) Among Socially Isolated Adults 75+ Years Old With Normal Cognition or Mild Cognitive Impairment: Topline Results" (2023, The Gerontologist)
  • "The Internet-Based Conversational Engagement Clinical Trial (I-CONECT) in Socially Isolated Adults 75+ Years Old: Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol and COVID-19 Related Study Modifications" (2021, Frontiers in Digital Health)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with multiple coauthors, with the most frequent including:

  • LaToya Hall (15 coauthored works)
  • Vanessa Rorai (14 coauthored works)
  • Tam Perry (10 coauthored works)
  • Juno Moray (10 coauthored works)
  • Rebecca Campbell (7 coauthored works)

Peter A. Lichtenberg was awarded the Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1999.

Best Publications

  • The Relationship between Depression and Cognition in Older Adults: A Cross-validation Study

    Peter A. Lichtenberg;Thomas Ross;Scott R. Millis;Carol A. Manning

  • Cognitive and psychosocial predictors of subjective well-being in urban older adults.

    Tatyana G. Jones;Lisa J. Rapport;Robin A. Hanks;Peter A. Lichtenberg

  • Handbook of Assessment in Clinical Gerontology

    Peter A. Lichtenberg

  • Is Psychological Vulnerability Related to the Experience of Fraud in Older Adults

    Peter A. Lichtenberg;Laurie Stickney;Daniel Paulson

  • Assessments of Institutionalized Dementia Patients' Competencies to Participate in Intimate Relationships

    Peter A. Lichtenberg;Deborah M. Strzepek

  • Cognitive Impairment and Depression Predict Mortality in Medically Ill Older Adults

    Cynthia L. Arfken;Peter A. Lichtenberg;Manuel E. Tancer

  • Post-stroke and clinically-defined vascular depression in geriatric rehabilitation patients.

    Benjamin T. Mast;Susan E. MacNeill;Peter A. Lichtenberg

  • Depression, cognitive impairment and function in Alzheimer's disease.

    Doree Ann V. Espiritu;Harun Rashid;Benjamin T. Mast;Joe Fitzgerald

  • A Person-Centered Approach to Financial Capacity Assessment: Preliminary Development of a New Rating Scale

    Peter A. Lichtenberg;Jonathan Stoltman;Lisa J. Ficker;Madelyn Iris

  • Structure of a Depression Measure among American Indian Elders: Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the CES-D Scale:

    Elizabeth E. Chapleski;James K. Lamphere;Richard Kaczynski;Peter A. Lichtenberg

  • Psychological and Functional Vulnerability Predicts Fraud Cases in Older Adults: Results of a Longitudinal Study

    Peter Alexander Lichtenberg;Michael A. Sugarman;Daniel Paulson;Lisa J. Ficker

  • Building a Registry of Research Volunteers Among Older Urban African Americans: Recruitment Processes and Outcomes From a Community-Based Partnership

    Letha A. Chadiha;Olivia G. M. Washington;Peter A. Lichtenberg;Carmen R. Green

  • Home Alone: The Role of Cognition in Return to Independent Living

    Susan E. MacNeill;Peter A. Lichtenberg

  • NORMATIVE DATA ON THE BOSTON NAMING TEST FOR ELDERLY ADULTS IN A DEMOGRAPHICALLY DIVERSE MEDICAL SAMPLE

    Thomas P. Ross;Peter A. Lichtenberg;Bruce K. Christensen

  • Longitudinal support for the relationship between vascular risk factors and late-life depressive symptoms.

    Benjamin T. Mast;Stewart Neufeld;Susan E. MacNeill;Peter A. Lichtenberg

  • Comparison of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale and the Geriatric Depression Scale: Detection of Depression in Dementia Patients:

    Peter A. Lichtenberg;David A. Steiner;Bernice A. Marcopulos;Jeanne A. Tabscott

  • A Longitudinal Study: Casino Gambling Attitudes, Motivations, and Gambling Patterns Among Urban Elders

    Fayetta Martin;Peter A. Lichtenberg;Thomas N. Templin

  • The role of personality, recent life stress and arithmetic severity in predicting pain

    Peter A. Lichtenberg;Mighael W. Skehan;Clifford H. Swensen

  • A Guide to Psychological Practice in Geriatric Long-Term Care

    Peter A. Lichtenberg

  • Preliminary normative data on the Boston naming test for an older urban population

    Peter A. Lichtenberg;Thomas Ross;Bruce Christensen

  • Financial Capacity and Financial Exploitation of Older Adults: Research Findings, Policy Recommendations and Clinical Implications.

    Stacey Wood;Peter A. Lichtenberg

Frequent Co-Authors

James S. Jackson
James S. Jackson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Bruno Giordani
Bruno Giordani University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jeffrey T. Barth
Jeffrey T. Barth University of Virginia
Jennifer Moye
Jennifer Moye Boston University
Robert Goldman
Robert Goldman Sunovion (United States)
Scott R. Beach
Scott R. Beach University of Pittsburgh
Robin A. Hanks
Robin A. Hanks Wayne State University
Robert Joseph Taylor
Robert Joseph Taylor University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Richard Schulz
Richard Schulz University of Pittsburgh
David A. Loewenstein
David A. Loewenstein University of Miami

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