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Overview

Peter P. Vitaliano is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research intersects social sciences and medicine, with a focus on sociology, political science, psychiatry, mental health, and health-related disciplines.

Their scholarly contributions explore multiple main topics, including:

  • Family Support in Illness
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

Recent publications by Peter P. Vitaliano reflect their interests in caregiving, cognitive decline, and psychosocial factors affecting health. Selected papers include:

  • "Caregiver Psychological Distress: Longitudinal Relationships With Physical Activity and Diet," 2020, published in American Journal of Alzheimer s Disease & Other Dementias®
  • "The pattern of social support seeking and its socio-demographic variations among older adults in China," 2020, published in European Journal of Ageing
  • "Exploration of Risk Factors for Cognitive Decline Shared by Couples and Cognitive Outcomes-Assortative Mating, Lifestyle, and Chronic Stress," 2021, published in JAMA Network Open
  • "Impact of informal caregiving on depressive symptoms among a national cohort of men," 2024, published in Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
  • "A Double Whammy? Psychosocial Disadvantages of Dementia Caregivers with Cancer Histories," 2023, published in Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Peter P. Vitaliano has collaborated frequently with the following co-authors:

  • Jin You
  • Shane A. Snyder
  • Helene H. Fung
  • Tania King
  • Humaira Maheen

Their work has appeared repeatedly in these publication venues:

  • American Journal of Alzheimer s Disease & Other Dementias®
  • European Journal of Ageing
  • JAMA Network Open
  • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
  • Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Best Publications

  • Is caregiving hazardous to one's physical health? A meta-analysis.

    Peter P. Vitaliano;Jianping Zhang;James M. Scanlan

  • The mini-cog: a cognitive 'vital signs' measure for dementia screening in multi-lingual elderly.

    Soo Borson;James Scanlan;Michael Brush;Peter Vitaliano

  • The Ways of Coping Checklist: Revision and psychometric properties.

    Peter P. Vitaliano;Joan Russo;John E. Carr;Roland D. Maiuro

  • Assessment of behavioral problems in dementia: the revised memory and behavior problems checklist.

    Linda Teri;Paula Truax;Rebecca Logsdon;Jay Uomoto

  • A path model of chronic stress, the metabolic syndrome, and coronary heart disease.

    Peter P. Vitaliano;James M. Scanlan;Jianping Zhang;Margaret V. Savage

  • Raw versus relative scores in the assessment of coping strategies

    Peter P. Vitaliano;Roland D. Maiuro;Joan Russo;Joseph Becker

  • Appraised changeability of a stressor as a modifier of the relationship between coping and depression: a test of the hypothesis of fit.

    Peter P. Vitaliano;Deborah J. DeWolfe;Roland D. Maiuro;Joan Russo

  • The Screen for Caregiver Burden

    Peter P. Vitaliano;Joan Russo;Heather M. Young;Joseph Becker

  • Predictors of Burden in Spouse Caregivers of Individuals With Alzheimer's Disease

    Peter P. Vitaliano;Joan Russo;Heather M. Young;Linda Teri

  • Burden: A Review of Measures Used Among Caregivers of Individuals with Dementia

    Peter P. Vitaliano;Heather M. Young;Joan Russo

  • Anger, Hostility, and Depression in Domestically Violent versus Generally Assaultive Men and Nonviolent Control Subjects.

    Roland D. Maiuro;Timothy S. Cahn;Peter P. Vitaliano;Barbara C. Wagner

  • Changes in the sleep and waking EEGs of nondemented and demented elderly subjects.

    Patricia N. Prinz;Elaine R. Peskind;Peter P. Vitaliano;Murray A. Raskind

  • Predictors of burden and infectious illness in schizophrenia caregivers.

    Dennis G. Dyck;Robert Short;Peter P. Vitaliano

  • Sleep, EEG and mental function changes in senile dementia of the Alzheimer's type

    Patricia N. Prinz;Peter Paul Vitaliano;Michael V. Vitiello;John Bokan

  • Chest pain: relationship of psychiatric illness to coronary arteriographic results.

    Wayne Katon;Margaret L. Hall;Joan Russo;Lawrence Cormier

  • Psychiatric disorders in spouse caregivers of care recipients with Alzheimer's disease and matched controls: a diathesis-stress model of psychopathology

    Joan Russo;Peter P. Vitaliano;Devon D. Brewer;Wayne Katon

  • Recovery after allogeneic marrow transplantation: prospective study of predictors of long-term physical and psychosocial functioning.

    K L Syrjala;M K Chapko;P P Vitaliano;C Cummings

  • Medical school pressures and their relationship to anxiety

    Peter P. Vitaliano;Joan Russo;John E. Carr;Judith H. Heerwagen

  • The role of resilience on psychological adjustment and physical health in patients with diabetes

    Joyce P. Yi;Peter P. Vitaliano;Ronald E. Smith;Jean C. Yi

  • The dialectical behavior therapy ways of coping checklist: development and psychometric properties.

    Andrada D. Neacsiu;Shireen L. Rizvi;Peter P. Vitaliano;Thomas R. Lynch

Frequent Co-Authors

Joan Russo
Joan Russo University of Washington
Ilene C. Siegler
Ilene C. Siegler Duke University
Beverly H. Brummett
Beverly H. Brummett Duke University
Redford B. Williams
Redford B. Williams Duke University
Rebecca G. Logsdon
Rebecca G. Logsdon University of Washington
Ronald E. Smith
Ronald E. Smith University of Washington
Steven H. Zarit
Steven H. Zarit Pennsylvania State University
Gordon C. Nagayama Hall
Gordon C. Nagayama Hall University of Oregon
Elaine R. Peskind
Elaine R. Peskind University of Washington
Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser
Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser The Ohio State University

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