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Overview

Scott M. Hofer is affiliated with the University of Victoria in Canada. Their research spans medicine and psychology, with a primary focus on health-related aspects of aging, cognitive impairment, and mental health. Their contributions include studies within clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, health, psychiatry and mental health, and neuropsychology and physiological psychology.

Among their main research topics are:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Dementia and cognitive impairment research
  • Aging and gerontology research
  • COVID-19 and mental health
  • Health, environment, cognitive aging
  • Frailty in older adults
  • Personality traits and psychology

Scott M. Hofer has been cited in recent publications including:

  • "Trajectories of Big Five Personality Traits: A Coordinated Analysis of 16 Longitudinal Samples" (2020), European Journal of Personality
  • "A longitudinal analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of middle-aged and older adults from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging" (2021), Nature Aging
  • "The Dementias Platform UK (DPUK) Data Portal" (2020), European Journal of Epidemiology
  • "Is Healthy Neuroticism Associated with Health Behaviors? A Coordinated Integrative Data Analysis" (2020), Collabra Psychology
  • "Assessment of Functional Mobility After COVID-19 in Adults Aged 50 Years or Older in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging" (2022), JAMA Network Open

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Scott M. Hofer include:

  • Graciela Muñiz-Terrera
  • Nathan A. Lewis
  • Tomiko Yoneda
  • Andrea M. Piccinin
  • Stacey Voll

Their work is often published in venues such as:

  • Innovation in Aging
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Collabra Psychology
  • BMC Public Health
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series A

Best Publications

  • The unity and diversity of executive functions: A systematic review and re-analysis of latent variable studies.

    Justin E. Karr;Corson N. Areshenkoff;Philippe Rast;Scott M. Hofer

  • A 2 × 2 Achievement Goals Questionnaire for Sport: Evidence for Factorial Invariance, Temporal Stability, and External Validity

    David E. Conroy;Andrew J. Elliot;Scott M. Hofer

  • Social Context in Gene–Environment Interactions: Retrospect and Prospect

    Michael J. Shanahan;Scott M. Hofer

  • Maximizing the Usefulness of Data Obtained with Planned Missing Value Patterns: An Application of Maximum Likelihood Procedures.

    John W. Graham;Scott M. Hofer;David P. MacKinnon

  • Predictors of maternal child-feeding style: maternal and child characteristics

    Lori A. Francis;Scott M. Hofer;Leann L. Birch

  • Perspectives on ethnic and racial disparities in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias: Update and areas of immediate need

    Ganesh M. Babulal;Yakeel T. Quiroz;Benedict C. Albensi;Eider Arenaza-Urquijo

  • The Dynamic Relationship Between Physical Function and Cognition in Longitudinal Aging Cohorts

    Sean A. P. Clouston;Sean A. P. Clouston;Paul Brewster;Diana Kuh;Diana Kuh;Marcus Richards;Marcus Richards

  • Cohort Profile: The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA).

    Parminder Raina;Parminder Raina;Christina Wolfson;Christina Wolfson;Susan Kirkland;Lauren E Griffith;Lauren E Griffith

  • Psychopathology in Young People With Intellectual Disability

    Stewart L. Einfeld;Andrea M. Piccinin;Andrea M. Piccinin;Andrew Mackinnon;Scott M. Hofer;Scott M. Hofer

  • Major abilities and development in the adult period.

    John L. Horn;Scott M. Hofer

  • Multiple Imputation in Multivariate Research

    John W. Graham;Scott M. Hofer

  • Intraindividual coupling of daily stress and cognition.

    Martin J. Sliwinski;Joshua M. Smyth;Scott M. Hofer;Robert S. Stawski

  • Understanding Ageing. An evaluation of research designs for assessing the interdependence of ageing-related changes.

    Scott M. Hofer;Martin J. Sliwinski

  • Comorbid type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension exacerbates cognitive decline: evidence from a longitudinal study

    Linda B. Hassing;Scott M. Hofer;Sven E. Nilsson;Stig Berg

  • Integrative data analysis through coordination of measurement and analysis protocol across independent longitudinal studies.

    Scott M. Hofer;Andrea M. Piccinin

  • Analysis with missing data in drug prevention research.

    J. W. Graham;S. M. Hofer;A. M. Piccinin

  • Guidelines for reporting methodological challenges and evaluating potential bias in dementia research.

    Jennifer Weuve;Cécile Proust-Lima;Melinda C. Power;Alden L. Gross

  • Personality predicts mortality risk: An integrative data analysis of 15 international longitudinal studies

    Eileen Kranz Graham;Joshua P. Rutsohn;Nicholas A. Turiano;Rebecca Bendayan

  • Type 2 diabetes mellitus contributes to cognitive decline in old age: A longitudinal population-based study

    Linda B. Hassing;Michael D. Grant;Scott M. Hofer;Nancy L. Pedersen

  • A latent growth curve analysis of late-life sensory and cognitive function over 8 years: evidence for specific and common factors underlying change

    Kaarin J. Anstey;Scott M. Hofer;Mary A. Luszcz

  • Modeling memory decline in older adults: the importance of preclinical dementia, attrition, and chronological age.

    Martin J. Sliwinski;Scott M. Hofer;Charles Hall;Herman Buschke

  • Handbook of cognitive aging : interdisciplinary perspectives

    Scott M Hofer;Duane F. Alwin

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea M. Piccinin
Andrea M. Piccinin University of Victoria
Sylvie Belleville
Sylvie Belleville University of Montreal
Martin J. Sliwinski
Martin J. Sliwinski Pennsylvania State University
Avron Spiro
Avron Spiro Boston University
Andrew Mackinnon
Andrew Mackinnon University of New South Wales
Lesa Hoffman
Lesa Hoffman University of Iowa
Gerald E. McClearn
Gerald E. McClearn Pennsylvania State University
K. Warner Schaie
K. Warner Schaie University of Washington
Nancy L. Pedersen
Nancy L. Pedersen Karolinska Institute
Ian J. Deary
Ian J. Deary University of Edinburgh

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