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92
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35972
World Ranking
875
National Ranking
555

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Steven H. Zarit is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences and psychology, with a significant number of publications contributing to these main fields of study.

Their work covers a range of subfields, including:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Clinical Psychology
  • General Health Professions
  • Health

Key areas of research that Steven H. Zarit has explored include:

  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health Disparities and Outcomes
  • Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Sleep and Related Disorders
  • Family Support in Illness

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Karen L. Fingerman
  • Kyungmin Kim
  • Yin Liu
  • Kira S. Birditt
  • Meng Huo

Steven H. Zarit's work has been published in various venues, notably:

  • Innovation in Aging
  • Aging & Mental Health
  • The Gerontologist
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series B
  • International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Recent publications include:

  • The Changing Demography of Late-Life Family Caregiving: A Research Agenda to Understand Future Care Networks for an Aging U.S. Population, 2023, The Gerontologist
  • Family caregivers' distress responses to daily behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia: The moderating role of relationship quality, 2020, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
  • A comparison of primary and secondary caregivers of persons with dementia., 2020, Psychology and Aging
  • Functional Limitations, Social Integration, and Daily Activities in Late Life, 2021, The Journals of Gerontology Series B
  • Revisiting Intergenerational Contact and Relationship Quality in Later Life: Parental Characteristics Matter, 2020, Research on Aging

In addition to journal articles, Steven H. Zarit has contributed to academic books, including a 2022 publication titled Promoting good care of older people in institutions. This book was published by Dykinson, S.L. eBooks.

The scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2002.

Best Publications

  • Relatives of the Impaired Elderly: Correlates of Feelings of Burden

    Steven H. Zarit;Karen E. Reever;Julie Bach-Peterson

  • Subjective Burden of Husbands and Wives as Caregivers: A Longitudinal Study

    Steven H. Zarit;Pamela A. Todd;Judy M. Zarit

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

    Linda Teri;Paula Truax;Rebecca Logsdon;Jay Uomoto

  • The Hidden Victims of Alzheimer's Disease: Families Under Stress

    Steven H. Zarit;Nancy K. Orr;Judy M. Zarit

  • Memory complaint and impairment in the aged. The effect of depression and altered brain function.

    Robert L. Kahn;Steven H. Zarit;Nancy M. Hilbert;George Niederehe

  • Symptoms of psychological distress among caregivers of dementia patients.

    Cheri R. Anthony-Bergstone;Steven H. Zarit;Margaret Gatz

  • Giving to the Good and the Needy: Parental Support of Grown Children

    Karen L Fingerman;Laura Miller;Kira Birditt;Steven Zarit

  • Efficacy of interventions with caregivers: a reanalysis

    C J Whitlatch;S H Zarit;A von Eye

  • Helicopter Parents and Landing Pad Kids: Intense Parental Support of Grown Children

    Karen L. Fingerman;Yen Pi Cheng;Eric D. Wesselmann;Steven Zarit

  • Stress Reduction for Family Caregivers: Effects of Adult Day Care Use

    Steven H. Zarit;Mary Ann Parris Stephens;Aloen Townsend;Rickey Greene

  • Interventions with care givers of dementia patients: comparison of two approaches.

    Steven H. Zarit;Cheri R. Anthony;Mary Boutselis

  • Caregiving as a Dyadic Process Perspectives From Caregiver and Receiver

    Karen S. Lyons;Steven H. Zarit;Aline G. Sayer;Carol J. Whitlatch

  • Effects of a caregiver intervention on negative caregiver appraisals of behavior problems in patients with Alzheimer's disease: results of a randomized trial

    Mary S. Mittelman;David L. Roth;William E. Haley;Steven H. Zarit

  • Useful services for families: research findings and directions.

    Steven H. Zarit;Joseph E. Gaugler;Shannon E. Jarrott

  • Predictors of Institutionalization of Cognitively Impaired Elders Family Help and the Timing of Placement

    Joseph E. Gaugler;Anne B. Edwards;Elia E. Femia;Steven H. Zarit

  • Institutional Placement: Phases of the Transition

    Steven H. Zarit;Carol J. Whitlatch

  • Families under stress: Interventions for caregivers of senile dementia patients.

    Steven H. Zarit;Judy M. Zarit

  • Modeling caregiver adaptation over time: the longitudinal impact of behavior problems.

    Joseph E. Gaugler;Adam Davey;Leonard I. Pearlin;Steven H. Zarit

  • The caregiver stress process and health outcomes.

    Juheui Son;Amy Erno;Dennis G. Shea;Elia E. Femia

  • Who Gets What and Why? Help Middle-Aged Adults Provide to Parents and Grown Children

    Karen L. Fingerman;Lindsay M. Pitzer;Wai Chan;Kira Birditt

  • Dyadic Intervention for Family Caregivers and Care Receivers in Early-Stage Dementia

    Carol J. Whitlatch;Katherine Judge;Steven H. Zarit;Elia Femia

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen L. Fingerman
Karen L. Fingerman The University of Texas at Austin
Kira S. Birditt
Kira S. Birditt University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Leonard I. Pearlin
Leonard I. Pearlin University of Maryland, College Park
David M. Almeida
David M. Almeida Pennsylvania State University
Joseph E. Gaugler
Joseph E. Gaugler University of Minnesota
Carol S. Aneshensel
Carol S. Aneshensel University of California, Los Angeles
Joseph T. Mullan
Joseph T. Mullan University of California, San Francisco
Mary Ann Parris Stephens
Mary Ann Parris Stephens Kent State University
Adam Davey
Adam Davey University of Delaware
Michael A. Smyer
Michael A. Smyer Bucknell University

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