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  • 1986 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Susan Krauss Whitbourne is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and social sciences, with specialization in neuropsychology and physiological psychology, demography, developmental and educational psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and clinical psychology.

Their main research topics cover aging and gerontology research, retirement, disability, and employment, identity, memory, and therapy, cognitive abilities and testing, technology use by older adults, health disparities and outcomes, and financial literacy, pension, and retirement analysis.

Whitbourne has contributed to several academic publications, including:

  • "Implications of identity resolution in emerging adulthood for intimacy, generativity, and integrity across the adult lifespan," 2021, Psychology and Aging
  • "Assessing Age Inclusivity in Higher Education: Introducing the Age-Friendly Inventory and Campus Climate Survey," 2021, The Gerontologist
  • "The codevelopment of generativity and well-being into early late life," 2021, Psychology and Aging
  • "Promoting Age Inclusivity in Higher Education: Campus Practices and Perceptions by Students, Faculty, and Staff," 2024, Research in Higher Education
  • "Creating age-friendly nursing homes: The time is now," 2022, Gerontology & Geriatrics Education

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Nina M. Silverstein
  • Lauren Marshall Bowen
  • Joann M. Montepare
  • Jennifer Lodi-Smith
  • Erica Baranski

Whitbourne's work is frequently published in venues such as Innovation in Aging, PsycEXTRA Dataset, Psychology and Aging, The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences, and The Gerontologist.

The scientist received recognition as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1986.

Best Publications

  • Examining the Light and Dark Sides of Emerging Adults’ Identity: A Study of Identity Status Differences in Positive and Negative Psychosocial Functioning

    Seth J. Schwartz;Wim Beyers;Koen Luyckx;Bart Soenens

  • Adult Development and Aging : Biopsychosocial Perspectives

    Susan Krauss Whitbourne

  • Abnormal Psychology: Clinical Perspectives on Psychological Disorders

    Richard P. Halgin;Susan Krauss Whitbourne

  • The Me I Know: A Study of Adult Identity

    Susan Krauss Whitbourne

  • Psychosocial development in adulthood: a 22-year sequential study.

    Susan Krauss Whitbourne;Michael K. Zuschlag;Lisa B. Elliot;Alan S. Waterman

  • The psychological construction of the life span.

    Susan Krauss Whitbourne

  • Models of the Aging Self

    Joel R. Sneed;Susan Krauss Whitbourne

  • The Aging Individual: Physical and Psychological Perspectives

    Susan Krauss Whitbourne

  • How Physicians View the Process of Change in Their Practice Behavior.

    R H Geertsma;R C Parker;S K Whitbourne

  • Intimacy and identity status in young adults.

    Stephanie A. Tesch;Susan K. Whitbourne

  • Meaning in Life in Emerging Adulthood: A Person‐Oriented Approach

    Jessie Dezutter;Alan S. Waterman;Seth J. Schwartz;Koen Luyckx

  • Identity Processing and Self-Consciousness in Middle and Later Adulthood

    Joel R. Sneed;Susan Krauss Whitbourne

  • Identity Processes in Adulthood: Theoretical and Methodological Challenges

    Susan Krauss Whitbourne;Joel R. Sneed;Karyn M. Skultety

  • Risky business: Is there an association between casual sex and mental health among emerging adults?

    Melina M. Bersamin;Byron L. Zamboanga;Seth J. Schwartz;M. Brent Donnellan

  • The Aging Body: Physiological Changes and Psychological Consequences

    Susan Krauss Whitbourne

  • Acculturation and well-being among college students from immigrant families.

    Seth J. Schwartz;Alan S. Waterman;Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor;Richard M. Lee

  • Identity in young adulthood: Links with mental health and risky behavior

    Seth J. Schwartz;Sam A. Hardy;Byron L. Zamboanga;Alan Meca

  • The paradox of well-being, identity processes, and stereotype threat: Ageism and its potential relationships to the self in later life.

    Susan Krauss Whitbourne;Joel R. Sneed

  • The Aging Self in a Cultural Context: The Relation of Conceptions of Aging to Identity Processes and Self-Esteem in the United States and the Netherlands

    Gerben J. Westerhof;Susan Krauss Whitbourne;Gillian P. Freeman

  • The relationship between identity, intimacy, and midlife well-being: Findings from the Rochester Adult Longitudinal Study.

    Joel R. Sneed;Susan Krauss Whitbourne;Seth J. Schwartz;Shi Huang

  • Age Differences and Correlates of Worrying in Young and Elderly Adults

    Charles B. Powers;Patricia A. Wisocki;Susan Krauss Whitbourne

  • Life-span Development and Behavior

    Susan Krauss Whitbourne

Frequent Co-Authors

Seth J. Schwartz
Seth J. Schwartz The University of Texas at Austin
Byron L. Zamboanga
Byron L. Zamboanga University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Robert S. Weisskirch
Robert S. Weisskirch California State University, Monterey Bay
Alan S. Waterman
Alan S. Waterman College of New Jersey
Alexander T. Vazsonyi
Alexander T. Vazsonyi University of Kentucky
Linda G. Castillo
Linda G. Castillo Texas A&M University
Richard M. Lee
Richard M. Lee University of Minnesota
Sam A. Hardy
Sam A. Hardy Brigham Young University
Lindsay S. Ham
Lindsay S. Ham University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Joel R. Sneed
Joel R. Sneed Queens College, CUNY

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