Benjamin R Levy

Biographic Data

ID1379178
NAMEBenjamin R Levy
GIVEN NAMESBenjamin R
FAMILY NAMELevy
SIGNATURELEVY B R
AFFILIATIONSYale University
ORCID0000-0002-1611-7460
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS48
TOTAL CITATIONS725
AUTHOR COUNT48
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1994
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX10

  • From Pixel to Grain

    Benjamin R LevyARTICLEPhotography and Culture2025

  • The Hybrid Musical Landscape of Ligeti's Late Concertos

    Benjamin R LevyARTICLEStudia musicologica2024

    Discussing his Horn Trio, György Ligeti imaginatively describes the second movement as a dance that was “inspired by different folk musics of nonexistent people, as if Hungary, Romania, and all of the Balkans were located somewhere between Africa and the Caribbean.” And in more general remarks about his works, he goes on to suggest that, rather than overtly referencing their stylistic features, he abstracted technical principles from various trad…

  • Societal impact on older persons' chronic pain

    Open AccessBenjamin R Levy, Becca R Levy et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2023Cited by: 1References: 35

  • Implicit and explicit dehumanization of older family members

    Open AccessE‐Shien Chang, Joan K Monin et al.ARTICLEStigma and Health2022

    Elder abuse affects one in six older persons globally. Three limitations impede progress in prevention: most research is victim- rather than perpetrator-based; the reliance on explicit, self-reported factors; and failure to account for psychological factors, such as dehumanization, that motivate abuse. The current study addressed these gaps by examining whether implicit and explicit dehumanization of t could explain elder abuse proclivity. In a w…

  • Material Connections

    Open AccessBenjamin R LevyARTICLEMusic Theory Online2021

    The architect Bruce Goff (1904–82) is often associated with Frank Lloyd Wright and Organic Architecture, but his concept of organicism was equally influenced by his interest in modern music, and in particular the work of Claude Debussy. Goff maintained correspondence with musicians throughout his life—including with composers Edgard Varèse and Harry Partch—and in the 1920s and 1930s, he actively composed works for piano and player piano. In Tulsa…

  • Archival Research in Music

    Open AccessBenjamin R Levy, Laura EmmeryARTICLEMusic Theory Online2021

    Archival research in music has undergone dramatic transformations in recent years. Far from a rigid and antiqued discipline, exclusively immersed in dusty manuscripts of canonic composers, aiming to reveal their authorial intent or craft a definitive edition of their works, recent archival scholarship has substantially broadened in its materials, methods, and in the kinds of scholarly arguments these new resources make possible. (1) The present c…

  • Impact of Media-Based Negative and Positive Age Stereotypes on Older Individuals’ Mental Health

    Open AccessBenjamin R Levy, E-Shien Chang et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2021Cited by: 4References: 11

    Objectives During the COVID-19 pandemic, stigmatization of older persons increased in traditional and social media. It was unknown whether this negative messaging could be detrimental to the mental health of older individuals, and whether the relatively uncommon positive messaging about older individuals could benefit their mental health. Method To address these gaps, we designed age-stereotype interventions based on actual news stories that appe…

  • Ageism Amplifies Cost and Prevalence of Health Conditions

    Open AccessBenjamin R Levy, Becca R Levy et al.ARTICLEThe Gerontologist2020

    BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The persistent status of ageism as one of the least acknowledged forms of prejudice may be due in part to an absence of quantifying its costs in economic terms. In this study, we calculated the costs of ageism on health conditions for all persons aged 60 years or older in the United States during 1 year. RESEARCH DESIGN AND MATERIALS: The ageism predictors were discrimination aimed at older persons, negative age stereot…

  • Global reach of ageism on older persons’ health

    Open AccessE-Shien Chang, Sneha Kannoth et al.ARTICLEPLoS ONE2020

  • Self-Acceptance and Interdependence Promote Longevity

    Open AccessReuben Ng, Heather Allore et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020

    We explored psychosocial pathways to longevity, specifically, the association between psychological well-being and mortality in a 20-year prospective cohort study of 7626 participants. As hypothesized, high self-acceptance and interdependence were associated with decreased mortality risk, controlling for other psychological components (purpose, positive relations, growth, mastery) and potential confounders: personality, depression, self-rated hea…

  • When Culture Influences Genes

    Open AccessBenjamin R Levy, Martin D Slade et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2020Cited by: 1References: 4

    This study provides the first known evidence that self-perceptions can influence the impact of a gene on cognition. The results underscore the importance of combined psychosocial and biological approaches to understanding cognitive function in older adults

  • Aging in Times of the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Open AccessL Ayalon, Amy L Chasteen et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2020Cited by: 74References: 2

  • Active coping shields against negative aging self-stereotypes contributing to psychiatric conditions

    Open AccessBenjamin R Levy, Becca R Levy et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2019Cited by: 3References: 28

  • The impact of both spousal caregivers' and care recipients' health on relationship satisfaction in the Caregiver Health Effects Study

    Open AccessJoan K Monin, Benjamin R Levy et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2019Cited by: 9References: 43

    This study examined, with a sample of older adult, caregiving couples, whether each spouse's health was associated with their own and their partner's relationship satisfaction. Dyads ( n = 233; age = 64-99 years) in the Caregiver Health Effects Study, ancillary to the Cardiovascular Health Study, reported relationship satisfaction, depressive symptoms, disability, and self-reported health. The cross-sectional Actor-Partner Interdependence Model s…

  • Positive Aging Views in the General Population Predict Better Long-Term Cognition for Elders in Eight Countries

    Open AccessEmma B Smith, Mahesh M Desai et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2018Cited by: 1References: 3

    Objective: Much of the literature on aging cognitive health has focused on individual determinants, rather than societal ones; in contrast, this study examined whether country-level age status predicts cognitive performance of older individuals over time. Method: Eight countries were examined using a novel combination of country-level age status data from the European Social Survey and individual-level data from the Survey on Health, Ageing, and …

  • Survival Advantage Mechanism

    Benjamin R Levy, Avni BavishiARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2016Cited by: 8References: 1

    It was found that lower CRP partially mediates the relationship between positive SPA and longer survival. Hence, this study presents a novel pathway to explain the process by which positive SPA extend longevity

  • Retirement as Meaningful

    Open AccessReuben Ng, Heather Allore et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social Issues2016Cited by: 10References: 39

    Studies examining the association between retirement and health have produced mixed results. This may be due to previous studies treating retirement as merely a change in job status rather than a transition associated with stereotypes or societal beliefs (e.g., retirement is a time of mental decline or retirement is a time of growth). To examine whether these stereotypes are associated with health, we studied retirement stereotypes and survival o…

  • A chapter a day

    Open AccessAvni Bavishi, Martin D Slade et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2016Cited by: 14References: 15

  • Sense Without Syntax

    Benjamin R LevyARTICLEContemporary Music Review2015

    In his 1956 essay, ‘Words into Music: The Composer's Approach to Text,’ Edward Cone proposed that a musical setting of a poem directed the possible meanings of the text toward a more specific interpretation. Since then, however, revolutionary movements in poetry and music challenge this paradigm, especially in artistic endeavors that embrace types of indeterminacy in their inner workings. This essay examines the collaboration of Thomas DeLio and …

  • Reactivity to a Spouse’s Interpersonal Suffering in Late Life Marriage

    Open AccessHannah‐Rose Mitchell, Hannah-Rose Mitchell et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2015References: 12

    Spouses' interpersonal suffering may negatively affect both men and women's cardiovascular health, and older husbands may be particularly affected

  • To Love is to Suffer

    Joan K Monin, Benjamin R Levy et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2015Cited by: 3References: 3

    Marital satisfaction can increase daily emotional contagion to spousal suffering among older couples dealing with chronic conditions. Wives' distress may be more dependent on perceiving high levels of partner suffering compared with husbands' distress

  • Resiliency Over Time of Elders’ Age Stereotypes After Encountering Stressful Events

    Benjamin R Levy, Martin D Slade et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2014Cited by: 7References: 8

    The robustness of negative age stereotypes was expressed in their capacity to resist change as well as generate it

  • Lower prevalence of psychiatric conditions when negative age stereotypes are resisted

    Open AccessBenjamin R Levy, Becca R Levy et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2014Cited by: 9References: 22

  • Vertical Thoughts

    Benjamin R LevyARTICLEContemporary Music Review2013Cited by: 1

    While Morton Feldman acknowledged his Jewish faith as an important part of his identity, his religion has received relatively little attention as a source of his artistic sensibilities. The influence of Judaism can be seen clearly in many of Feldman's works from 1963, including the series Vertical Thoughts and Rabbi Akiba. Sketches held at the Paul Sacher Foundation connect these pieces through the use of a common text originating in the Talmud. …

  • Increased longevity from viewing retirement positively

    Open AccessDEEPAK C LAKRA, Reuben Ng et al.ARTICLEAgeing and Society2012Cited by: 3References: 16

    Studies of the relationship between retirement and subsequent health, including longevity, have produced mixed findings. One reason may be that these studies have not taken attitudes toward retirement into account. In the current study we examined whether attitudes toward retirement can impact longevity. The cohort consisted of 394 participants who were followed for 23 years. As predicted, participants with positive attitudes toward retirement at…