Jennifer C Wolff
Biographic Data
| ID | 200045 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer C Wolff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer C |
| FAMILY NAME | Wolff |
| SIGNATURE | WOLFF J C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Johns Hopkins University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7898-3903 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 41 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 69 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 41 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Multimethod assessment of parenting strategies for managing early adolescents' social media use
Parents influence their children's media habits, yet parenting research has lagged behind the growing influence of social media. This study characterized how parents perceive and implement social media-specific strategies with early adolescents. A total of 102 parents of adolescents (ages 12-15), recruited from primary care clinics and online advertisements, completed baseline assessments, including parent-child interaction tasks and qualitative …
Characterizing Adolescent Social Media Experiences and Links to Momentary Affect
INTRODUCTION: Social media (SM) use is ubiquitous among adolescents, and questions remain regarding the impact of SM on youths' emotional health. Understanding what adolescents are experiencing on SM is critical for answering these questions. METHODS: The present study uses ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to characterize SM experiences (SMEs) over 15 days in 94 U.S. adolescents ages 12-15 years (53% female, 64% White). At each EMA observati…
Support for Care Economy Policies by Political Affiliation and Caregiving Responsibilities
The results of this cohort study suggest that, despite some differences by political affiliation, there is high support of policies to support the adult care economy, suggesting a policy window to advance legislation and executive action to address the care needs of aging populations and populations with disabilities
Subjective Cognitive Impairment (SCI) and Future Dementia Risk in the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) During 2012–2019
Background Subjective cognitive impairment (SCI), assessed in national surveys, offers potential for dementia monitoring and early detection. However, its causal link to dementia risk remains unclear. Objective To evaluate whether SCI causally affects dementia risk in U.S. older adults (≥65 years), considering mortality as a competing risk. Methods Using data from 1622 dementia-free older adults in the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHAT…
Evaluation of Reliability Between Race and Ethnicity Data Obtained from Self-report Versus Electronic Health Record
Investigating Substance Use as a Coping Strategy Among Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatients
Work as overload or enhancement for family caregivers of older adults
Objective: This study examines work and care patterns and their association with experienced well-being over the course of the day and tests a moderating effect of gender. Background: Many family and unpaid caregivers to older adults face dual responsibilities of work and caregiving. Yet little is known about how working caregivers sequence responsibilities through the day and their implications for well-being. Method: Sequence and cluster analys…
Non-suicidal self-injury, suicidal behaviors, and mental health symptoms among sexual minority youth with juvenile justice system involvement
An examination of theory-based suicidal ideation risk factors in college students with multiple marginalized identities
Social marginalization increases the risk of suicidal ideation (SI) among individuals with diverse identities, yet research examining the effects of marginalization has focused on one identity. Emerging adulthood is a critical period of identity development and the age group with the highest rates of SI. Considering the challenges of living in potentially heterosexist, cissexist, racist, and sizeist environments, we tested whether possessing mult…
Covid-19 Related Daily Stressors, Coping, and Suicidal Ideation in Psychiatrically Hospitalized Youth
Caring Together
Study findings highlight the importance of considering unique arrangements in dementia care. Receipt of paid care was not only determined by patient care needs. Creating equitable access to paid care may be a particularly important way to support both persons living with dementia and their family caregivers as care needs grow
Associations Between Use of Paid Help and Care Experiences Among Medicare–Medicaid Enrolled Older Adults With and Without Dementia
Findings highlight the complexities of caring for dual-enrollees, particularly those with dementia, and emphasize the need to strengthen the delivery of paid care with considerations for the LTSS environment
Adolescent depressed mood and difficulties with emotion regulation
INTRODUCTION: Adolescent depression is a significant mental health concern. Emotion regulation difficulties have been associated with subsequent depressive symptoms, though different facets of emotion regulation are rarely compared. This study examined the degree to which trajectories of change in different facets of emotion regulation (goal-directed behavior, impulse control, and regulation strategies) and depressive symptoms were associated acr…
Covid-19-Specific Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Psychiatrically Hospitalized Adolescents
Home and Neighborhood Context of Falls Among Black and White Older Americans
Objectives: To examine social and physical environmental fall-risk factors in a nationally representative sample of community-living older adults overall and by racial group. Methods: We used data from the 2015 and 2016 rounds of the National Health and Aging Trends Study ( n = 5581) linked to census tract measures from the American Community Survey. Recurrent falls are defined as 2+ self-reported falls over 12 months. Results: Older adults with …
Incident Care Trajectories for Older Adults With and Without Dementia
Information on how family caregiving is likely to evolve over time in terms of care hours may help older adults with and without dementia, the family members, friends, and paid individuals who care for them, as well as their health care providers assess and plan for future care needs
Family Caregiver Training Needs and Medicare Home Health Visit Utilization
BACKGROUND: Medicare home health providers are now required to deliver family caregiver training, but potential consequences for service intensity are unknown. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to assess how family caregiver training needs affect the number and type of home health visits received. DESIGN: Observational study using linked National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS), Outcomes and Assessment Information Set (OASIS), and …
Cannabis Use and Emotional Awareness Difficulties in Adolescents with Co-Occurring Substance Use and Psychiatric Disorders
Background: Assessing predictors of cannabis use following adolescent substance use treatment may inform essential treatment elements to be emphasized before discharge. Adolescents with low emotional awareness may have limited resources for identifying and overcoming negative emotions, and therefore, use cannabis to regulate emotions. Purpose/objectives: The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that emotional awareness difficulties ar…
Measurement Properties of the Capacity Instrument to Assess Perceived Communication With the Health Care Team Among Care Partners of Patients With Cognitive Impairment
BACKGROUND: The CAregiver Perceptions About CommunIcaTion with Clinical Team members (CAPACITY) instrument measures how care partners perceive themselves to be supported by the patient's health care team and their experiences communicating with the team. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to assess the measurement properties (ie, structural validity of the construct and internal consistency) of the CAPACITY instrument in care partners of…
Emotion dysregulation and non-suicidal self-injury
Background: Over the past several years there has been considerable interest in the relation between emotion dysregulation and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), particularly given that rates of NSSI have been increasing and NSSI is a critical risk factor for suicidal behavior. To date, however, no synthesis of empirical findings exists. Methods: The present study presents a comprehensive meta-analytic review of the literature on the association be…
Change Over Time in Caregiving Networks for Older Adults With and Without Dementia
Findings lend support to the need for caregiver training on managing multiple task domains and-for dementia caregivers in particular-task-sharing skills. More generally, the design of new approaches to better support older adults and their caregivers should consider the complexity, heterogeneity, and change over time in caregiving networks
The Epidemiology of Social Isolation
Social isolation is an important and potentially modifiable risk that affects a significant proportion of the older adult population
Interactive Effect of Parent and Adolescent Psychiatric Symptoms on Substance Use among Adolescents in Community Treatment
A National Profile of Family and Unpaid Caregivers Who Assist Older Adults With Health Care Activities
IMPORTANCE: Family and unpaid caregivers commonly help older adults who are at high risk for poorly coordinated care. OBJECTIVE: To examine how caregivers' involvement in older adults' health care activities relates to caregiving responsibilities, supportive services use, and caregiving-related effects. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: A total of 1739 family and unpaid caregivers of 1171 community-dwelling older adults with disabilities who par…
Physical and/or Cognitive Impairment, Out-of-Pocket Spending, and Medicaid Entry among Older Adults
The Epidemiology of Social Isolation
Social isolation is an important and potentially modifiable risk that affects a significant proportion of the older adult population
Depression Among Recipients of Informal Care
Perceived quality of informal care arrangements has a bearing on the psychological health of care recipients. Individuals in more reciprocal relationships and in relationships where they felt respected and valued were less likely to be depressed than their counterparts
Change Over Time in Caregiving Networks for Older Adults With and Without Dementia
Findings lend support to the need for caregiver training on managing multiple task domains and-for dementia caregivers in particular-task-sharing skills. More generally, the design of new approaches to better support older adults and their caregivers should consider the complexity, heterogeneity, and change over time in caregiving networks
Older Adults Receiving Assistance With Physician Visits and Prescribed Medications and Their Family Caregivers
Older adults receiving help with both physician visits and prescribed medications typically have high health and functioning needs that involve significant time demands for caregivers
Evaluation of Reliability Between Race and Ethnicity Data Obtained from Self-report Versus Electronic Health Record
Prevalence, Expenditures, and Complications of Multiple Chronic Conditions in the Elderly
BACKGROUND: The prevalence, health care expenditures, and hospitalization experiences are important considerations among elderly populations with multiple chronic conditions. METHODS: A cross-sectional analysis was conducted on a nationally random sample of 1 217 103 Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries aged 65 and older living in the United States and enrolled in both Medicare Part A and Medicare Part B during 1999. Multiple logistic regressio…
Depression Among Recipients of Informal Care
Perceived quality of informal care arrangements has a bearing on the psychological health of care recipients. Individuals in more reciprocal relationships and in relationships where they felt respected and valued were less likely to be depressed than their counterparts
The Comorbidity of Conduct Problems and Depression in Childhood and Adolescence
Caregivers of Frail Elders
PURPOSE: Family caregivers comprise the backbone of long-term-care provision in the United States, yet little is known about how the composition and experience of family caregiving has changed over time. DESIGN AND METHODS: Data are drawn from the 1989 and 1999 National Long-Term Care Survey and Informal Caregiver Survey to develop nationally representative profiles of disabled older adults and their primary informal caregivers at two points in t…
Patient Characteristics and End-of-Life Health Care Utilization Among Medicare Beneficiaries in 1989 and 1999
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association of institutional residence and chronic disability with end-of-life Medicare utilization in 1989 and 1999. RESEARCH DESIGN: Retrospective study of nationally representative survey data linked to Medicare claims. SUBJECTS: Medicare beneficiaries who completed the National Long-Term Care Survey in 1989 or 1999 and died within 1 year. MEASURES: Medicare utilization [hospital, hospice, and skilled nursing facilit…
Medicare Home Health Patients’ Transitions Through Acute And Post-Acute Care Settings
OBJECTIVES: To describe Medicare beneficiaries' transitions through home health care within the context of other acute and post-acute services, and to examine agreement between administrative claims and Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) measures of health services use. DATA SOURCES: The 2004 Chronic Condition Data Warehouse, including the Medicare 5% standard analytic file and OASIS. Study participants were 66,510 Medicare beneficiar…
Physician Evaluation and Management of Medicare Home Health Patients
OBJECTIVE: The Medicare home health benefit is predicated on physician referral and involvement. In this study, we investigated (1) the frequency and (2) implications of home health patients' evaluation and management by community physicians. METHODS: The 2005 and 2006 Medicare 5% Standard Analytic Files were linked to the Outcome and Assessment Information Set to examine physician visits among 74,462 fee-for service Medicare beneficiaries with a…
Clinical Complexity in Middle-Aged and Older Adults With Diabetes
BACKGROUND: Some patients with diabetes may have health status characteristics that could make diabetes self-management (DSM) difficult and lead to inadequate glycemic control, or limit the benefit of some diabetes management interventions. OBJECTIVE: To investigate how many older and middle-aged adults with diabetes have such health status characteristics. DESIGN: Secondary data analysis of a nationally representative health interview survey, th…
Family presence in routine medical visits
Who Participates in Chronic Disease Self-management (CDSM) Programs? Differences Between Participants and Nonparticipants in a Population of Multimorbid Older Adults
BACKGROUND: Self-care management is recognized as a key component of care for multimorbid older adults; however, the characteristics of those most likely to participate in Chronic Disease Self-Management (CDSM) programs and strategies to maximize participation in such programs are unknown. OBJECTIVES: To identify individual factors associated with attending CDSM programs in a sample of multimorbid older adults. RESEARCH DESIGN: Participants in th…
Perceived Mental Health Status of Drug Users with HIV
Adapting Hypertension Self-Management Interventions to Enhance Their Sustained Effectiveness Among Urban African Americans
African Americans suffer disproportionately poor hypertension control despite the availability of efficacious interventions. Using principles of community-based participatory research and implementation science, we adapted established hypertension self-management interventions to enhance interventions' cultural relevance and potential for sustained effectiveness among urban African Americans. We obtained input from patients and their family membe…
Older Adults Receiving Assistance With Physician Visits and Prescribed Medications and Their Family Caregivers
Older adults receiving help with both physician visits and prescribed medications typically have high health and functioning needs that involve significant time demands for caregivers
Healthcare Task Difficulty Among Older Adults With Multimorbidity
BACKGROUND: Applying disease-specific guidelines to people with multimorbidity may result in complex regimens that impose treatment burden. OBJECTIVES: To describe and validate a measure of healthcare task difficulty (HCTD) in a sample of older adults with multimorbidity. RESEARCH DESIGN: Cross-sectional and longitudinal secondary data analysis. SUBJECTS: Multimorbid adults aged 65 years or older from primary care clinics. MEASURES: We generated …
The Disproportionate Impact Of Dementia On Family And Unpaid Caregiving To Older Adults
The number of US adults ages sixty-five and older who are living with dementia is substantial and expected to grow, raising concerns about the demands that will be placed on family members and other unpaid caregivers. We used data from the 2011 National Health and Aging Trends Study and its companion study, the National Study of Caregiving, to investigate the role of dementia in caregiving. We found that among family and unpaid caregivers to olde…
An exploration of patient and family engagement in routine primary care visits
BACKGROUND: Older adults are commonly accompanied to routine medical visits. Whether and how family companion behaviours relate to visit processes is poorly understood. OBJECTIVE: To examine family companion behaviours in relation to older adults' medical visit processes. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: Observational study of 78 accompanied primary care patients ages 65 and older. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Medical visit communication (coded using RIAS), pa…
A National Profile of Family and Unpaid Caregivers Who Assist Older Adults With Health Care Activities
IMPORTANCE: Family and unpaid caregivers commonly help older adults who are at high risk for poorly coordinated care. OBJECTIVE: To examine how caregivers' involvement in older adults' health care activities relates to caregiving responsibilities, supportive services use, and caregiving-related effects. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: A total of 1739 family and unpaid caregivers of 1171 community-dwelling older adults with disabilities who par…
Physical and/or Cognitive Impairment, Out-of-Pocket Spending, and Medicaid Entry among Older Adults
Interactive Effect of Parent and Adolescent Psychiatric Symptoms on Substance Use among Adolescents in Community Treatment
The Epidemiology of Social Isolation
Social isolation is an important and potentially modifiable risk that affects a significant proportion of the older adult population
Emotion dysregulation and non-suicidal self-injury
Background: Over the past several years there has been considerable interest in the relation between emotion dysregulation and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), particularly given that rates of NSSI have been increasing and NSSI is a critical risk factor for suicidal behavior. To date, however, no synthesis of empirical findings exists. Methods: The present study presents a comprehensive meta-analytic review of the literature on the association be…
Change Over Time in Caregiving Networks for Older Adults With and Without Dementia
Findings lend support to the need for caregiver training on managing multiple task domains and-for dementia caregivers in particular-task-sharing skills. More generally, the design of new approaches to better support older adults and their caregivers should consider the complexity, heterogeneity, and change over time in caregiving networks
Cannabis Use and Emotional Awareness Difficulties in Adolescents with Co-Occurring Substance Use and Psychiatric Disorders
Background: Assessing predictors of cannabis use following adolescent substance use treatment may inform essential treatment elements to be emphasized before discharge. Adolescents with low emotional awareness may have limited resources for identifying and overcoming negative emotions, and therefore, use cannabis to regulate emotions. Purpose/objectives: The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that emotional awareness difficulties ar…
Measurement Properties of the Capacity Instrument to Assess Perceived Communication With the Health Care Team Among Care Partners of Patients With Cognitive Impairment
BACKGROUND: The CAregiver Perceptions About CommunIcaTion with Clinical Team members (CAPACITY) instrument measures how care partners perceive themselves to be supported by the patient's health care team and their experiences communicating with the team. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to assess the measurement properties (ie, structural validity of the construct and internal consistency) of the CAPACITY instrument in care partners of…
Adolescent depressed mood and difficulties with emotion regulation
INTRODUCTION: Adolescent depression is a significant mental health concern. Emotion regulation difficulties have been associated with subsequent depressive symptoms, though different facets of emotion regulation are rarely compared. This study examined the degree to which trajectories of change in different facets of emotion regulation (goal-directed behavior, impulse control, and regulation strategies) and depressive symptoms were associated acr…
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