Anne E Barrett
Biographic Data
| ID | 140074 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anne E Barrett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anne E |
| FAMILY NAME | Barrett |
| SIGNATURE | BARRETT A E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Florida State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5126-7448 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 46 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 500 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 46 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 14 |
‘Age Brings Experience’: Challenging Ageism in an Online Community
Digital spaces, including online communities, are increasingly vital components of the social networks in which individuals age. These communities can prevent isolation and strengthen social connections during a life stage when networks often shrink. Studies, however, have given limited attention to examining how these communities challenge ageism—a pervasive, but often overlooked, form of inequality. To address this issue, we use data from Grans…
Sleep Quality in Later Life: How Does It Affect Driving Safety
Drowsy driving is a major cause of motor vehicle injuries and fatalities, yet little is known about its impact on older adults. This group may face heightened risk due to age-related sleep issues. Using survey data from 3,411 Floridians aged 60 and older (collected in 2020/2021), we examined how self-rated sleep quality relates to two indicators of driving safety: frequency of self-reported distracted driving behaviors (e.g., texting, eating, and…
“Not a care home but a political home”: How feminist activism influences women’s aging
A central mantra of aging centers on staying socially engaged - a prescription supported by numerous studies reporting how social engagement enhances well-being in later life. Research in this area has primarily focused on interaction with family and friends, paid work, and unpaid activities such as volunteering, while devoting less attention to involvement in organizations with explicitly political goals. Political engagement - particularly acti…
Embodied mobility: Gendered self-perceptions and the transition from driving in later life
Our study identifies women's more negative assessments of their abilities as a primary determinant of their more rapid transition from driving. Supporting older adults' transportation mobility may involve not only addressing gendered patterns of self-evaluation but also expanding access to skill-building opportunities and non-driving transportation options that reduce reliance on personal vehicles
Altruistic ageing: How Age Inequality Contributes to Care Work’s Construction as a Burden
Ageing is often framed through the lens of independence, with a strong emphasis on not burdening younger family members. Little attention, however, has been given to how this framing reflects and reinforces age inequality by devaluing older adults relative to younger ones. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with 43 Italians aged 65 and older, conducted in 2018/2019 and 2022, we identify an orientation we term ‘altruistic ageing’ – a perspectiv…
Lingering Effects of Loss? Widowhood and Substance Use in the LGB Population
Little is known about widowhood's effects on externalizing expressions of distress, like substance use, among sexual minorities. Our study is the first to address this issue using a large national sample of LGB individuals living in the United States. Using the 2010 Aging with Pride: National Health, Aging, and Sexuality/Gender Study ( n = 2,258), we ran logistic regression models predicting current smoking, past 30-day binge drinking, and past y…
How Do Social Relationships Affect Later Life Planning
Relatively little is known about how social relationships affect later life planning. Our study focuses on an underexamined aspect of social relationships, frequency of contact – not only with family members but also with friends. Using data from a survey of Floridians aged 50 and older conducted between December 2020 and April 2021 (n = 3,832), we examine the association between frequency of contact and five planning types: finances, health care…
Gray hair and pink slips: An analysis of Twitter responses to gendered ageism
When Canadian broadcaster, Lisa LaFlamme, announced in August 2022 that CTV National News did not renew her contract, some observers suggested that the corporation's decision resulted from LaFlamme's choice to "let her hair go gray" during the pandemic. An international public outcry ensued on Twitter. Our study involved an examination of these tweets (n = 440). Analyses revealed that approximately 80 percent of tweets indicated opposition to LaF…
Age as an Institution: A Theoretical Development of Age Inequality’s Structural Components
The role of perceived restorative justice understanding and sympathy in a brief restorative justice intervention in prison
Aging Bodies in Paradise: A Feminist Analysis of Key West’s Fantasy Fest
Cultural constructions of gender and age may be challenged within politically and socially progressive leisure environments, like Key West, that promote social deviance and out-group acceptance. However, this possibility receives limited scholarly attention. Addressing this gap, our study applies a framework that highlights gender and age as performances and uses interviews ( n = 77) collected in 2017 and 2018 at Key West’s Fantasy Fest, an annua…
Spotlight on Age: An Overlooked Construct in Medical Sociology
Medical sociology gives limited attention to age-a surprising observation given the aging of the population and the fact that age is among the strongest determinants of health. We examine this issue through an analysis of articles published in Journal of Health and Social Behavior ( JHSB) and Sociology of Health & Illness ( SHI) between 2000 and 2019. One in 10 articles focused on age or aging, with attention increasing over the period. However, …
Centering Age Inequality: Developing a Sociology-of-Age Framework
The construct of age occupies a curious position in mainstream sociology: It is omnipresent but theoretically underdeveloped. The most prevalent approaches-age as control variable and age as life course-elide the aspect of age most relevant to the discipline, namely its operation as a system of inequality. Building on the foundation laid by scholars of life course sociology, age studies, and gerontology, I propose a new framework for thinking abo…
LGB widowhood: The association between partner loss and psychological well-being
Few studies of widowhood’s effects on psychological well-being focus on sexual minorities. Of those that do, none employ large, nationally representative samples, and none examine whether the effects depend on current partner status. Using the 2010 Ageing with Pride: National Health, Ageing, and Sexuality/Gender Study (n = 2,325), we examine the association between partner loss and psychological well-being, measured as depressive symptoms, loneli…
Footloose and fancy-free: Online travel advice to older and younger women
Increasing numbers of women, of all ages, are choosing to travel alone - a trend accompanied by online articles providing advice to them. However, we are aware of only one study examining these articles, and it gave no attention to age. We conduct a content analysis of 75 online articles directed at solo women travelers, including 29 written for older women. Results revealed three themes - regulating risk, letting go, and discovering self. Their …
Calculated Ageism: Generational Sacrifice as a Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic
While prior research reveals ageism's entrenchment in popular culture, our study finds that it has limits and identifies the reasons underlying them. The most common reasons for opposing calculated ageism center on its immorality and on its privileging of the economic interests of the powerful few over the many, patterns suggesting that the boundaries of ageism are influenced by core beliefs about fairness. They also are shaped by a bedrock convi…
Bounded Explorers: Online Constructions of Solo Women Travelers
Women have navigated the world with much less freedom than men—with restrictions particularly great for their solo, or independent, travel. Although much research documents women’s experiences of these constraints, less is known about travel media’s framing of women as solo travelers—with online media an especially neglected research area. Drawing on a leisure constraints perspective, our study examines differences in online travel articles (n = …
The Association between Marital Status and Psychological Well-being: Variation across Negative and Positive Dimensions
Marital status is associated with psychological well-being, with the married faring better than the formerly and never-married. However, this conclusion derives from research focusing more on negative than positive well-being. We examine the association between marital status and negative well-being, measured as depressive symptoms, and positive well-being, measured as autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, positive relations with othe…
Housework and Sex in Midlife Marriages: An Examination of Three Perspectives on the Association
Studies of the link between housework and sex sometimes reach divergent conclusions—partly resulting from varying perspectives on this relationship. We identify three perspectives found in prior studies of housework and sex—temporal, distributional, and fairness—each reflecting a different view of the processes linking these two domestic realms. To contribute to this literature, we examine housework measures reflecting each perspective. Negative …
Feeling Old, Body and Soul: The Effect of Aging Body Reminders on Age Identity
Our study reveals a realm of aging experiences-bodily experiences-that influence age identity. Avenues for further research include examinations of other aging body reminders, as well as variation across individuals
Explaining gender differences in self-regulated driving: What roles do health limitations and driving alternatives play
One of the strongest and most consistent predictors of self-regulated driving is gender, with women more likely than men to limit their driving in situations like bad weather or at night. However, studies have focused more on documenting these gender patterns than on explaining the processes underlying them, which may vary in their implications for transportation, health and ageing policy. Our study addresses this issue by examining two potential…
Multiple “Old Ages”: The Influence of Social Context on Women’s Aging Anxiety
Our study, the first to examine over-time patterns in aging anxiety, illustrates women's multiple "old ages"-a reality manifesting in not only objective conditions of later life but also perceptions of aging. It provides insight on social and cultural processes shaping aging perceptions
Evacuating People and Their Pets: Older Floridians’ Need for and Proximity to Pet-Friendly Shelters
High pet shelter need coupled with low availability exacerbates older adults' heightened vulnerability during Florida's hurricane season
Emotional Cost of Emotional Support? The Association Between Intensive Mothering and Psychological Well-Being in Midlife
Studies of intensive mothering suggest that fulfilling societal expectations of the 'good mother' diminishes maternal psychological well-being; however, studies tend to focus on young mothers. We examine the association between intensive mothering and psychological well-being using a sample of mothers in midlife ( n = 1,388) drawn from the 2004-2006 National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States. Intensive mothering is measured as pr…
Explaining age differences in women’s emotional well-being: The role of subjective experiences of aging
Our study examines explanations for the "paradox" of older women's better emotional well-being compared with younger women. We consider the role of subjective experiences of aging in a society that devalues older women. Using a sample of women (n = 872) from the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (1995-1996 and 2004-2006), we examine the role of five components of the subjective experience of aging in explaining older wom…
Awareness of aging: Theoretical considerations on an emerging concept
Family Structure and Mental Health: The Mediating Effects of Socioeconomic Status, Family Process, and Social Stress
Although numerous studies reveal differences in mental health by the structure of one's family of origin, there remains debate regarding the processes generating these patterns. Using a sample of young adults (19-21 years) in Miami-Dade County in Florida, this study examines the explanatory significance of three presumed correlates of family type: socioeconomic status, family processes, and level of social stress. Consistent with prior research, …
Marital Trajectories and Mental Health
This study expands the marital status and mental health literature by examining several dimensions of marital trajectories, including the number and type of prior marital losses and duration in current status. Data are drawn from the Piedmont Health Survey of the National Institute of Mental Health Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study, collected in 1982-83 (n = 2,158). Results indicate that number of prior losses moderates the health-enhancing effe…
Age Identity and Subjective Well-Being: A Comparison of the United States and Germany
Age identities play a role in more varied aspects of psychosocial adaptation in the United States than in Germany. It is concluded that the cultural context needs to be included more explicitly in gerontological theories and research
Nonmarital Romantic Relationships and Mental Health in Early Adulthood: Does the Association Differ for Women and Men
Although social scientists have long assumed that intimate social relationships are more closely associated with women's than men's mental health, recent research indicates that there are no gender differences in the advantages of marriage and disadvantages of unmarried statuses when males' and females' distinct expressions of emotional distress are considered. These findings have led to the conclusion that there has been a convergence in the imp…
Socioeconomic Status and Age Identity: The Role of Dimensions of Health in the Subjective Construction of Age
This study reveals that health inequalities shape the subjective experience of aging. Further work using longitudinal data is needed to determine the precise causal pathways linking socioeconomic status, health, and age identity
Family structure and substance use problems in adolescence and early adulthood: Examining Explanations for the Relationship
Aims Our study has two goals: to evaluate variation in symptoms of substance abuse/dependence by family structure and to examine several potential explanations for this association, including differences in socio-economic status, social support, social stress and perceived approval and use of substances by family and friends. Design Ordinary least squares (OLS) regression is used to examine the association between family type and problematic subs…
Online Dating in Middle and Later Life: Gendered Expectations and Experiences
Rising numbers of single middle-aged and older adults encouraged a proliferation of online dating websites targeting this population. However, few studies examine aging adults' involvement in online dating. This study uses semistructured interviews with 18 online daters aged 53 to 74 and 2 romance coaches to examine how aspects of their online expectations and experiences are shaped by age and gender. Analyses reveal that men seek committed relat…
Gendered experiences in midlife: Implications for age identity
Trajectories of Gender Role Orientations in Adolescence and Early Adulthood: A Prospective Study of the Mental Health Effects of Masculinity and Femininity
Adolescence is the segment of the life course when gender differences in mental health emerge and gender becomes a more salient factor shaping orientations toward oneself and views of one's place in the social world. This study uses mixture modeling, to identify trajectories of masculinity and femininity between ages 12 and 25, and OLS regression, to examine the effects of those trajectories on mental health in young adulthood (measured as depres…
The Salience of Social Relationships for Resident Well-Being in Assisted Living
Individuals have the capacity to form new support networks following a move to assisted living, and relationships formed become more salient to their well-being than the continuation of past relationships or the physical characteristics of the immediate surroundings
Centering Age Inequality: Developing a Sociology-of-Age Framework
The construct of age occupies a curious position in mainstream sociology: It is omnipresent but theoretically underdeveloped. The most prevalent approaches-age as control variable and age as life course-elide the aspect of age most relevant to the discipline, namely its operation as a system of inequality. Building on the foundation laid by scholars of life course sociology, age studies, and gerontology, I propose a new framework for thinking abo…
Calculated Ageism: Generational Sacrifice as a Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic
While prior research reveals ageism's entrenchment in popular culture, our study finds that it has limits and identifies the reasons underlying them. The most common reasons for opposing calculated ageism center on its immorality and on its privileging of the economic interests of the powerful few over the many, patterns suggesting that the boundaries of ageism are influenced by core beliefs about fairness. They also are shaped by a bedrock convi…
Emotional Cost of Emotional Support? The Association Between Intensive Mothering and Psychological Well-Being in Midlife
Studies of intensive mothering suggest that fulfilling societal expectations of the 'good mother' diminishes maternal psychological well-being; however, studies tend to focus on young mothers. We examine the association between intensive mothering and psychological well-being using a sample of mothers in midlife ( n = 1,388) drawn from the 2004-2006 National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States. Intensive mothering is measured as pr…
The Association between Marital Status and Psychological Well-being: Variation across Negative and Positive Dimensions
Marital status is associated with psychological well-being, with the married faring better than the formerly and never-married. However, this conclusion derives from research focusing more on negative than positive well-being. We examine the association between marital status and negative well-being, measured as depressive symptoms, and positive well-being, measured as autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, positive relations with othe…
It's our turn to play’: Performance of girlhood as a collective response to gendered ageism
In our society that values men over women and youth over old age, sexism and ageism intersect to erode women's status more rapidly and severely than men's. However, limited attention is given to women's responses to their devaluation, particularly collective efforts to either resist or accommodate dominant beliefs about ageing women. We examine membership in the Red Hat Society, an international organisation for middle-aged and older women, as a …
It's your badge of inclusion”: The Red Hat Society as a gendered subculture of aging
Avoiding Aging? Social Psychology’s Treatment of Age
Visual Impairment and Quality of Life Among Older Adults: An Examination of Explanations for the Relationship
By identifying multiple pathways through which visual impairment diminishes quality of life among older adults, this study highlights the importance of multipronged intervention efforts
The Multiple Sources of Women's Aging Anxiety and Their Relationship With Psychological Distress
This study suggests that correlates and mental health consequences of aging anxiety differ across sources of concern
Race Differences in the Mental Health Effects of Divorce: A Reexamination Incorporating Temporal Dimensions of the Dissolution Process
Some research reports that divorce exerts greater negative effects on the mental health of Whites compared with African Americans. However, this literature is limited by inadequate attention to temporal dimensions of marital dissolution, in particular stages of the process and duration in each stage. This study incorporates stage and duration into an examination of race differences in the effects of marital dissolution on symptoms of depression a…
Spotlight on Age: An Overlooked Construct in Medical Sociology
Medical sociology gives limited attention to age-a surprising observation given the aging of the population and the fact that age is among the strongest determinants of health. We examine this issue through an analysis of articles published in Journal of Health and Social Behavior ( JHSB) and Sociology of Health & Illness ( SHI) between 2000 and 2019. One in 10 articles focused on age or aging, with attention increasing over the period. However, …
Feeling Old, Body and Soul: The Effect of Aging Body Reminders on Age Identity
Our study reveals a realm of aging experiences-bodily experiences-that influence age identity. Avenues for further research include examinations of other aging body reminders, as well as variation across individuals
Age as an Institution: A Theoretical Development of Age Inequality’s Structural Components
Multiple “Old Ages”: The Influence of Social Context on Women’s Aging Anxiety
Our study, the first to examine over-time patterns in aging anxiety, illustrates women's multiple "old ages"-a reality manifesting in not only objective conditions of later life but also perceptions of aging. It provides insight on social and cultural processes shaping aging perceptions
Marital Trajectories and Mental Health
This study expands the marital status and mental health literature by examining several dimensions of marital trajectories, including the number and type of prior marital losses and duration in current status. Data are drawn from the Piedmont Health Survey of the National Institute of Mental Health Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study, collected in 1982-83 (n = 2,158). Results indicate that number of prior losses moderates the health-enhancing effe…
Should the cobbler stick to his last? Silvanus Phillips Thompson and the making of a scientific career
Silvanus Phillips Thompson, FRS (1851–1916) began his career in the 1870s when there were still few academic posts for scientists, and when it was still uncertain whether the newer professional ideals would overtake the older, more gentlemanly, ones – in terms of both career advancement and of what being a ‘good’ scientist entailed. Thompson's many scientific, technical and literary activities are discussed in this paper, as is his Quakerism, per…
Trajectories of Gender Role Orientations in Adolescence and Early Adulthood: A Prospective Study of the Mental Health Effects of Masculinity and Femininity
Adolescence is the segment of the life course when gender differences in mental health emerge and gender becomes a more salient factor shaping orientations toward oneself and views of one's place in the social world. This study uses mixture modeling, to identify trajectories of masculinity and femininity between ages 12 and 25, and OLS regression, to examine the effects of those trajectories on mental health in young adulthood (measured as depres…
Socioeconomic Status and Age Identity: The Role of Dimensions of Health in the Subjective Construction of Age
This study reveals that health inequalities shape the subjective experience of aging. Further work using longitudinal data is needed to determine the precise causal pathways linking socioeconomic status, health, and age identity
Race Differences in the Mental Health Effects of Divorce: A Reexamination Incorporating Temporal Dimensions of the Dissolution Process
Some research reports that divorce exerts greater negative effects on the mental health of Whites compared with African Americans. However, this literature is limited by inadequate attention to temporal dimensions of marital dissolution, in particular stages of the process and duration in each stage. This study incorporates stage and duration into an examination of race differences in the effects of marital dissolution on symptoms of depression a…
Age Identity and Subjective Well-Being: A Comparison of the United States and Germany
Age identities play a role in more varied aspects of psychosocial adaptation in the United States than in Germany. It is concluded that the cultural context needs to be included more explicitly in gerontological theories and research
Gendered experiences in midlife: Implications for age identity
Family structure and substance use problems in adolescence and early adulthood: Examining Explanations for the Relationship
Aims Our study has two goals: to evaluate variation in symptoms of substance abuse/dependence by family structure and to examine several potential explanations for this association, including differences in socio-economic status, social support, social stress and perceived approval and use of substances by family and friends. Design Ordinary least squares (OLS) regression is used to examine the association between family type and problematic subs…
Family Structure and Mental Health: The Mediating Effects of Socioeconomic Status, Family Process, and Social Stress
Although numerous studies reveal differences in mental health by the structure of one's family of origin, there remains debate regarding the processes generating these patterns. Using a sample of young adults (19-21 years) in Miami-Dade County in Florida, this study examines the explanatory significance of three presumed correlates of family type: socioeconomic status, family processes, and level of social stress. Consistent with prior research, …
The Multiple Sources of Women's Aging Anxiety and Their Relationship With Psychological Distress
This study suggests that correlates and mental health consequences of aging anxiety differ across sources of concern
The Salience of Social Relationships for Resident Well-Being in Assisted Living
Individuals have the capacity to form new support networks following a move to assisted living, and relationships formed become more salient to their well-being than the continuation of past relationships or the physical characteristics of the immediate surroundings
Nonmarital Romantic Relationships and Mental Health in Early Adulthood: Does the Association Differ for Women and Men
Although social scientists have long assumed that intimate social relationships are more closely associated with women's than men's mental health, recent research indicates that there are no gender differences in the advantages of marriage and disadvantages of unmarried statuses when males' and females' distinct expressions of emotional distress are considered. These findings have led to the conclusion that there has been a convergence in the imp…
Visual Impairment and Quality of Life Among Older Adults: An Examination of Explanations for the Relationship
By identifying multiple pathways through which visual impairment diminishes quality of life among older adults, this study highlights the importance of multipronged intervention efforts
It's your badge of inclusion”: The Red Hat Society as a gendered subculture of aging
Avoiding Aging? Social Psychology’s Treatment of Age
The influence of subjective aging on health and longevity: A meta-analysis of longitudinal data.
Awareness of aging: Theoretical considerations on an emerging concept
Online Dating in Middle and Later Life: Gendered Expectations and Experiences
Rising numbers of single middle-aged and older adults encouraged a proliferation of online dating websites targeting this population. However, few studies examine aging adults' involvement in online dating. This study uses semistructured interviews with 18 online daters aged 53 to 74 and 2 romance coaches to examine how aspects of their online expectations and experiences are shaped by age and gender. Analyses reveal that men seek committed relat…
The Link between Functional Limitations and Depressive Symptoms: The Explanatory Role of Self-conceptions
Having more physical limitations predicts greater depressive symptoms. However, relatively few studies examine self-conceptions as potential explanations for this association. Using ordinary least squares regression on panel data collected in Miami-Dade County, Florida (2001 and 2004, N = 1,362), we examine the effect of functional limitations on five dimensions of the self: self-esteem, mastery, mattering, introspection, and emotional reliance. …
I Hope I Go Out of this World Still Wanting to Learn More”: Identity Work in a Lifelong Learning Institute
Research on the health-enhancing effects of later life activities gives limited attention to the age-segregated nature of many organizations; such consideration draws into focus identity processes contributing to these benefits. Studies also focus more on social than on educational organizations. We address these limitations by examining older adults’ identity work within the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), a not-for-credit later life e…
Explaining age differences in women’s emotional well-being: The role of subjective experiences of aging
Our study examines explanations for the "paradox" of older women's better emotional well-being compared with younger women. We consider the role of subjective experiences of aging in a society that devalues older women. Using a sample of women (n = 872) from the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (1995-1996 and 2004-2006), we examine the role of five components of the subjective experience of aging in explaining older wom…
It's our turn to play’: Performance of girlhood as a collective response to gendered ageism
In our society that values men over women and youth over old age, sexism and ageism intersect to erode women's status more rapidly and severely than men's. However, limited attention is given to women's responses to their devaluation, particularly collective efforts to either resist or accommodate dominant beliefs about ageing women. We examine membership in the Red Hat Society, an international organisation for middle-aged and older women, as a …
Multiple “Old Ages”: The Influence of Social Context on Women’s Aging Anxiety
Our study, the first to examine over-time patterns in aging anxiety, illustrates women's multiple "old ages"-a reality manifesting in not only objective conditions of later life but also perceptions of aging. It provides insight on social and cultural processes shaping aging perceptions
Evacuating People and Their Pets: Older Floridians’ Need for and Proximity to Pet-Friendly Shelters
High pet shelter need coupled with low availability exacerbates older adults' heightened vulnerability during Florida's hurricane season
Emotional Cost of Emotional Support? The Association Between Intensive Mothering and Psychological Well-Being in Midlife
Studies of intensive mothering suggest that fulfilling societal expectations of the 'good mother' diminishes maternal psychological well-being; however, studies tend to focus on young mothers. We examine the association between intensive mothering and psychological well-being using a sample of mothers in midlife ( n = 1,388) drawn from the 2004-2006 National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States. Intensive mothering is measured as pr…
Psychology (35 works) · Sociology (20 works) · Aging and Gerontology Research (17 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (16 works) · Medicine (16 works) · Developmental psychology (15 works) · Gerontology (13 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (13 works) · Psychiatry (13 works) · Social Psychology (13 works)