T Pudrovska
Biographic Data
| ID | 14698 |
|---|---|
| NAME | T Pudrovska |
| GIVEN NAMES | T |
| FAMILY NAME | Pudrovska |
| SIGNATURE | PUDROVSKA T |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1936-1522 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 404 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
Personal Mastery and the Medical, Financial, and Physical Cancer Burden: Gender and Race Differences Among Older Adults
Objectives: We explore how a new cancer diagnosis affects trajectories of personal mastery among non-Hispanic Black and White older adults. We estimate whether and how cancer therapy (chemotherapy, surgery, radiation), the amount and type of health care contacts, the financial burden, and the physical symptoms of cancer explain within- and between-gender differences in mastery. Method: Using the 2006-2014 data from the Health and Retirement Study…
Underpaid Boss: Gender, Job Authority, and the Association Between Underreward and Depression
Underreward is associated with depression-but is that association contingent upon job authority and other forms of status in the work role? And, do these patterns differ for women and men? Analyses of a national sample of American workers reveal that underreward is more strongly associated with depression among women with higher levels of job authority compared to similarly situated men. The authors then demonstrate that this pattern is amplified…
Cancer, Body, and Mastery at the Intersection of Gender and Race
Using the 2006-2014 data from the Health and Retirement Study, the author compares changes in personal mastery after a new cancer diagnosis among white men, white women, black men, and black women. The author further examines the physical burden of cancer (incontinence, fatigue, pain, and decreased strength) as a mechanism mediating the effect of cancer on mastery in each group and finds that white men experience a substantially more pronounced d…
Family Member Death and Subjective Life Expectancy Among Black and White Older Adults
Objective: To examine whether exposure to family member deaths throughout the life course is associated with subjective life expectancy-a person's assessment of their own mortality risk-at age 65, with attention to differences by race. Method: We analyzed 11 waves of data from a study of men and women above age 50 (Health and Retirement Study; n = 13,973). Results: Experiencing the deaths of multiple family members before the respondent is 50 yea…
Death of family members as an overlooked source of racial disadvantage in the United States
Significance Due to historical racial inequalities in the United States, including poverty, inadequate health care, and criminal victimization, black Americans die at much higher rates than white Americans. How the consequences of these elevated rates reverberate across family networks warrants attention. If blacks die at higher rates and earlier in the life course than whites, then blacks lose more loved ones from childhood through adulthood. Th…
Marital Histories and Heavy Alcohol Use among Older Adults
We develop a gendered marital biography approach-which emphasizes the accumulating gendered experiences of singlehood, marriage, marital dissolution, and remarriage-to examine the relationship between marital statuses and transitions and heavy alcohol use. We test this approach using individual-level ( n = 10,457) and couple-level ( n = 2,170) longitudinal data from the Health and Retirement Study, and individual-level ( n = 46) and couple-level …
Marital Quality and Health
Childhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Prediabetes and Diabetes in Later Life: A Study of Biopsychosocial Pathways
OBJECTIVE: We examined the relationship between childhood socioeconomic status (SES) and glucoregulation in later life and used a life-course framework to examine critical periods and underlying pathways. METHODS: Data came from the Midlife in the US (MIDUS) national study (n = 895). Childhood SES indicators retrospectively reported at MIDUS I were used to create a childhood SES disadvantage index. Adult SES disadvantage and potential pathways we…
Gender and Health Control Beliefs Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults
Because femininity and religiosity are positively associated with other-orientation, interventions to increase communal orientation may enhance beliefs in proactive responsibility for one's health among older adults
Early-Life Socioeconomic Status and Mortality in Later Life: An Integration of Four Life-Course Mechanisms
This study highlights the complexity of interrelated life-course processes underlying the effect of early-life SES on mortality in later life
Gender, Job Authority, and Depression
Using the 1957-2004 data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, we explore the effect of job authority in 1993 (at age 54) on the change in depressive symptoms between 1993 and 2004 (age 65) among white men and women. Within-gender comparisons indicate that women with job authority (defined as control over others' work) exhibit more depressive symptoms than women without job authority, whereas men in authority positions are overall less depressed…
Gender and Reinforcing Associations between Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Body Mass over the Life Course
Using the 1957-1993 data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, we explore reciprocal associations between socioeconomic status (SES) and body mass in the 1939 birth cohort of non-Hispanic white men and women. We integrate the fundamental cause theory, the gender relations theory, and the life course perspective to analyze gender differences in (a) the ways that early socioeconomic disadvantage launches bidirectional associations of body mass and…
Early-Life Socioeconomic Status and Mortality at Three Life Course Stages: An Increasing Within-Cohort Inequality
Using the 1957-2011 data from 10,317 participants in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, I examine how socioeconomic status (SES) at age 18 affects all-cause mortality between ages 18 and 72. Integrating fundamental cause theory, gender relations theory, and a life course perspective, I evaluate the cumulative advantage (CA) and age-as-leveler processes as well as gender differences in these processes. Findings indicate that higher early-life SES a…
Early-life social origins of later-life body weight: The role of socioeconomic status and health behaviors over the life course
Marital Processes around Depression: A Gendered and Relational Perspective
Despite extensive evidence of the importance of marriage and marital processes for mental health, little is known about the interpersonal processes around depression within marriage and the extent to which these processes are gendered. We use a mixed-methods approach to explore the importance of gender in shaping processes around depression within marriage. We approach this in two ways: First, using quantitative longitudinal analysis of 2,601 cou…
Job Authority and Breast Cancer
Using the 1957-2011 data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, I integrate the gender relations theory, a life course perspective, and a biosocial stress perspective to explore the effect of women's job authority in 1975 (at age 36) and 1993 (at age 54) on breast cancer incidence up to 2011. Findings indicate that women with the authority to hire, fire, and influence others' pay had a significantly higher risk of a breast cancer diagnosis over t…
Higher-status occupations and breast cancer: A life-course stress approach
Does a cancer diagnosis influence religiosity? Integrating a life course perspective
Early-Life Socioeconomic Status and Physical Activity in Later Life: Evidence From Structural Equation Models
This study emphasizes the importance of complex multiple pathways linking early family SES to later-life PA. We identify chains of risks that need to be broken to improve PA among older adults. Our findings also suggest that interventions aimed at maintaining optimal physical functioning in old age should begin at least at midlife
The Role of Early-Life Socioeconomic Status in Breast Cancer Incidence and Mortality: Unraveling Life Course Mechanisms
This study identifies mechanisms linking early-life social environment to breast cancer onset and mortality. The findings emphasize the role of social factors in breast cancer incidence and survival
Understanding the “Russian Mortality Paradox” in Central Asia: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan
In the former Soviet republics of central Asia, ethnic Russians have exhibited higher adult mortality than native ethnic groups (e.g., Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek) in spite of the higher socioeconomic status of ethnic Russians. The mortality disadvantage of ethnic Russians at adult ages appears to have even increased since the breakup of the Soviet Union. The most common explanation for this “Russian mortality paradox,” is that deaths are better report…
Does psychological well-being change with age? Longitudinal tests of age variations and further exploration of the multidimensionality of Ryff’s model of psychological well-being
Why is Cancer More Depressing for Men than Women among Older White Adults
8,054), I examine gender differences in psychological adjustment to cancer among older White adults. Results from different types of longitudinal models reveal that cancer has more adverse psychological implications for men than women. Men's higher levels of depression are reduced after adjustment for adherence to masculinity ideals of strength, independence, and invincibility. Cancer poses a threat to the masculine identity because it entails la…
Cancer and mastery: Do age and cohort matter
What Makes You Stronger: Age and Cohort Differences in Personal Growth after Cancer
Using two waves of the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States, I compare changes in personal growth over a 10 year period among cancer survivors and individuals without cancer. Moreover, I examine joint effects of age and cohort on personal growth after a cancer diagnosis. The theoretical framework of this study integrates impairment, resilience, and thriving perspectives. Findings reveal that, although personal growth declin…
Parenthood, Childlessness, and Well-Being: A Life Course Perspective
This article reviews recent research (1999-2009) on the effects of parenthood on well-being. We use a life course framework to consider how parenting and childlessness influence well-being throughout the adult life course. We place particular emphasis on social contexts and how the impact of parenthood on well-being depends on marital status, gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. We also consider how recent demographic shifts lead to …
The Sense of Mastery as a Mediator and Moderator in the Association Between Economic Hardship and Health in Late Life
Integrating the stress process model and a life course perspective, the authors argue that to fully understand protective capacity of psychosocial resources, stressors encountered at different life stages should be taken into account
Early-Life Socioeconomic Status and Mortality in Later Life: An Integration of Four Life-Course Mechanisms
This study highlights the complexity of interrelated life-course processes underlying the effect of early-life SES on mortality in later life
The Sense of Divine Control and Psychological Distress: Variations Across Race and Socioeconomic Status
This study examines race and socioeconomic status (SES) differences in levels of the sense of divine control and its association with psychological distress. Using data from adults aged 65 and older in the District of Columbia and two adjoining counties in Maryland, we document that levels of the sense of divine control are highest among African Americans and individuals of low SES. Although the association between SES and perceived divine contro…
Strains of Singlehood in Later Life: Do Race and Gender Matter
Psychological adjustment to singlehood among older adults reflects patterns of gender and race stratification and socialization over the life course
"Global Activism in "Virtual Space: The European Women's Lobby in the Network of Transnational Women's NGOs on the Web
Web sites are a part of the organizational practices of women's nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and thus a new source of data about their identities and responses to the structure of political opportunities. Using network analysis of Internet links between the Web sites of 30 transnational women's organizations and content analysis of all posted material on the sites, this article explores how the European Women's Lobby (EWL) positions itsel…
Marital Histories and Heavy Alcohol Use among Older Adults
We develop a gendered marital biography approach-which emphasizes the accumulating gendered experiences of singlehood, marriage, marital dissolution, and remarriage-to examine the relationship between marital statuses and transitions and heavy alcohol use. We test this approach using individual-level ( n = 10,457) and couple-level ( n = 2,170) longitudinal data from the Health and Retirement Study, and individual-level ( n = 46) and couple-level …
Psychological Implications of Motherhood and Fatherhood in Midlife: Evidence From Sibling Models
Using data from 4,744 full, twin, half-, adopted, and stepsiblings in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, I examine psychological consequences of motherhood and fatherhood in midlife. My analysis includes between-family models that compare individuals across families and within-family models comparing siblings from the same family to account for unobserved genetic and environmental endowments that may confound the relationship between parenthood an…
Gender, Job Authority, and Depression
Using the 1957-2004 data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, we explore the effect of job authority in 1993 (at age 54) on the change in depressive symptoms between 1993 and 2004 (age 65) among white men and women. Within-gender comparisons indicate that women with job authority (defined as control over others' work) exhibit more depressive symptoms than women without job authority, whereas men in authority positions are overall less depressed…
Perceptions of Body Weight Among Older Adults: Analyses of the Intersection of Gender, Race, and Socioeconomic Status
Our observations underscore the importance of taking SES contingencies into account when exploring race-gender differences in perceived body weight. This study further contributes to the literature by documenting the important suppression patterns associated with race, gender, and SES differences in BMI
Gender and Reinforcing Associations between Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Body Mass over the Life Course
Using the 1957-1993 data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, we explore reciprocal associations between socioeconomic status (SES) and body mass in the 1939 birth cohort of non-Hispanic white men and women. We integrate the fundamental cause theory, the gender relations theory, and the life course perspective to analyze gender differences in (a) the ways that early socioeconomic disadvantage launches bidirectional associations of body mass and…
Early-Life Socioeconomic Status and Mortality at Three Life Course Stages: An Increasing Within-Cohort Inequality
Using the 1957-2011 data from 10,317 participants in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, I examine how socioeconomic status (SES) at age 18 affects all-cause mortality between ages 18 and 72. Integrating fundamental cause theory, gender relations theory, and a life course perspective, I evaluate the cumulative advantage (CA) and age-as-leveler processes as well as gender differences in these processes. Findings indicate that higher early-life SES a…
Understanding the “Russian Mortality Paradox” in Central Asia: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan
In the former Soviet republics of central Asia, ethnic Russians have exhibited higher adult mortality than native ethnic groups (e.g., Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek) in spite of the higher socioeconomic status of ethnic Russians. The mortality disadvantage of ethnic Russians at adult ages appears to have even increased since the breakup of the Soviet Union. The most common explanation for this “Russian mortality paradox,” is that deaths are better report…
Family Member Death and Subjective Life Expectancy Among Black and White Older Adults
Objective: To examine whether exposure to family member deaths throughout the life course is associated with subjective life expectancy-a person's assessment of their own mortality risk-at age 65, with attention to differences by race. Method: We analyzed 11 waves of data from a study of men and women above age 50 (Health and Retirement Study; n = 13,973). Results: Experiencing the deaths of multiple family members before the respondent is 50 yea…
Early-life social origins of later-life body weight: The role of socioeconomic status and health behaviors over the life course
Higher-status occupations and breast cancer: A life-course stress approach
Does a cancer diagnosis influence religiosity? Integrating a life course perspective
Does psychological well-being change with age? Longitudinal tests of age variations and further exploration of the multidimensionality of Ryff’s model of psychological well-being
Underpaid Boss: Gender, Job Authority, and the Association Between Underreward and Depression
Underreward is associated with depression-but is that association contingent upon job authority and other forms of status in the work role? And, do these patterns differ for women and men? Analyses of a national sample of American workers reveal that underreward is more strongly associated with depression among women with higher levels of job authority compared to similarly situated men. The authors then demonstrate that this pattern is amplified…
Early-Life Socioeconomic Status and Physical Activity in Later Life: Evidence From Structural Equation Models
This study emphasizes the importance of complex multiple pathways linking early family SES to later-life PA. We identify chains of risks that need to be broken to improve PA among older adults. Our findings also suggest that interventions aimed at maintaining optimal physical functioning in old age should begin at least at midlife
Cancer and mastery: Do age and cohort matter
What Makes You Stronger: Age and Cohort Differences in Personal Growth after Cancer
Using two waves of the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States, I compare changes in personal growth over a 10 year period among cancer survivors and individuals without cancer. Moreover, I examine joint effects of age and cohort on personal growth after a cancer diagnosis. The theoretical framework of this study integrates impairment, resilience, and thriving perspectives. Findings reveal that, although personal growth declin…
Gender and Health Control Beliefs Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults
Because femininity and religiosity are positively associated with other-orientation, interventions to increase communal orientation may enhance beliefs in proactive responsibility for one's health among older adults
The Role of Early-Life Socioeconomic Status in Breast Cancer Incidence and Mortality: Unraveling Life Course Mechanisms
This study identifies mechanisms linking early-life social environment to breast cancer onset and mortality. The findings emphasize the role of social factors in breast cancer incidence and survival
"Global Activism in "Virtual Space: The European Women's Lobby in the Network of Transnational Women's NGOs on the Web
Web sites are a part of the organizational practices of women's nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and thus a new source of data about their identities and responses to the structure of political opportunities. Using network analysis of Internet links between the Web sites of 30 transnational women's organizations and content analysis of all posted material on the sites, this article explores how the European Women's Lobby (EWL) positions itsel…
The Sense of Divine Control and the Self-Concept: A Study of Race Differences in Late Life
Using data from adults aged 65 and older in the District of Columbia and two adjoining counties in Maryland, this study examines the relationship between the sense of divine control and two self-concepts: self-esteem and mastery. Perceived divine control involves the extent to which an individual perceives that God controls the direction and outcomes of life. Among Whites only, divine control is associated negatively with mastery. Adjustments for…
The Sense of Mastery as a Mediator and Moderator in the Association Between Economic Hardship and Health in Late Life
Integrating the stress process model and a life course perspective, the authors argue that to fully understand protective capacity of psychosocial resources, stressors encountered at different life stages should be taken into account
Strains of Singlehood in Later Life: Do Race and Gender Matter
Psychological adjustment to singlehood among older adults reflects patterns of gender and race stratification and socialization over the life course
The Sense of Divine Control and Psychological Distress: Variations Across Race and Socioeconomic Status
This study examines race and socioeconomic status (SES) differences in levels of the sense of divine control and its association with psychological distress. Using data from adults aged 65 and older in the District of Columbia and two adjoining counties in Maryland, we document that levels of the sense of divine control are highest among African Americans and individuals of low SES. Although the association between SES and perceived divine contro…
Perceptions of Body Weight Among Older Adults: Analyses of the Intersection of Gender, Race, and Socioeconomic Status
Our observations underscore the importance of taking SES contingencies into account when exploring race-gender differences in perceived body weight. This study further contributes to the literature by documenting the important suppression patterns associated with race, gender, and SES differences in BMI
Psychological Implications of Motherhood and Fatherhood in Midlife: Evidence From Sibling Models
Using data from 4,744 full, twin, half-, adopted, and stepsiblings in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, I examine psychological consequences of motherhood and fatherhood in midlife. My analysis includes between-family models that compare individuals across families and within-family models comparing siblings from the same family to account for unobserved genetic and environmental endowments that may confound the relationship between parenthood an…
Why is Cancer More Depressing for Men than Women among Older White Adults
8,054), I examine gender differences in psychological adjustment to cancer among older White adults. Results from different types of longitudinal models reveal that cancer has more adverse psychological implications for men than women. Men's higher levels of depression are reduced after adjustment for adherence to masculinity ideals of strength, independence, and invincibility. Cancer poses a threat to the masculine identity because it entails la…
Cancer and mastery: Do age and cohort matter
What Makes You Stronger: Age and Cohort Differences in Personal Growth after Cancer
Using two waves of the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States, I compare changes in personal growth over a 10 year period among cancer survivors and individuals without cancer. Moreover, I examine joint effects of age and cohort on personal growth after a cancer diagnosis. The theoretical framework of this study integrates impairment, resilience, and thriving perspectives. Findings reveal that, although personal growth declin…
Parenthood, Childlessness, and Well-Being: A Life Course Perspective
This article reviews recent research (1999-2009) on the effects of parenthood on well-being. We use a life course framework to consider how parenting and childlessness influence well-being throughout the adult life course. We place particular emphasis on social contexts and how the impact of parenthood on well-being depends on marital status, gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. We also consider how recent demographic shifts lead to …
The Role of Early-Life Socioeconomic Status in Breast Cancer Incidence and Mortality: Unraveling Life Course Mechanisms
This study identifies mechanisms linking early-life social environment to breast cancer onset and mortality. The findings emphasize the role of social factors in breast cancer incidence and survival
Understanding the “Russian Mortality Paradox” in Central Asia: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan
In the former Soviet republics of central Asia, ethnic Russians have exhibited higher adult mortality than native ethnic groups (e.g., Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek) in spite of the higher socioeconomic status of ethnic Russians. The mortality disadvantage of ethnic Russians at adult ages appears to have even increased since the breakup of the Soviet Union. The most common explanation for this “Russian mortality paradox,” is that deaths are better report…
Does psychological well-being change with age? Longitudinal tests of age variations and further exploration of the multidimensionality of Ryff’s model of psychological well-being
Early-Life Socioeconomic Status and Physical Activity in Later Life: Evidence From Structural Equation Models
This study emphasizes the importance of complex multiple pathways linking early family SES to later-life PA. We identify chains of risks that need to be broken to improve PA among older adults. Our findings also suggest that interventions aimed at maintaining optimal physical functioning in old age should begin at least at midlife
Marital Processes around Depression: A Gendered and Relational Perspective
Despite extensive evidence of the importance of marriage and marital processes for mental health, little is known about the interpersonal processes around depression within marriage and the extent to which these processes are gendered. We use a mixed-methods approach to explore the importance of gender in shaping processes around depression within marriage. We approach this in two ways: First, using quantitative longitudinal analysis of 2,601 cou…
Job Authority and Breast Cancer
Using the 1957-2011 data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, I integrate the gender relations theory, a life course perspective, and a biosocial stress perspective to explore the effect of women's job authority in 1975 (at age 36) and 1993 (at age 54) on breast cancer incidence up to 2011. Findings indicate that women with the authority to hire, fire, and influence others' pay had a significantly higher risk of a breast cancer diagnosis over t…
Higher-status occupations and breast cancer: A life-course stress approach
Does a cancer diagnosis influence religiosity? Integrating a life course perspective
Childhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Prediabetes and Diabetes in Later Life: A Study of Biopsychosocial Pathways
OBJECTIVE: We examined the relationship between childhood socioeconomic status (SES) and glucoregulation in later life and used a life-course framework to examine critical periods and underlying pathways. METHODS: Data came from the Midlife in the US (MIDUS) national study (n = 895). Childhood SES indicators retrospectively reported at MIDUS I were used to create a childhood SES disadvantage index. Adult SES disadvantage and potential pathways we…
Gender and Health Control Beliefs Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults
Because femininity and religiosity are positively associated with other-orientation, interventions to increase communal orientation may enhance beliefs in proactive responsibility for one's health among older adults
Early-Life Socioeconomic Status and Mortality in Later Life: An Integration of Four Life-Course Mechanisms
This study highlights the complexity of interrelated life-course processes underlying the effect of early-life SES on mortality in later life
Gender, Job Authority, and Depression
Using the 1957-2004 data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, we explore the effect of job authority in 1993 (at age 54) on the change in depressive symptoms between 1993 and 2004 (age 65) among white men and women. Within-gender comparisons indicate that women with job authority (defined as control over others' work) exhibit more depressive symptoms than women without job authority, whereas men in authority positions are overall less depressed…
Gender and Reinforcing Associations between Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Body Mass over the Life Course
Using the 1957-1993 data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, we explore reciprocal associations between socioeconomic status (SES) and body mass in the 1939 birth cohort of non-Hispanic white men and women. We integrate the fundamental cause theory, the gender relations theory, and the life course perspective to analyze gender differences in (a) the ways that early socioeconomic disadvantage launches bidirectional associations of body mass and…
Early-Life Socioeconomic Status and Mortality at Three Life Course Stages: An Increasing Within-Cohort Inequality
Using the 1957-2011 data from 10,317 participants in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, I examine how socioeconomic status (SES) at age 18 affects all-cause mortality between ages 18 and 72. Integrating fundamental cause theory, gender relations theory, and a life course perspective, I evaluate the cumulative advantage (CA) and age-as-leveler processes as well as gender differences in these processes. Findings indicate that higher early-life SES a…
Psychology (31 works) · Medicine (23 works) · Sociology (23 works) · Developmental psychology (22 works) · Gerontology (19 works) · Demography (18 works) · Population (15 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (14 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Socioeconomic status (14 works)