Michael G Taylor
Biographic Data
| ID | 248782 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael G Taylor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael G |
| FAMILY NAME | Taylor |
| SIGNATURE | TAYLOR M G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Florida State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1836-2259 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 216 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Food deprivation and cognitive function among adults 55+ in the United States and India
The growing prevalence of dementia is a significant public health concern in the context of dramatic population aging worldwide. Nutrition is related to cognitive outcomes over the life course and dementia risk. This study examines the cognitive consequences of perceived food deprivation in the United States and India. A novel harmonized data set was developed to evaluate differences in the cognitive consequences of perceived food deprivation usi…
Education, Occupational Environment, and Cognitive Function in Later Life
Objectives Education is among the most robust predictors of cognitive health outcomes in later life. However, few studies have comprehensively evaluated whether and how much of this effect is explained by occupational exposures. This study aims to determine if and how much pre-retirement occupational exposures (occurring before age 60) mediate the association between education and cognitive function at age 65+. Methods We use data drawn from the …
The protective effects of psychological resilience on disability consequences of falling
Objectives This study investigated the role of psychological resilience (PR) in shaping the disablement process whereby an initial fall elevates the risk of subsequent falls and losses in physical function. Intervening in this process is an important clinical and public health goal. PR may be a key personal resource with salutary effects that is amenable to intervention. Methods We used Health and Retirement Study participants with longitudinal d…
Work and income instability and retirement financial wellbeing for women and men
Financial wellbeing in retirement is contingent on realizations of financial expectations developed earlier in life and may differ substantially by gender. People's standard of living in retirement is tied to stability in work and income trajectories during working years along with retirement benefits and savings. Women have a greater overall income disadvantage relative to men, including reduced life course labor force exposure that may restrict…
Do Men and Women Integrate Guns into Risky Health Lifestyles in Young Adulthood
In this paper, we use data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health and latent class analysis to assess the extent to which individuals integrate guns into broader health lifestyles. We also examine how these new health lifestyles differ for men and women. While men integrate guns with a variety of risk-taking behaviors, including smoking, heavy drinking, risky sexual behavior, and fast-food consumption, women do not. Ou…
Productive Aging Lifestyles
Frank Caro and colleagues’ foundational work set the stage for a broad and multifaceted productive aging (PA) literature. Recent PA research has focused on health benefits associated with work and volunteering, respectively. However, these activities are often assumed to have independent associations with health and wellbeing. Less clear is whether and in what ways older adults participate in productive engagement lifestyles including multiple ac…
Alcohol Prevention in Urgent and Emergency Care (Apuec)
Excessive alcohol consumption carries a significant health, social and economic burden. Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) is one approach to identifying patients with excessive alcohol consumption and providing interventions to help them reduce their drinking. However, healthcare workers in urgent and emergency care settings do not routinely integrate SBIRT into clinical practice and raise a lack of training as a bar…
Life Satisfaction and Intergenerational Mobility Among Older Hispanics in the United States
These results indicate that intergenerational mobility may not confer equal benefits for overall life satisfaction across racial/ethnic groups. As Hispanic individuals continue to achieve higher education levels, it is unclear whether upward mobility will translate to positive or negative assimilation consequences
Financial Hardship and Psychological Resilience During Covid-19
The results suggest that PR is a relatively stable resource in later life, even during the pandemic. However, this resource may be affected in the face of specific challenges in later life. Policies related to financial hardship during the pandemic should be seen as supporting the capacity for older adults to adapt to current as well as future challenges
A Brief Report on Older Working Caregivers
Our findings provide insights into the types of environments that caregivers work in, and the characteristics of individuals in those environments. We discuss implications of our findings for future research and work-based policy development
Introduction to the Special Issue
The Impact of Military Service Exposures and Psychological Resilience on the Mental Health Trajectories of Older Male Veterans
Objectives: We examine the impact of exposure to the dead, dying, and wounded (DDW) during military service on the later-life depressive symptom trajectories of male United States veterans, using psychological resilience as an internal resource that potentially moderates negative consequences. Methods: The Health and Retirement Study (2006-2014) and linked Veteran Mail Survey were used to estimate latent growth curve models of depressive symptom …
Psychological Resilience and Health Among Older Adults
The results suggest that psychological resilience is powerfully associated with health in later life, with substantially greater predictive efficacy than other commonly used resource measures. Future research should establish how this intrapersonal resource works alongside structural and interpersonal resources to promote and protect health and functioning in the face of challenges and adversity
Loneliness Following Widowhood
Our findings suggest wives of veterans may have more resilient social support structures than nonveteran spouses, helping them cope at widowhood. Future research should explore whether these effects persist in association with other major stressful events in later life
Postpartum Depression
Double Disadvantage in the Process of Disablement
African Americans and Hispanics endure a multiplicative double disadvantage in the early stages of the disablement process where they experience (a) a more rapid onset and higher levels of functional limitations, and (b) greater risk of functional limitation onset associated with chronic conditions compared to their White counterparts. Moreover, basic economic policies are unlikely to curtail the greater risk of functional limitations onset assoc…
Early-Life Military Exposures and Functional Impairment Trajectories Among Older Male Veterans
Our findings point to the importance of psychological resilience in later life, especially within the realm of traumas occurring in early life. We discuss implications for current military training programs, stressing the importance of research considering individual resources and processes that promote adaptation in the face of adverse life events
Cumulative Inequality at the End of Life
The results confirm that CI in health outcomes is observable in late life among individual life spans, suggesting the years surrounding death may be a particularly vulnerable period for health inequality. Future research should examine how advantaged statuses translate to increased access to health-related resources that aid in maintaining greater functional independence until the last stage of life
Racial and Ethnic Variation in the Relationship Between Student Loan Debt and the Transition to First Birth
The present study employs discrete-time hazard regression models to investigate the relationship between student loan debt and the probability of transitioning to either marital or nonmarital first childbirth using the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY97). Accounting for nonrandom selection into student loans using propensity scores, our study reveals that the effect of student loan debt on the transition to motherhood differs amon…
Health Lifestyles in Adolescence and Self-rated Health into Adulthood
Do health behaviors cluster together as health lifestyles in adolescence? Are these lifestyles socially patterned? Do these lifestyles impact physical health into adulthood? To answer these questions, we employed data from Waves 1 and 4 of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health ( n = 7,827). Our latent class analysis revealed four health lifestyles: (a) low risk, (b) moderate risk with substance use, (c) moderate risk with …
Race Differences in ADL Disability Decline 1984-2004
Declining disability trends were only observed consistently among Whites, suggesting previous and future disability trends and their underlying causes should be examined by race
The Impacts of Service Related Exposures on Trajectories of Mental Health Among Aging Veterans
SREs presented varied and significant impacts, suggesting that combat does not work alone in driving poor mental health trajectories, and that exposure to death is a more robust risk marker for later outcomes
Stress and Maternal Postpartum Depression
Social support, stress, and maternal postpartum depression
Reciprocity Between Depressive Symptoms and Physical Limitations Pre- and Postretirement
The transition into retirement alleviates the translation of physical limitations into depressive symptoms for Blacks only. The findings underscore the relevance of retirement for reciprocity between mental and physical health and suggest that the health implications associated with this life course transition vary by race
Low Fertility at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century
In the past few decades, demographic concerns have shifted from rapid population growth fueled by high fertility to concerns of population decline produced by very low, sub-replacement fertility levels. Once considered a problem unique to Europe or developed nations, concerns now center on the global spread of low fertility. Nearly half of the world's population now lives in countries with fertility at or below replacement levels. Further, by the…
Chaos as a social determinant of child health
Health Lifestyles in Adolescence and Self-rated Health into Adulthood
Do health behaviors cluster together as health lifestyles in adolescence? Are these lifestyles socially patterned? Do these lifestyles impact physical health into adulthood? To answer these questions, we employed data from Waves 1 and 4 of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health ( n = 7,827). Our latent class analysis revealed four health lifestyles: (a) low risk, (b) moderate risk with substance use, (c) moderate risk with …
Trajectories of Marital Conflict Across the Life Course
Using typologies outlined by Gottman and Fitzpatrick as well as institutional and companionate models of marriage, the authors conducted a latent class analysis of marital conflict trajectories using 20 years of data from the Marital Instability Over the Life Course study. Respondents were in one of three groups: high, medium (around the mean), or low conflict. Several factors predicted conflict trajectory group membership; respondents who believ…
Social support, stress, and maternal postpartum depression
Socioeconomic pathways to depressive symptoms in adulthood
Psychological Resilience and Health Among Older Adults
The results suggest that psychological resilience is powerfully associated with health in later life, with substantially greater predictive efficacy than other commonly used resource measures. Future research should establish how this intrapersonal resource works alongside structural and interpersonal resources to promote and protect health and functioning in the face of challenges and adversity
Racial and Ethnic Variation in the Relationship Between Student Loan Debt and the Transition to First Birth
The present study employs discrete-time hazard regression models to investigate the relationship between student loan debt and the probability of transitioning to either marital or nonmarital first childbirth using the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY97). Accounting for nonrandom selection into student loans using propensity scores, our study reveals that the effect of student loan debt on the transition to motherhood differs amon…
Early-Life Military Exposures and Functional Impairment Trajectories Among Older Male Veterans
Our findings point to the importance of psychological resilience in later life, especially within the realm of traumas occurring in early life. We discuss implications for current military training programs, stressing the importance of research considering individual resources and processes that promote adaptation in the face of adverse life events
Financial Hardship and Psychological Resilience During Covid-19
The results suggest that PR is a relatively stable resource in later life, even during the pandemic. However, this resource may be affected in the face of specific challenges in later life. Policies related to financial hardship during the pandemic should be seen as supporting the capacity for older adults to adapt to current as well as future challenges
Reciprocity Between Depressive Symptoms and Physical Limitations Pre- and Postretirement
The transition into retirement alleviates the translation of physical limitations into depressive symptoms for Blacks only. The findings underscore the relevance of retirement for reciprocity between mental and physical health and suggest that the health implications associated with this life course transition vary by race
Mental and Physical Health Consequences of Spousal Health Shocks Among Older Adults
These findings illustrate that the family context of spouses is important to consider when examining health
Cumulative Inequality at the End of Life
The results confirm that CI in health outcomes is observable in late life among individual life spans, suggesting the years surrounding death may be a particularly vulnerable period for health inequality. Future research should examine how advantaged statuses translate to increased access to health-related resources that aid in maintaining greater functional independence until the last stage of life
The Impacts of Service Related Exposures on Trajectories of Mental Health Among Aging Veterans
SREs presented varied and significant impacts, suggesting that combat does not work alone in driving poor mental health trajectories, and that exposure to death is a more robust risk marker for later outcomes
Education, Occupational Environment, and Cognitive Function in Later Life
Objectives Education is among the most robust predictors of cognitive health outcomes in later life. However, few studies have comprehensively evaluated whether and how much of this effect is explained by occupational exposures. This study aims to determine if and how much pre-retirement occupational exposures (occurring before age 60) mediate the association between education and cognitive function at age 65+. Methods We use data drawn from the …
Loneliness Following Widowhood
Our findings suggest wives of veterans may have more resilient social support structures than nonveteran spouses, helping them cope at widowhood. Future research should explore whether these effects persist in association with other major stressful events in later life
Stress and Maternal Postpartum Depression
Do Men and Women Integrate Guns into Risky Health Lifestyles in Young Adulthood
In this paper, we use data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health and latent class analysis to assess the extent to which individuals integrate guns into broader health lifestyles. We also examine how these new health lifestyles differ for men and women. While men integrate guns with a variety of risk-taking behaviors, including smoking, heavy drinking, risky sexual behavior, and fast-food consumption, women do not. Ou…
Life Satisfaction and Intergenerational Mobility Among Older Hispanics in the United States
These results indicate that intergenerational mobility may not confer equal benefits for overall life satisfaction across racial/ethnic groups. As Hispanic individuals continue to achieve higher education levels, it is unclear whether upward mobility will translate to positive or negative assimilation consequences
Introduction to the Special Issue
Race Differences in ADL Disability Decline 1984-2004
Declining disability trends were only observed consistently among Whites, suggesting previous and future disability trends and their underlying causes should be examined by race
DNA from Identified in Mediaeval Human Skeletal Remains Using Polymerase Chain Reaction
Low Fertility at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century
In the past few decades, demographic concerns have shifted from rapid population growth fueled by high fertility to concerns of population decline produced by very low, sub-replacement fertility levels. Once considered a problem unique to Europe or developed nations, concerns now center on the global spread of low fertility. Nearly half of the world's population now lives in countries with fertility at or below replacement levels. Further, by the…
Marital Happiness and Psychological Well‐Being Across the Life Course
Using data from six waves of the Study of Marital Instability over the Life Course ( N = 1,998), we conducted a latent class analysis to test for distinct marital happiness trajectories. We found three distinct marital happiness trajectories: low, middle, and high happiness. Initial levels of life happiness were strongly associated with membership in the marital happiness trajectories and with various demographic and attitude‐related control vari…
Socioeconomic pathways to depressive symptoms in adulthood
Trajectories of Marital Conflict Across the Life Course
Using typologies outlined by Gottman and Fitzpatrick as well as institutional and companionate models of marriage, the authors conducted a latent class analysis of marital conflict trajectories using 20 years of data from the Marital Instability Over the Life Course study. Respondents were in one of three groups: high, medium (around the mean), or low conflict. Several factors predicted conflict trajectory group membership; respondents who believ…
Reciprocity Between Depressive Symptoms and Physical Limitations Pre- and Postretirement
The transition into retirement alleviates the translation of physical limitations into depressive symptoms for Blacks only. The findings underscore the relevance of retirement for reciprocity between mental and physical health and suggest that the health implications associated with this life course transition vary by race
Mental and Physical Health Consequences of Spousal Health Shocks Among Older Adults
These findings illustrate that the family context of spouses is important to consider when examining health
Chaos as a social determinant of child health
Stress and Maternal Postpartum Depression
Social support, stress, and maternal postpartum depression
Race Differences in ADL Disability Decline 1984-2004
Declining disability trends were only observed consistently among Whites, suggesting previous and future disability trends and their underlying causes should be examined by race
The Impacts of Service Related Exposures on Trajectories of Mental Health Among Aging Veterans
SREs presented varied and significant impacts, suggesting that combat does not work alone in driving poor mental health trajectories, and that exposure to death is a more robust risk marker for later outcomes
Health Lifestyles in Adolescence and Self-rated Health into Adulthood
Do health behaviors cluster together as health lifestyles in adolescence? Are these lifestyles socially patterned? Do these lifestyles impact physical health into adulthood? To answer these questions, we employed data from Waves 1 and 4 of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health ( n = 7,827). Our latent class analysis revealed four health lifestyles: (a) low risk, (b) moderate risk with substance use, (c) moderate risk with …
Double Disadvantage in the Process of Disablement
African Americans and Hispanics endure a multiplicative double disadvantage in the early stages of the disablement process where they experience (a) a more rapid onset and higher levels of functional limitations, and (b) greater risk of functional limitation onset associated with chronic conditions compared to their White counterparts. Moreover, basic economic policies are unlikely to curtail the greater risk of functional limitations onset assoc…
Early-Life Military Exposures and Functional Impairment Trajectories Among Older Male Veterans
Our findings point to the importance of psychological resilience in later life, especially within the realm of traumas occurring in early life. We discuss implications for current military training programs, stressing the importance of research considering individual resources and processes that promote adaptation in the face of adverse life events
Cumulative Inequality at the End of Life
The results confirm that CI in health outcomes is observable in late life among individual life spans, suggesting the years surrounding death may be a particularly vulnerable period for health inequality. Future research should examine how advantaged statuses translate to increased access to health-related resources that aid in maintaining greater functional independence until the last stage of life
Racial and Ethnic Variation in the Relationship Between Student Loan Debt and the Transition to First Birth
The present study employs discrete-time hazard regression models to investigate the relationship between student loan debt and the probability of transitioning to either marital or nonmarital first childbirth using the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY97). Accounting for nonrandom selection into student loans using propensity scores, our study reveals that the effect of student loan debt on the transition to motherhood differs amon…
Loneliness Following Widowhood
Our findings suggest wives of veterans may have more resilient social support structures than nonveteran spouses, helping them cope at widowhood. Future research should explore whether these effects persist in association with other major stressful events in later life
Postpartum Depression
The Impact of Military Service Exposures and Psychological Resilience on the Mental Health Trajectories of Older Male Veterans
Objectives: We examine the impact of exposure to the dead, dying, and wounded (DDW) during military service on the later-life depressive symptom trajectories of male United States veterans, using psychological resilience as an internal resource that potentially moderates negative consequences. Methods: The Health and Retirement Study (2006-2014) and linked Veteran Mail Survey were used to estimate latent growth curve models of depressive symptom …
Psychological Resilience and Health Among Older Adults
The results suggest that psychological resilience is powerfully associated with health in later life, with substantially greater predictive efficacy than other commonly used resource measures. Future research should establish how this intrapersonal resource works alongside structural and interpersonal resources to promote and protect health and functioning in the face of challenges and adversity
Financial Hardship and Psychological Resilience During Covid-19
The results suggest that PR is a relatively stable resource in later life, even during the pandemic. However, this resource may be affected in the face of specific challenges in later life. Policies related to financial hardship during the pandemic should be seen as supporting the capacity for older adults to adapt to current as well as future challenges
A Brief Report on Older Working Caregivers
Our findings provide insights into the types of environments that caregivers work in, and the characteristics of individuals in those environments. We discuss implications of our findings for future research and work-based policy development
Introduction to the Special Issue
Life Satisfaction and Intergenerational Mobility Among Older Hispanics in the United States
These results indicate that intergenerational mobility may not confer equal benefits for overall life satisfaction across racial/ethnic groups. As Hispanic individuals continue to achieve higher education levels, it is unclear whether upward mobility will translate to positive or negative assimilation consequences
Psychology (26 works) · Medicine (23 works) · Gerontology (18 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (15 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Health and Retirement Study (12 works) · Demography (9 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (8 works)