Amanda Sonnega
Biographic Data
| ID | 91192 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amanda Sonnega |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amanda |
| FAMILY NAME | Sonnega |
| SIGNATURE | SONNEGA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4401-0078 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
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…
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…
Race, Educational Attainment, and Sustained High Body Mass Index over 24 Years of Follow-up in Middle-Aged and Older Adults
Our findings suggest that the protective effects of educational attainment against sustained high BMI may be more robust for non-Hispanic Whites than for non-Hispanic Blacks. Further research should explore whether these results are found in other racial and ethnic minorities and whether potential life history experiences may contribute to these disparities
Intersectional Effects of Race and Educational Attainment on Memory Function of Middle-Aged and Older Adults With Alzheimer's Disease
Positive Effects of Religion and Social Ties on the Health of Former NFL Athletes
The Price of Playing Through Pain: The Link Between Physical and Behavioral Health in Former NFL Athletes
Over the past decade, media outlets have drawn attention to some of the health consequences of playing in the National Football League (NFL), including how wear-and-tear and injuries accumulated during athletes’ playing years can affect their physical, emotional, and behavioral health after retirement from professional sports. Through a secondary analysis of a cross-sectional telephone survey of former NFL athletes, this study estimated logistic …
Interpreting Subjective and Objective Measures of Job Resources: The Importance of Sociodemographic Context
Salutary retirement policy depends on a clear understanding of factors in the workplace that contribute to work ability at older ages. Research in occupational health typically uses either self-reported or objective ratings of the work environment to assess workplace determinants of health and work ability. This study assessed whether individual characteristics and work-related demands were differentially associated with (1) self-reported ratings…
The City Doesn’t Sleep: Community Perceptions of Sleep Deficits and Disparities
While sleep research has focused primarily on aspects of the immediate physical environment and behavioral factors, a growing body of evidence suggests that broader social determinants may play an important role in sleep insufficiency. Yet public health education efforts for sleep largely address "sleep hygiene", with an emphasis on information for getting a good night's rest. The Flint Sleep Project employed community-based-participatory researc…
Till Death Do Us Part: Intersecting Health and Spousal Dementia Caregiving on Caregiver Mortality
These findings add to a growing body of literature suggesting that caregiving may provide a mortality benefit and a reason to maintain health
Structural racism in the workplace: Does perception matter for health inequalities
A Comparison of Subjective and Objective Job Demands and Fit With Personal Resources as Predictors of Retirement Timing in a National U.S. Sample
Population aging and attendant pressures on public budgets have spurred considerable interest in understanding factors that influence retirement timing. A range of sociodemographic and economic characteristics predict both earlier and later retirement. Less is known about the role of job characteristics on the work choices of older workers. Researchers are increasingly using the subjective ratings of job characteristics available in the Health an…
Residual Effects of Restless Sleep over Depressive Symptoms on Chronic Medical Conditions: Race by Gender Differences
Retirement Timing: A Review and Recommendations for Future Research
Although there have been many reviews of the retirement literature in recent years, the issue of retirement timing has received less attention, neglecting some large and important issues. Further, a significant number of empirical articles about retirement timing have been published across multiple disciplines since these review articles were written. The purpose of our study is to review and integrate prior research regarding retirement timing. …
Job Lock, Work, and Psychological Well-being in the United States
The purpose of the present study was to examine job lock in relation to well-being among workers in the U.S. Job lock refers to a circumstance in which a worker would like to retire or stop working altogether, but perceives that they cannot due to needing the income, and/or health insurance. Prior to examining job lock as a potential predictor of life satisfaction we first investigated the construct validity of job lock. Results from a sample of …
Cohort Profile: The Health and Retirement Study (HRS)
The Health and Retirement Study (HRS) is a nationally representative longitudinal survey of more than 37 000 individuals over age 50 in 23 000 households in the USA. The survey, which has been fielded every 2 years since 1992, was established to provide a national resource for data on the changing health and economic circumstances associated with ageing at both individual and population levels. Its multidisciplinary approach is focused on four br…
Structural racism in the workplace: Does perception matter for health inequalities
Residual Effects of Restless Sleep over Depressive Symptoms on Chronic Medical Conditions: Race by Gender Differences
A Comparison of Subjective and Objective Job Demands and Fit With Personal Resources as Predictors of Retirement Timing in a National U.S. Sample
Population aging and attendant pressures on public budgets have spurred considerable interest in understanding factors that influence retirement timing. A range of sociodemographic and economic characteristics predict both earlier and later retirement. Less is known about the role of job characteristics on the work choices of older workers. Researchers are increasingly using the subjective ratings of job characteristics available in the Health an…
Job Lock, Work, and Psychological Well-being in the United States
The purpose of the present study was to examine job lock in relation to well-being among workers in the U.S. Job lock refers to a circumstance in which a worker would like to retire or stop working altogether, but perceives that they cannot due to needing the income, and/or health insurance. Prior to examining job lock as a potential predictor of life satisfaction we first investigated the construct validity of job lock. Results from a sample of …
Till Death Do Us Part: Intersecting Health and Spousal Dementia Caregiving on Caregiver Mortality
These findings add to a growing body of literature suggesting that caregiving may provide a mortality benefit and a reason to maintain health
Cohort Profile: The Health and Retirement Study (HRS)
The Health and Retirement Study (HRS) is a nationally representative longitudinal survey of more than 37 000 individuals over age 50 in 23 000 households in the USA. The survey, which has been fielded every 2 years since 1992, was established to provide a national resource for data on the changing health and economic circumstances associated with ageing at both individual and population levels. Its multidisciplinary approach is focused on four br…
Retirement Timing: A Review and Recommendations for Future Research
Although there have been many reviews of the retirement literature in recent years, the issue of retirement timing has received less attention, neglecting some large and important issues. Further, a significant number of empirical articles about retirement timing have been published across multiple disciplines since these review articles were written. The purpose of our study is to review and integrate prior research regarding retirement timing. …
Job Lock, Work, and Psychological Well-being in the United States
The purpose of the present study was to examine job lock in relation to well-being among workers in the U.S. Job lock refers to a circumstance in which a worker would like to retire or stop working altogether, but perceives that they cannot due to needing the income, and/or health insurance. Prior to examining job lock as a potential predictor of life satisfaction we first investigated the construct validity of job lock. Results from a sample of …
A Comparison of Subjective and Objective Job Demands and Fit With Personal Resources as Predictors of Retirement Timing in a National U.S. Sample
Population aging and attendant pressures on public budgets have spurred considerable interest in understanding factors that influence retirement timing. A range of sociodemographic and economic characteristics predict both earlier and later retirement. Less is known about the role of job characteristics on the work choices of older workers. Researchers are increasingly using the subjective ratings of job characteristics available in the Health an…
Residual Effects of Restless Sleep over Depressive Symptoms on Chronic Medical Conditions: Race by Gender Differences
Structural racism in the workplace: Does perception matter for health inequalities
Interpreting Subjective and Objective Measures of Job Resources: The Importance of Sociodemographic Context
Salutary retirement policy depends on a clear understanding of factors in the workplace that contribute to work ability at older ages. Research in occupational health typically uses either self-reported or objective ratings of the work environment to assess workplace determinants of health and work ability. This study assessed whether individual characteristics and work-related demands were differentially associated with (1) self-reported ratings…
The City Doesn’t Sleep: Community Perceptions of Sleep Deficits and Disparities
While sleep research has focused primarily on aspects of the immediate physical environment and behavioral factors, a growing body of evidence suggests that broader social determinants may play an important role in sleep insufficiency. Yet public health education efforts for sleep largely address "sleep hygiene", with an emphasis on information for getting a good night's rest. The Flint Sleep Project employed community-based-participatory researc…
Till Death Do Us Part: Intersecting Health and Spousal Dementia Caregiving on Caregiver Mortality
These findings add to a growing body of literature suggesting that caregiving may provide a mortality benefit and a reason to maintain health
The Price of Playing Through Pain: The Link Between Physical and Behavioral Health in Former NFL Athletes
Over the past decade, media outlets have drawn attention to some of the health consequences of playing in the National Football League (NFL), including how wear-and-tear and injuries accumulated during athletes’ playing years can affect their physical, emotional, and behavioral health after retirement from professional sports. Through a secondary analysis of a cross-sectional telephone survey of former NFL athletes, this study estimated logistic …
Positive Effects of Religion and Social Ties on the Health of Former NFL Athletes
Race, Educational Attainment, and Sustained High Body Mass Index over 24 Years of Follow-up in Middle-Aged and Older Adults
Our findings suggest that the protective effects of educational attainment against sustained high BMI may be more robust for non-Hispanic Whites than for non-Hispanic Blacks. Further research should explore whether these results are found in other racial and ethnic minorities and whether potential life history experiences may contribute to these disparities
Intersectional Effects of Race and Educational Attainment on Memory Function of Middle-Aged and Older Adults With Alzheimer's Disease
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…
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…
Medicine (12 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Gerontology (8 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (6 works) · Retirement, Disability, and Employment (6 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Health and Retirement Study (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works)