Emily A Greenfield
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 92854 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Emily A Greenfield |
| PRENOMES | Emily A |
| SOBRENOME | Greenfield |
| ASSINATURA | GREENFIELD E A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5743-457X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 33 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 281 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 33 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2004 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 9 |
Aging playfully: Reimagining the possibilities of age-friendly community planning , by Maxwell Hartt
Aging Playfully is a unique and welcome contribution to discourse on the possibilities for designing more age-inclusive communities that promote human flourishing across the entirety of life. Hartt...
Advancing programme processes and connections
Older adults have long been considered critical actors in developing and implementing age-friendly community (AFC) initiatives. However, there has been limited empirical research on the ways they advance AFC implementation, especially in terms of their participation through AFC leadership roles ( e.g. committee chairs, work group members). This study addresses this critical gap by exploring the functions that older adults exhibit in AFC implement…
Launching a Village to promote aging in community
Villages are an innovative, community-based approach to help people thrive as they age. Operating primarily as community-based membership organizations rather than actual “brick and mortar” locations, Villages commonly facilitate services through neighbors-helping-neighbors volunteer programs, offer social events and programs, and serve as a trusted source of information for local resources. Since the first Village launched in 2002, the model has…
Diminished Returns of Higher Parental Education on Cognition for Black Adults in Middle and Later Life
OBJECTIVES: Mounting evidence suggests that the protective effects of one's own higher socioeconomic status (SES) on health are diminished among minoritized racial/ethnic groups in the United States. This study extends this area of research to childhood SES and cognition in middle and later life, focusing on the protective effects of higher parental education among non-Hispanic Black and White adults. METHODS: Harmonizing data from individuals ag…
Municipal Ethnic Composition and Disparities in Covid-19 Infections in New Jersey
COVID-19 has disproportionally impacted Latinx and Black communities in the US. Our study aimed to extend the understanding of ethnic disparities in COVID-19 case rates by using a unique dataset of municipal case rates across New Jersey (NJ) during the first 17 months of the pandemic. We examined the extent to which there were municipal-level ethnic disparities in COVID-19 infection rates during three distinct spikes in case rates over this perio…
Characterising older adults’ engagement in age-friendly community initiatives
Researchers and programme champions alike have identified older adults as key contributors to age-friendly community change efforts. There has been very little scholarship, however, to characterise the nature of older adults’ engagement in age-friendly community initiatives (AFCIs). To help address this gap, we drew on five waves of data from semi-structured interviews with core group members of eight AFCIs in a Northeast region of the United Sta…
Community events as part of age-friendly community practice
Life course linkages between enriching early-life activities and later life cognition
Using Mixture Modeling to Construct Subgroups of Cognitive Aging in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study
Results demonstrate the utility of using mixture modeling to identify qualitatively and quantitatively distinct subgroups of cognitive aging among older adults. We discuss the implications of these results for the continued use of population health data to advance research on cognitive aging
Life Course Pathways From Childhood Socioeconomic Status to Later-Life Cognition
Findings provide support for both latency and social pathway processes when considering how SES in childhood influences later-life cognition. Results contribute to growing calls for social policies and programs to support optimal brain health at multiple phases throughout the life course, especially among individuals with lower SES as children
Is College Completion Associated with Better Cognition in Later Life for People Who Are the Least, or Most, Likely to Obtain a Bachelor’s Degree
Results indicate the utility of a CDA perspective for investigating the implications of interconnected early life risk and protective factors for later-life cognition, as well as ways in which college education can both contribute to, as well as mitigate, processes of CDA
School Context in Adolescence and Cognitive Functioning 50 Years Later
To advance understanding of how social inequalities from childhood might contribute to cognitive aging, we examined the extent to which school context in adolescence was associated with individuals' cognitive performance more than 50 years later. Using data from 3,012 participants in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS), we created an aggregate measure of school-level structural advantage, with indicators such as the proportion of teachers who …
Age‐Friendly Initiatives, Social Inequalities, and Spatial Justice
Discourse on communities and aging traditionally has focused on the availability, accessibility, and quality of local services to support older adults in need of assistance. More recently, however, a growing worldwide “age‐friendly” movement has pushed the conceptualization of community supports for an aging society beyond service provision. The term “age friendly” is used in considering how various aspects of a community facilitate or impede the…
Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Later Life Cognition
Objectives: This study examined childhood socioeconomic status (SES) as a predictor of later life cognition and the extent to which midlife SES accounts for associations. Methods: Data came from 5,074 participants in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. Measures from adolescence included parents' educational attainment, father's occupational status, and household income. Memory and language/executive function were assessed at ages 65 and 72 years. R…
Childhood socioeconomic status and genetic risk for poorer cognition in later life
Participation in community activities through Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (Norc) Supportive Service Programs
Naturally Occurring Retirement Community Supportive Service Programs (NORC Programs) constitute a national model in the United States of America that aims to benefit older adults ageing in place in their own homes and communities. One central aspect of NORC Programs is the provision of community activities to facilitate older adults’ connections with others. Guided by ecological systems theory, we explored from older adults’ perspectives what inf…
Challenges to Engaging Diverse Participants in Community-Based Aging in Place Initiatives
Naturally Occurring Retirement Community Social Service Programs (NORC programs) and Villages focus on strengthening community-based systems to support aging in place. This study examined data from a national survey of NORC program and Village leaders on participant diversity. Villages and NORC Programs are serving a majority of white participants on average. Initiatives implemented in urban locations, and with more full-time staff, reported grea…
Extracurricular Involvement in High School and Later-Life Participation in Voluntary Associations
Findings support conceptualizing voluntary association participation among older adults as part of life course trajectories of participation, with influences originating as early as adolescence
Age-Friendly Community Initiatives
Public policy and programs for older adults traditionally have focused on the delivery of benefits to targeted individuals. Over the past decade, age-friendly community initiatives (AFCIs) have developed as a paradigm shift in contrast to this predominant focus. AFCIs engage stakeholders from multiple sectors within a typically local geographic area to make social and/or physical environments more conducive to older adults' health, well-being, an…
Continuity and Change in Relationships with Neighbors
Results suggest that continuity and change in relationships with neighbors is especially important for more developmental aspects of psychological well-being. Implications for future research on the meaning of neighbor relationships and aging in community are discussed
Using Ecological Frameworks to Advance a Field of Research, Practice, and Policy on Aging-in-Place Initiatives
Initiatives to promote aging in place have emerged rapidly in the United States across various health care settings (e.g., acute care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities) and broader community settings (e.g., public social service agencies). Moreover, recent federal policies include a growing number of provisions for local efforts to promote aging in place. Despite emerging bodies of research that have described singular initiatives in their ow…
A conceptual framework for examining the promise of the Norc program and Village models to promote aging in place
Grandparent Involvement and Parenting Stress among Nonmarried Mothers of Young Children
This study examines associations between grandparent involvement and change in parenting stress among nonmarried mothers with young children. It employs longitudinal data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study. Grandparent involvement is assessed by a mother’s reports of intergenerational coresidence and contact between her parents and her 1-year-old child. Self-reported parenting stress is assessed at the same time and, again, 2 yea…
Sense of Community as a Protective Factor against Long‐Term Psychological Effects of Childhood Violence
This study uses a risk and resilience framework for conceptualizing the long-term effects of childhood family violence on mental health. It examines sense of community as a protective factor against adult psychological distress associated with experiences of physical or psychological violence in childhood from parents. Regression models are estimated using data from the 1995 National Survey of Midlife Development in the U.S. and from the 1996-97 …
Profiles of Physical and Psychological Violence in Childhood as a Risk Factor for Poorer Adult Health
Results suggest that having experienced frequent physical and psychological violence in childhood is a risk factor for poorer adult health status and declining trajectories of health throughout adulthood
Formal Volunteering as a Protective Factor for Older Adults' Psychological Well-Being
Consistent with previous studies, findings indicate that having more role-identity absences constitutes a risk factor for poorer psychological well-being. Results further demonstrate that being a formal volunteer can protect older adults with a greater number of major role-identity absences from decreased levels of purpose in life. The findings suggest that associations between volunteering and psychological well-being might be contingent upon th…
Linked Lives
This study examined associations between adult children's cumulative problems and their parents' psychological and relational well-being, as well as whether such associations are similar for married and single parents. Regression models were estimated using data from 1,188 parents in the 1995 National Survey of Midlife in the United States whose youngest child was at least 19 years old. Participants reporting children with more problems indicated…
Religious Social Identity as an Explanatory Factor for Associations Between More Frequent Formal Religious Participation and Psychological Well-Being
Guided by social identity theory, this study investigated having a closer identification as a member of one's religious group as an explanatory mechanism for linkages between more frequent formal religious participation and better subjective psychological well-being (more positive affect, less negative affect, and more life satisfaction). Multivariate regression models were estimated based on data from 3,032 participants, ages 25 to 74, in the 19…
Violence from parents in childhood and obesity in adulthood
Grandparent Involvement and Parenting Stress among Nonmarried Mothers of Young Children
This study examines associations between grandparent involvement and change in parenting stress among nonmarried mothers with young children. It employs longitudinal data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study. Grandparent involvement is assessed by a mother’s reports of intergenerational coresidence and contact between her parents and her 1-year-old child. Self-reported parenting stress is assessed at the same time and, again, 2 yea…
Do Formal Religious Participation and Spiritual Perceptions Have Independent Linkages with Diverse Dimensions of Psychological Well-Being
Recognizing religiosity and spirituality as related yet distinct phenomena, and conceptualizing psychological well-being as a multidimensional construct, this study examines whether individuals' frequency of formal religious participation and spiritual perceptions are independently associated with diverse dimensions of psychological well-being (negative affect, positive affect, purpose in life, positive relations with others, personal growth, sel…
Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Later Life Cognition
Objectives: This study examined childhood socioeconomic status (SES) as a predictor of later life cognition and the extent to which midlife SES accounts for associations. Methods: Data came from 5,074 participants in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. Measures from adolescence included parents' educational attainment, father's occupational status, and household income. Memory and language/executive function were assessed at ages 65 and 72 years. R…
A conceptual framework for examining the promise of the Norc program and Village models to promote aging in place
Sense of Community as a Protective Factor against Long‐Term Psychological Effects of Childhood Violence
This study uses a risk and resilience framework for conceptualizing the long-term effects of childhood family violence on mental health. It examines sense of community as a protective factor against adult psychological distress associated with experiences of physical or psychological violence in childhood from parents. Regression models are estimated using data from the 1995 National Survey of Midlife Development in the U.S. and from the 1996-97 …
Extracurricular Involvement in High School and Later-Life Participation in Voluntary Associations
Findings support conceptualizing voluntary association participation among older adults as part of life course trajectories of participation, with influences originating as early as adolescence
School Context in Adolescence and Cognitive Functioning 50 Years Later
To advance understanding of how social inequalities from childhood might contribute to cognitive aging, we examined the extent to which school context in adolescence was associated with individuals' cognitive performance more than 50 years later. Using data from 3,012 participants in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS), we created an aggregate measure of school-level structural advantage, with indicators such as the proportion of teachers who …
Continuity and Change in Relationships with Neighbors
Results suggest that continuity and change in relationships with neighbors is especially important for more developmental aspects of psychological well-being. Implications for future research on the meaning of neighbor relationships and aging in community are discussed
Childhood socioeconomic status and genetic risk for poorer cognition in later life
Continuous Participation in Voluntary Groups as a Protective Factor for the Psychological Well-Being of Adults Who Develop Functional Limitations
Findings suggest that continuous participation in certain types of voluntary groups can moderate the problematic effects of developing functional limitations on psychological well-being
Is College Completion Associated with Better Cognition in Later Life for People Who Are the Least, or Most, Likely to Obtain a Bachelor’s Degree
Results indicate the utility of a CDA perspective for investigating the implications of interconnected early life risk and protective factors for later-life cognition, as well as ways in which college education can both contribute to, as well as mitigate, processes of CDA
Profiles of Physical and Psychological Violence in Childhood as a Risk Factor for Poorer Adult Health
Results suggest that having experienced frequent physical and psychological violence in childhood is a risk factor for poorer adult health status and declining trajectories of health throughout adulthood
Life Course Pathways From Childhood Socioeconomic Status to Later-Life Cognition
Findings provide support for both latency and social pathway processes when considering how SES in childhood influences later-life cognition. Results contribute to growing calls for social policies and programs to support optimal brain health at multiple phases throughout the life course, especially among individuals with lower SES as children
Life course linkages between enriching early-life activities and later life cognition
Characterising older adults’ engagement in age-friendly community initiatives
Researchers and programme champions alike have identified older adults as key contributors to age-friendly community change efforts. There has been very little scholarship, however, to characterise the nature of older adults’ engagement in age-friendly community initiatives (AFCIs). To help address this gap, we drew on five waves of data from semi-structured interviews with core group members of eight AFCIs in a Northeast region of the United Sta…
Participation in community activities through Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (Norc) Supportive Service Programs
Naturally Occurring Retirement Community Supportive Service Programs (NORC Programs) constitute a national model in the United States of America that aims to benefit older adults ageing in place in their own homes and communities. One central aspect of NORC Programs is the provision of community activities to facilitate older adults’ connections with others. Guided by ecological systems theory, we explored from older adults’ perspectives what inf…
Community events as part of age-friendly community practice
Using Mixture Modeling to Construct Subgroups of Cognitive Aging in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study
Results demonstrate the utility of using mixture modeling to identify qualitatively and quantitatively distinct subgroups of cognitive aging among older adults. We discuss the implications of these results for the continued use of population health data to advance research on cognitive aging
Formal Volunteering as a Protective Factor for Older Adults' Psychological Well-Being
Consistent with previous studies, findings indicate that having more role-identity absences constitutes a risk factor for poorer psychological well-being. Results further demonstrate that being a formal volunteer can protect older adults with a greater number of major role-identity absences from decreased levels of purpose in life. The findings suggest that associations between volunteering and psychological well-being might be contingent upon th…
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Linked Lives
This study examined associations between adult children's cumulative problems and their parents' psychological and relational well-being, as well as whether such associations are similar for married and single parents. Regression models were estimated using data from 1,188 parents in the 1995 National Survey of Midlife in the United States whose youngest child was at least 19 years old. Participants reporting children with more problems indicated…
Continuous Participation in Voluntary Groups as a Protective Factor for the Psychological Well-Being of Adults Who Develop Functional Limitations
Findings suggest that continuous participation in certain types of voluntary groups can moderate the problematic effects of developing functional limitations on psychological well-being
Religious Social Identity as an Explanatory Factor for Associations Between More Frequent Formal Religious Participation and Psychological Well-Being
Guided by social identity theory, this study investigated having a closer identification as a member of one's religious group as an explanatory mechanism for linkages between more frequent formal religious participation and better subjective psychological well-being (more positive affect, less negative affect, and more life satisfaction). Multivariate regression models were estimated based on data from 3,032 participants, ages 25 to 74, in the 19…
Profiles of Physical and Psychological Violence in Childhood as a Risk Factor for Poorer Adult Health
Results suggest that having experienced frequent physical and psychological violence in childhood is a risk factor for poorer adult health status and declining trajectories of health throughout adulthood
Felt Obligation to Help Others as a Protective Factor Against Losses in Psychological Well-being Following Functional Decline in Middle and Later Life
This study examined felt obligation to help others in two domains (close others and society) as protective factors against losses in psychological well-being following functional decline. Lagged-dependent regression models were estimated using data from 849 respondents aged 35-74 years and without any functional limitations at baseline in the 1995-2005 National Survey of Midlife in the United States. Greater felt obligation to help close others p…
Violence from parents in childhood and obesity in adulthood
Do Formal Religious Participation and Spiritual Perceptions Have Independent Linkages with Diverse Dimensions of Psychological Well-Being
Recognizing religiosity and spirituality as related yet distinct phenomena, and conceptualizing psychological well-being as a multidimensional construct, this study examines whether individuals' frequency of formal religious participation and spiritual perceptions are independently associated with diverse dimensions of psychological well-being (negative affect, positive affect, purpose in life, positive relations with others, personal growth, sel…
Sense of Community as a Protective Factor against Long‐Term Psychological Effects of Childhood Violence
This study uses a risk and resilience framework for conceptualizing the long-term effects of childhood family violence on mental health. It examines sense of community as a protective factor against adult psychological distress associated with experiences of physical or psychological violence in childhood from parents. Regression models are estimated using data from the 1995 National Survey of Midlife Development in the U.S. and from the 1996-97 …
Grandparent Involvement and Parenting Stress among Nonmarried Mothers of Young Children
This study examines associations between grandparent involvement and change in parenting stress among nonmarried mothers with young children. It employs longitudinal data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study. Grandparent involvement is assessed by a mother’s reports of intergenerational coresidence and contact between her parents and her 1-year-old child. Self-reported parenting stress is assessed at the same time and, again, 2 yea…
Using Ecological Frameworks to Advance a Field of Research, Practice, and Policy on Aging-in-Place Initiatives
Initiatives to promote aging in place have emerged rapidly in the United States across various health care settings (e.g., acute care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities) and broader community settings (e.g., public social service agencies). Moreover, recent federal policies include a growing number of provisions for local efforts to promote aging in place. Despite emerging bodies of research that have described singular initiatives in their ow…
A conceptual framework for examining the promise of the Norc program and Village models to promote aging in place
Continuity and Change in Relationships with Neighbors
Results suggest that continuity and change in relationships with neighbors is especially important for more developmental aspects of psychological well-being. Implications for future research on the meaning of neighbor relationships and aging in community are discussed
Age-Friendly Community Initiatives
Public policy and programs for older adults traditionally have focused on the delivery of benefits to targeted individuals. Over the past decade, age-friendly community initiatives (AFCIs) have developed as a paradigm shift in contrast to this predominant focus. AFCIs engage stakeholders from multiple sectors within a typically local geographic area to make social and/or physical environments more conducive to older adults' health, well-being, an…
Extracurricular Involvement in High School and Later-Life Participation in Voluntary Associations
Findings support conceptualizing voluntary association participation among older adults as part of life course trajectories of participation, with influences originating as early as adolescence
Participation in community activities through Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (Norc) Supportive Service Programs
Naturally Occurring Retirement Community Supportive Service Programs (NORC Programs) constitute a national model in the United States of America that aims to benefit older adults ageing in place in their own homes and communities. One central aspect of NORC Programs is the provision of community activities to facilitate older adults’ connections with others. Guided by ecological systems theory, we explored from older adults’ perspectives what inf…
Challenges to Engaging Diverse Participants in Community-Based Aging in Place Initiatives
Naturally Occurring Retirement Community Social Service Programs (NORC programs) and Villages focus on strengthening community-based systems to support aging in place. This study examined data from a national survey of NORC program and Village leaders on participant diversity. Villages and NORC Programs are serving a majority of white participants on average. Initiatives implemented in urban locations, and with more full-time staff, reported grea…
Age‐Friendly Initiatives, Social Inequalities, and Spatial Justice
Discourse on communities and aging traditionally has focused on the availability, accessibility, and quality of local services to support older adults in need of assistance. More recently, however, a growing worldwide “age‐friendly” movement has pushed the conceptualization of community supports for an aging society beyond service provision. The term “age friendly” is used in considering how various aspects of a community facilitate or impede the…
Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Later Life Cognition
Objectives: This study examined childhood socioeconomic status (SES) as a predictor of later life cognition and the extent to which midlife SES accounts for associations. Methods: Data came from 5,074 participants in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. Measures from adolescence included parents' educational attainment, father's occupational status, and household income. Memory and language/executive function were assessed at ages 65 and 72 years. R…
Childhood socioeconomic status and genetic risk for poorer cognition in later life
Is College Completion Associated with Better Cognition in Later Life for People Who Are the Least, or Most, Likely to Obtain a Bachelor’s Degree
Results indicate the utility of a CDA perspective for investigating the implications of interconnected early life risk and protective factors for later-life cognition, as well as ways in which college education can both contribute to, as well as mitigate, processes of CDA
School Context in Adolescence and Cognitive Functioning 50 Years Later
To advance understanding of how social inequalities from childhood might contribute to cognitive aging, we examined the extent to which school context in adolescence was associated with individuals' cognitive performance more than 50 years later. Using data from 3,012 participants in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS), we created an aggregate measure of school-level structural advantage, with indicators such as the proportion of teachers who …
Using Mixture Modeling to Construct Subgroups of Cognitive Aging in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study
Results demonstrate the utility of using mixture modeling to identify qualitatively and quantitatively distinct subgroups of cognitive aging among older adults. We discuss the implications of these results for the continued use of population health data to advance research on cognitive aging
Life Course Pathways From Childhood Socioeconomic Status to Later-Life Cognition
Findings provide support for both latency and social pathway processes when considering how SES in childhood influences later-life cognition. Results contribute to growing calls for social policies and programs to support optimal brain health at multiple phases throughout the life course, especially among individuals with lower SES as children
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