2014 Publications

Abdurahim S. & Ajrouch, K. J. (2014) Arab Americans and the aging process. In S. Nasser-McMillan, K. J. Ajrouch, and J. Hakim-Larson (eds.) Biopsychosocial Perspectives on Arab Americans: Culture, development, and health (pp.
107-126). New York, NY: Springer Publications. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8238-3_6

Abdulrahim, S., Ajrouch, K. J., & Antonucci, T. C. (2014). Aging in Lebanon: Challenges and Opportunities. The Gerontologist, 55(4), 511–518. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnu095

Ajrouch, K. J. (2014). Aging: Women and the Arab American experience. In Aging: Ethnicity and gender issues, edited by Elvia R. Krajewski-Jaime (pp. 71-92). Champaign, IL: Common Ground Publishing LLC.

Ajrouch, K. J. & Abdulrahim, S. (2014) Intersections among gender, race, and ethnicity: Implications for health, The Handbook on Minority Aging (Drs. Keith E. Whitfield and Tamara A. Baker, Editors) Associate Editors Drs. Jacqueline Angel and Roland J. Thorpe, JR., (pp. 455-470), New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company

Ajrouch, K. J., & Antonucci, T. C. (2014). Using Convoys of Social Relations to Understand Culture and Forgiveness from an Arab American Perspective. In S. C. Nassar-McMillan, K. J. Ajrouch, & J. Hakim-Larson (Eds.), Biopsychosocial Perspectives on Arab Americans (pp. 127–146). New York, NY: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8238-3_7

Antonucci, T. C., Ajrouch, K. J., & Birditt, K. S. (2014). The Convoy Model: Explaining Social Relations from a Multidisciplinary Perspective. The Gerontologist, 54(1), 82–92. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnt118

Antonucci, T. C., Ajrouch, K. J., & Park, S. (2014). Social Capital and Gender Critical Influences on Living Arrangements and Care-Giving in Old Age. In N. A. Pachana & K. Laidlaw (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Geropsychology (pp. 104-124). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Antonucci, T.C., & Webster, N.J. (2014). Rethinking cells to society. Research in Human Development, 11, 309-322. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427609.2014.967052

Cosentino, S., Zahodne, L.B., Brandt, J., Blacker, D., Albert, M., Dubois, B., & Stern, Y. (2014). Social cognition in Alzheimer’s disease: a separate construct contributing to dependence. Alzheimer’s and Dementia, 10 (6), 818-826. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2013.12.021

Farrell, M.T., Zahodne, L.B., Stern Y., Dorrejo, J., Yeung, P., & Cosentino, S.C. (2014). Subjective word-finding difficulty reduces engagement in social leisure activities in Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 62 (6), 1056-1063. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.12850

Fuller-Iglesias, H., Webster, N. J., & Antonucci, T. C. (2014). Adult Family Relationships in the Context of Friendship. Research in Human Development, 10(2), 184–203. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427609.2013.786562

Francis, J. (2014). A Case Study of Edwin Howard Armstrong’s Public Relations Campaign for FM. Media History. https://doi.org/10.1080/13688804.2014.920207

Hassan, A., Vallabhajosula, S., Zahodne, L.B., Bowers, D., Okun, M.S., Fernandez, H.H., & Hass, C. (2014). Correlations of apathy and depression with postural instability in Parkinson disease. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 338 (1-2), 162-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2013.12.040

Nasser-McMillan, S., Ajrouch, K. J., and Hakim-Larson, J. (eds.) (2014). Biopsychosocial Perspectives on Arab Americans: Culture, development, and health, New York, NY: Springer Publications. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8238-3

Ornstein, K., Gaugler, J.E., Zahodne, L.B., & Stern, Y. (2014). The heterogeneous course of depressive symptoms for the dementia caregiver. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 78 (2), 133-148. https://doi.org/10.2190/AG.78.2.c

Razlighi, Q.R., Habeck, C., Steffener, J., Gazes, Y., Zahodne, L.B., MacKay-Brandt, A., Stern, Y. (2014). Unilateral disruptions in the default network with aging in native space. Brain and Behavior, 4 (2), 143-157. https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.202

Webster, N. J., Antonucci, T. C., Ajrouch, K. J., & Abdulrahim, S. (2014). Social Networks and Health among Older Adults in Lebanon: The Mediating Role of Support and Trust. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 70(1), 155–166. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbu149

Webster, N. J., Antonucci, T. C., Yoon, C., McCullough, W. R., Fin, D. N., & Hartsell, D. L. (2014). Older Adults as Consumers: An Examination of Differences by Birth Cohort. In S. D. Preston, M. L. Kringelbach, B. Knutson, & P. C. Whybrow (Eds.), The Interdisciplinary Science of Consumption (pp. 281–296). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Zahodne, L.B., Nowinski, C.J., Gershon, R.C., & Manly, J.J. (2014). Depressive symptoms are more strongly related to executive functioning and episodic memory among African American compared to non-Hispanic White older adults. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 29 (7), 663-669. https://doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acu045

Zahodne, L.B., Nowinski, C., Gershon, R., & Manly, J.J. (2014). Which psychosocial factors best predict cognitive performance in older adults? Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 20 (5), 487-495. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355617714000186

Zahodne, L.B., Schofield, P.W., Farrell, M., Stern, Y., & Manly, J.J. (2014). Bilingualism does not alter age-related cognitive decline or dementia risk among Spanish-speaking immigrants. Neuropsychology, 28 (2), 238-246. https://doi.org/10.1037/neu0000014

Zahodne, L.B., Stern, Y., & Manly, J.J. (2014). Depressive symptoms precede memory decline, but not vice versa, in non-demented older adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 62 (1), 130-134. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.12600