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Average American's Risk of Needing Nursing Home Care Is Higher Than Previously Estimated

Aug 28, 2017

The average American's likelihood of using a nursing home is much greater than previous research has suggested. Among people age 57 to 61, 56 percent will stay in a nursing home at least one night in their lifetime.
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Millennials Worry Less About National Security Than Baby Boomers Do—for Now

Jun 14, 2018

Millennials worry less than baby boomers about national security. But these views may have more to do with being young than being millennials.

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Help-Seeking Stigma and Mental Health Treatment Seeking Among Young Adult Veterans

Targeting perceived public stigma of treatment seeking, through perceived norms interventions, might help narrow the gap between the need and receipt of help among veterans.

Jul 14, 2015
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Intake of Water and Different Beverages in Adults Across 13 Countries

Describes the intake of water and all other fluids and to evaluate the proportion of adults exceeding the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations on energy intake from free sugar, solely from fluids.

Jul 10, 2015
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Total Fluid Intake and Its Determinants: Cross-Sectional Surveys Among Adults in 13 Countries Worldwide

There were considerable differences in total fluid intake between countries but not between genders.

Jul 10, 2015
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Variations in Decision-Making Profiles by Age and Gender: A Cluster-Analytic Approach

Using cluster-analysis, we investigated whether rational, intuitive, spontaneous, dependent, and avoidant styles of decision making combined to form distinct decision-making profiles that differed by age and gender.

Jun 19, 2015
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Neighbourhood Racial/Ethnic Composition and Segregation and Trajectories of Cognitive Decline Among U.S. Older Adults

This study demonstrates disparities in the progression of cognitive ageing according to racial/ethnic characteristics of the neighbourhood environment.

Jun 3, 2015
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Late-life Depression, Suicidal Ideation, and Attempted Suicide: The Role of Individual Differences in Maximizing, Regret, and Negative Decision Outcomes

Suicide rates are highest in adults of middle and older age.

May 29, 2015
Report

Changes in Mental Illness Stigma in California During the Statewide Stigma and Discrimination Reduction Initiative

Presents results of a one-year follow-up to the 2014 California Statewide Survey, which was developed to track attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors related to mental illness. This report focuses on items measuring stigma.

May 18, 2015
News Release

Most California Residents Facing Psychological Distress Do Not See the Public as Supportive and Report Discrimination

In a survey of California residents facing psychological distress, only 41 percent believe that people are caring and sympathetic to those with mental illnesses, and 81 percent believe that people with mental illness experience high levels of prejudice and discrimination, both in personal relationships and in public realms such as the workplace.

Apr 23, 2015
Report

Most CA Residents Facing Psychological Distress Do Not See the Public as Supportive

In a survey of California residents facing psychological distress, only 41 percent believe that people are caring and sympathetic to those with mental illnesses, and 81 percent believe that those with mental illness experience high levels of prejudice and discrimination.

Apr 23, 2015
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Sexual Network Profiles and Risk Factors for STIs Among African American Sexual Minorities in Mississippi: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

This cross-sectional study assessed sexually transmitted infection prevalence, socio-demographic characteristics, substance use, sexual behaviors, and sexual network profiles among African American sexual minorities in Jackson, Mississippi.

Mar 17, 2015
Journal Article

Educational Attainment and Adult Health: Under What Conditions Is the Association Causal?

The papers in this Special Issue offer an overview of a number of different methods, theoretical perspectives, and contexts in which to examine this relationship.

Mar 10, 2015
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Cognitive Adaptation Theory as a Predictor of Adjustment to Emerging Adulthood for Youth with and Without Type 1 Diabetes

The purpose of the study was to determine whether resilience, defined by cognitive adaptation theory, predicted emerging adulthood outcomes among youth with and without type 1 diabetes.

Dec 16, 2014
Report

Beliefs Related to Mental Illness Stigma Among California Young Adults

Report examines mental illness stigma and related beliefs among young adults in California, especially whether levels of stigma are higher or lower than those observed in older adults.

Sep 17, 2014
Research Brief

Advancing Behavioral Health Measurement: The PROMIS® Smoking Assessment Toolkit

The PROMIS Smoking Initiative developed an assessment toolkit that enables the measurement of current adult smokers' standing in domains of importance to smoking research, including nicotine dependence and using smoking to cope with stress.

Sep 4, 2014
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Getting Older Isn't All That Bad: Better Decisions and Coping When Facing "Sunk Costs"

We find that older adults are better than younger adults at making decisions to discontinue such failing commitments especially when irrecoverable losses are large, as well as at coping with the associated irrecoverable losses.

Sep 1, 2014
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Are Mental Disorders More Common in Urban Than Rural Areas of the United States?

Urban vs. rural residence is commonly cited as a risk factor for depression and other mental disorders, but epidemiological evidence for this relationship in the US is inconclusive.

Jul 15, 2014
Commentary

Are Youth Putting Off Marriage Because of Their Student Loan Debt?

Women with higher loan balances may be less likely to get married than their peers with lower or no loan balances. But as time goes on, young adults adjust to their post-college financial situation and eventually get promotions, earn raises, obtain other assets, and get married.

Jun 26, 2014
Journal Article

Comparing Perceived Public Stigma and Personal Stigma of Mental Health Treatment Seeking in a Young Adult Sample

Perceived public stigma regarding seeking mental health treatment can be a barrier to accessing services for young adults.

Jun 18, 2014
Journal Article

Gender Disparity in Late-Life Cognitive Functioning in India: Findings from the Longitudinal Aging Study in India

The authors examine gender disparities in cognitive functioning in India and the extent to which education explains this disparity in later life.

Jan 1, 2014
Journal Article

Association of Vascular Risk Factors with Cognition in a Multiethnic Sample

The authors examine the relationship between cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs) and cognitive performance in a multiethnic sample of older adults.

Jan 1, 2014

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