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psychological states/traits


Books


Carr, Deborah, Amu Pemmarazu, and Dorothy P. Rice. 1996. Improving Data on America's Aging Population: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press   Publication
Gasson, Ruth M., Archibald O. Haller, and William H. Sewell. 1972. Attitudes and Facilitation in the Attainment of Status. Washington, D.C: American Sociological Association   Publication

Book Chapters


Piliavin, Jane A. 2007 (In Press) "Long-Term Benefits of Habitual Helping: Doing well by doing good." in Cooperation: The Political Psychology of Effective Human Interaction, edited by B. A. Sullivan, M. Snyder, and J. L. Sullivan. Malden, MA: Wiley   Publication
Piliavin, Jane A. 2005. "Feeling Good by Doing Good: Health Consequences of Social Service." Pp. 29-50 in Processes of Community Change and Social Action, edited by A. M. Omoto. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates   Publication
Piliavin, Jane A. 2003. "Doing Well by Doing Good: Benefits for the Benefactor." Pp. 227-247 in Flourishing: Positive Psychology and the Life Well Lived, edited by C. L. M. Keyes and J. Haidt. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association   Publication
Ryff, Carol D., William J. Magee, K. C. Kling, and E. H. Wing. 1999. "Forging Macro-Microlinkages in the Study of Psychological Well-Being." Pp. 247-278 in The Self and Society in Aging Processes, edited by C. D. Ryff and V. W. Marshall. New York: Springer   Publication
Singer, Burton and Carol D. Ryff. 1999. "Hierarchies of Life Histories and Associated Health Risks." Pp. 96-155 in Socioeconomic Status and Health in Industrialized Nations, vol. 896, edited by N. E. Adler, M. Marmot, B. S. McEwen, and J. Stewart. New York PMCID: 10681891  Publication
Ryff, Carol D. and Burton Singer. 1998. "Middle Age and Well-Being." Pp. 707-719 in Encyclopedia of Mental Health, vol. 2, edited by H. S. Friedman. San Diego, CA:: Academic Press   Publication
Ryff, Carol D., Burton Singer, Gayle D. Love, and M. J. Essex. 1998. "Resilience in Adulthood and Later Life: Defining Features and Dynamic Processes." Pp. 69-96 in Handbook of Aging and Mental Health: An Integrative Approach, edited by J. Lomranz. New York:: Plenum Press   Publication
Ryff, Carol D. 1998. "Positive Mental Health." Pp. 183-188 in Behavioral Medicine & Women: a Comprehensive Handbook edited by E. A. Blechman and K. D. Brownell. New York: Guilford Publications   Publication
Ryff, Carol D. and Burton Singer. 1998. "The Role of Purpose in Life and Personal Growth in Positive Human Health." Pp. 213-235 in Human Quest for Meaning: a Handbook of Psychological Research and Clinical Applications, edited by P. T. P. Wong and P. S. Fry. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Earlbaum Associates   Publication

Journal Articles


Springer, Kristen W., Jennifer Sheridan, Daphne Kuo, and Molly Carnes. 2007. "Long-Term Physical and Mental Health Consequences of Childhood Physical Abuse: Results from a Large Population-Based Sample of Men and Women." Child Abuse and Neglect 31:517-530 PMCID: 17532465  Publication
Springer, Kristen W., Robert M. Hauser, and Jeremy Freese. 2006. "Bad News Indeed for Ryff's Six-Factor Model of Well-Being." Social Science Research 35:1079-1101   Publication
Springer, Kristen W. and Robert M. Hauser. 2006. "An Assessment of the Construct Validity of Ryff's Scales of Psychological Well-Being: Method, Mode, and Measurement Effects." Social Science Research 35:1119-1130   Publication
Magee, William. 2006. "Effects of Family Background on Social Autonomy at Midlife." Social Science Research 35:851-870   Publication
Carr, Deborah. 2005. "The Psychological Consequences of Midlife Men's Social Comparisons with their Young Adult Sons." Journal of Marriage and Family 67:240   Publication
Urry, Heather L., Jack B. Nitschke, Isa Dolski, Daren C. Jackson, Kim M. Dalton, Corrina J. Mueller, Melissa A. Rosenkranz, Carol D. Ryff, Burton H. Singer, and Richard J. Davidson. 2004. "Making a Life Worth Living: Neural Correlates of Well-Being." Psychological Science 15:367-372 PMCID: 15147488  Publication
Carr, Deborah. 2004. "'My Daughter Has a Career; I Just Raised Babies': The Psychological Consequences of Women's Intergenerational Social Comparisons." Social Psychology Quarterly 67:132-154   Publication
Jackson, Daren C., Corrina J. Mueller, Isa Dolski, Kim M. Dalton, Jack B. Nitschke, Heather L. Urry, Milissa A. Rosenkranz, Carol D. Ryff, Burton H. Singer, and Richard J. Davidson. 2003. "Now You Feel It, Now You Don't: Frontal EEG Asymmetry and Individual Differences in Emotion Regulation." Psychological Science 14:612-617   Publication
Rosenkranz, M. A., D. C. Jackson, K. M. Dalton, I. Dolski, C. D. Ryff, B. H. Singer, D. Muller, N. H. Kalin, and R. J. Davidson. 2003. "Affective style and in vivo immune response: Neurobehavioral mechanisms." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100:11148-11152   Publication
Springer, Kristen W., Jennifer Sheridan, Daphne Kuo, and Molly Carnes. 2003. "The Long-term Health Outcomes of Childhood Abuse: An Overview and a Call to Action." Journal of General Internal Medicine 18:864-870   Publication
Marks, Nadine F. and James David Lambert. 1998. "Marital Status Continuity and Change Among Young and Midlife Adults: Longitudinal Effects on Psychological Well-Being." Journal of Family Issues 19:652-686   Publication
Ryff, Carol D. and Burton Singer. 1998. "The Contours of Positive Human Health." Psychological Inquiry 9:1-28   Publication
Marks, Nadine F. 1998. "Does It Hurt to Care? Caregiving, Work-Family Conflict, and Midlife Well-Being." Journal of Marriage and the Family 60:951-966   Publication
Carr, Deborah. 1997. "The Fulfillment of Career Dreams at Midlife: Does It Matter for Women's Mental Health?" Journal of Health and Social Behavior 38:331-344 PMCID: 9425778  Publication
Marks, Nadine F. 1996. "Flying Solo at Midlife: Gender, Marital Status, and Psychological Well-Being." Journal of Marriage and the Family 58:917-932   Publication
Ryff, Carol D. and Burton Singer. 1996. "Psychological Well-Being: Meaning, Measurement, and Implications for Psychotherapy Research." Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 65:14-23   Publication
Alwin, Duane F. 1973. "Making Inferences from Attitude-Behavior Correlations." Sociometry 36:253-278   Publication

Working Papers


Springer, Kristen W. 2004. "Childhood Physical Abuse as a Fundamental Social Cause of Mid-Life Physical Health: Testing a Multi-Pathway Life Course Model." CDE Working Paper No. 2004-26, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication
Springer, Kristen W. and Robert M. Hauser. 2002. "Survey Measurement of Psychological Well-Being." CDE Working Paper No. 2002-09, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication
MacLean, Alair and Robert M. Hauser. 2001. "Measuring Depression among Adult Siblings." CDE Working Paper No. 2001-07, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication
MacLean, Alair and Robert M. Hauser. 2000. "Socioeconomic Status and Depression among Adult Siblings." CDE Working Paper No. 2000-04, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication
Marks, Nadine. 1995. "Does it Hurt to Care? Caregiving, Work and Family Conflict, and Midlife Well-Being." CDE Working Paper No. 95-02, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication
Marks, Nadine F. 1994. "Measurement of Health Outcomes and Antecedents in Whitehall II, the National Survey of Families and Households, and the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study." CDE Working Paper No. 93-16, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication

Reports


Hyde, Janet Shibley and Joy K. Rice. 2006. "Report of the Task Force on Women and Depression in Wisconsin."  Publication

Doctoral Dissertations


Rogers, Catherine H. 2005. "The Effect of the Death of a Child on Midlife Mental and Physical Health: An Exploration of Risk and Resiliance Factors." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia.  Publication
Peikes, Deborah N. 2000. "Psycho-Social Determinants of Midlife Health: A Person-Centered Approach." Doctoral Thesis, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.  Publication
Carr, Deborah. 1997. "The Fulfillment of Career Goals Over the Life Course and Midlife Mental Health." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication

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