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Psychological well-being of Black and White grandmothers raising grandchildren: examination of a two-factor modelRachel A Pruchno
Initiatives on Aging, Boston College, 885 Centre Street, Newton, MA 02459, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 57:P444-52. 2002..The stability of the model for Black and White grandmothers highlights the similarity of the experience across race...
A two-factor model of successful agingRachel A Pruchno
School of Osteopathic Medicine, New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 42 E Laurel Road, Suite 2300, Stratford, NJ 08084, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 65:671-9. 2010..To propose and test a conceptual two-factor model of successful aging that includes objective and subjective components...- Successful aging: early influences and contemporary characteristicsRachel A Pruchno
New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging, UMDNJ SOM, 42 E Laurel Road, Suite 2300, Stratford, NJ 08084, USA
Gerontologist 50:821-33. 2010..positing that successful aging has independent, yet related, dimensions that are both objective and subjective, we examine how early influences and contemporary characteristics define 4 groups of people... 
Effects of caregiver burden and satisfaction on affect of older end-stage renal disease patients and their spousesMaureen Wilson-Genderson
New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ 08084, USA
Psychol Aging 24:955-67. 2009..Results highlight the powerful role of caregiver burden for both caregivers and patients and suggest important new directions for conducting health-related research with late-life marital dyads...- Effects of marital closeness on the transition from caregiving to widowhoodRachel A Pruchno
School of Osteopathic Medicine, New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Stratford, NJ 08084, USA
Aging Ment Health 13:808-17. 2009..To examine the effects of marital closeness on indicators of well-being (depressive symptoms, grief, and relief) as spouses transition from the role of caregiver to that of widowed person... - Adherence to clusters of health behaviors and successful agingRachel Pruchno
New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging, UMDNJ SOM, Stratford, NJ 08084, USA
J Aging Health 24:1279-97. 2012.... - Cigarette smokers, never-smokers, and transitions: implications for successful agingRachel Pruchno
New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ 08084, USA
Int J Aging Hum Dev 74:193-209. 2012.... - The texture of neighborhoods and disability among older adultsRachel A Pruchno
New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Stratford, NJ 08084, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 67:89-98. 2012..To present and test an ecological multidimensional model of neighborhood characteristics and examine its relationship to older disability among older adults... - The effects of race on patient preferences and spouse substituted judgmentsRachel Pruchno
New Jersey Institue for Successful Aging, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ 08084, USA
Int J Aging Hum Dev 69:31-54. 2009..We conclude that these variables rather than race per se explain differences in end of life decision making... - Depressive symptoms and marital satisfaction in the context of chronic disease: a longitudinal dyadic analysisRachel Pruchno
New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging, School of Osteopathic Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 42 E Laurel Road, Stratford, NJ 08084, USA
J Fam Psychol 23:573-84. 2009..Findings highlight the complex nature of the relationship between depressive symptoms and marital satisfaction in late-life couples... - Self-rated health and depressive symptoms in patients with end-stage renal disease and their spouses: a longitudinal dyadic analysis of late-life marriagesRachel Pruchno
New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 42 East Laurel Road, Suite 2300, Stratford, NJ 08084, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 64:212-21. 2009..Results suggest the importance of understanding physical and mental health in the context of the marital dyad... - Convenience samples and caregiving research: how generalizable are the findings?Rachel A Pruchno
New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Stratford, NJ 08084, USA
Gerontologist 48:820-7. 2008..We compare sample variances, means, and interrelationships among variables generated from the convenience and RDD samples... - Stability and change in patient preferences and spouse substituted judgments regarding dialysis continuationRachel A Pruchno
New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 42 East Laurel Road, Stratford, NJ 08084, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 63:S81-91. 2008..The objective of this study was to examine whether some treatment preferences are more stable than others, how patient preferences and substituted judgments change over time, and whether some people's decisions are more stable than others'... - Predictors of patient treatment preferences and spouse substituted judgments: the case of dialysis continuationRachel A Pruchno
Boston College and Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Med Decis Making 26:112-21. 2006.... - Spouse as health care proxy for dialysis patients: whose preferences matter?Rachel A Pruchno
Intiatives on Aging, Boston College, MA, USA
Gerontologist 45:812-9. 2005..We examined the extent to which the substituted judgments made by spouses of patients with end-stage renal disease actually reflect patient preferences... - Health-related stress, affect, and depressive symptoms experienced by caregiving mothers of adults with a developmental disabilityRachel A Pruchno
Initiatives on Aging, Boston College, Boston, MA, USA
Psychol Aging 19:394-401. 2004..Under high-stress conditions, both negative affect and positive affect have a stronger relationship to depressive symptoms than they do under low-stress conditions... - Enmeshed lives: adult children with developmental disabilities and their aging mothersRachel A Pruchno
Initiatives on Aging, Boston College, Newton, Massachusetts 02459, USA
Psychol Aging 18:851-7. 2003..Results indicate that caregiving satisfaction increased when affection from child to mother was greater. Caregiving burden was not affected by either functional support or affection from child to mother... - Using probability vs. nonprobability sampling to identify hard-to-access participants for health-related research: costs and contrastsLucy Feild
Partners Health Care System, Boston, MA, USA
J Aging Health 18:565-83. 2006..Researchers need to consider representativeness and external validity issues when designing sampling and related recruitment plans for health-related research...
Research Grants
- END OF LIFE PREFERENCES & OUTCOMES: PATIENTS & SPOUSESRachel Pruchno; Fiscal Year: 2004..Analyses would focus on both cross-sectional and prospective longitudinal relationships using a combination of a regression, structural equation modeling, and categorical data analysis techniques. ..
- Work-Family Conflicts of Older WomenRachel Pruchno; Fiscal Year: 2005....