Co-Investigator, Health and Retirement Study
Contact Information
3444 ISR
426 Thompson St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Phone: 734.647.0591
Email: smitjacq@umich.edu
Education
Ph.D., Macquarie University, 1984
B.A. (with Honors), University of Sydney, 1974
Research and Projects
My research deals with the heterogeneity of psychological functioning, well-being, and health in midlife and old age. I use experimental and survey methodologies to investigate age-cohort differences and age-related change in cognitive functioning, self-regulation, and well-being. My current research focuses on time use and experienced wellbeing after age 50, psychological vitality in the oldest-old, life course predictors of subjective well-being and health, self-perceptions of aging, and cognitive aging.
Selected Recent Publications
. Work expectations, depressive symptoms, and passive suicidal ideation among older adults: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study. The Gerontologist. 2022;62(10):1477-1485. doi:10.1093/geront/gnac110.
. Harmonization of Cross-National Studies of Aging to the Health and Retirement Study. CESR-SCHAEFFER, University of Southern California; 2022.
. Associations of mental health and chronic physical illness during childhood with major depression in later life. Aging & Mental Health. 2022;26(9):1813-1820. doi:10.1080/13607863.2021.1958143.
Associations Between Satisfaction With Aging and Health and Well-being Outcomes Among Older US Adults. JAMA Network Open. 2022;5(2):e2147797. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.47797.
. Early-life Health as a Lifelong Precursor of Self-related Views of Aging in Later Life. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B. 2021;76(5):894-899. doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa141.