WHAT OUR FACULTYAND STUDENTS ARE DOING




PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES

 

Recent (since 2003) Gerontology Faculty and Student(*) Activities

 

Masami Takahashi

Publications

Takahashi, M. (in press). Religion and Spirituality. In A. Kaneko (Ed.), Shukyo shinri-

gaku gairon (A handbook of psychology of religion). Kyoto, Japan: Nakanishiya Press.

*Mukoyama, K., & Takahashi, M. (in press). Older Korean immigrants and grand-

            generativity. Hallym International Journal of Aging.

 

*Ribaudo, A., & Takahashi, M. (in press). Temporal trends in spirituality research: A

meta-analysis of journal abstract between 1944 and 2004. Journal of Religion, Spirituality, and Aging.

 

Chapell, M. S., Blanding, Z. B., Silverstein, M. E., Takahashi, M., Newman, B., Gubi, A.,

& McCann, N. (2005). Test anxiety and academic performance in undergraduate and graduate students. Journal of Educational Psychology, 97(2), 268-274.

 

Takahashi, M., & Overton, W. F. (2005). Cultural foundations of wisdom: An

integrated developmental approach. In R. J. Sternberg & J. Jordan (Eds.), A Handbook of wisdom (pp. 32-60). New York: Cambridge University Press.

 

Takahashi, M. (March 10, 2005). Reply to the “Studying religious psychology,”

 Newsletter for the Japanese Society for the Study of Psychology and Religion, 2,

14-16.

 

Takahashi, M. (January 9, 2004). Some after thoughts, Newsletter for the Japanese Society for the Study of Psychology and Religion, 1, 11.

 

Takahashi, M., & Ide, S. (2004). Implicit theories of spirituality: An analysis of

three generations in Japan. Japanese Journal of Gerontology, 26 (3), 296-307.

Takahashi, M., & Ide, S. (2003). Implicit theories of spirituality across three generations: A cross-cultural comparison in the U.S. and Japan. The Journal of Religious Gerontology, 15(4), 15-38.

 

Film/Video Productions

Takahashi, M. (Producer/Director). (2006). Champuru: The Okinawan recipe for healthy

            aging [Motion picture]. United States: phi phenom production.

 

Takahashi, M. (Producer/Director). (2006). Last Kamikaze: Testimonials from the WWII

            suicide pilots. [Motion picture]. United States: phi phenom production.

 

Presentations

Takahashi, M. (November, 2006). Champuru: The Okinawan recipe for healthy aging. In

M. Brenner (Chair), Religion, spirituality, and social support among middle-age and older adults: The confluence of personal and social resources. Symposium conducted at the 59th annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Dallas, TX.

 

Matsuda, C., & Takahashi, M. (August, 2006). Psychology and religion: The concept of

religiosity among Japanese psychologists. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

 

Ide, S., Mori, N., & Takahashi, M. (November, 2004). Multifactorial Memory

Questionnaire-Japanese version (MMQ-J): Assessing validity and reliability. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America, Washington DC.

 

Takahashi, M. (November, 2004). Aging in East Asia. Symposium chair at the 57th

            annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington DC.

 

Takahashi, M., Ide, S., *Ribaudo, A., & Uchigashima, U. (July, 2004). Spirituality ni

kansuru kenkyu todoukou [Review of spirituality related article abstracts in Japan and the U.S.]. Poster presented at the 46th annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Social Gerontology, Sendai, Japan.

 

Takahashi, M. (March, 2004). Developmentally inclusive understanding of wisdom. In

M. Takahashi & H. Osada (Chairs), Developmental approach to wisdom, workshop conducted at the 15th annual conference of the Japanese Developmental Psychological Association, Tokyo, Japan.

 

Takahashi, M., & Osada, H.(March, 2004). Developmental approach to wisdom.

Workshop co-chair at the 15th annual conference of the Japanese Developmental Psychological Association, Tokyo, Japan.

 

*Mukoyama, K., & Takahashi, M. (November, 2003). Older Korean immigrants and

grand-generativity. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America, San Diego, CA.

 

*Ribaudo, A., & Takahashi, M. (November, 2003). Temporal trends in spirituality

research: A content analysis of  journal abstract between 1980 and 2002. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America, San Diego, CA.

 

Takahashi, M. (September, 2003). Social and historical accounts of wisdom. In M.

            Takahashi & H. Osada (Chairs), Life-span developmental approach to wisdom,

Workshop conducted at the 67th annual conference of the Japan Psychological Association, Tokyo, Japan.

 

 

Takahashi, M., & H. Osada (September, 2003). Life-span developmental approach to

wisdom. Workshop co-chair at the 67th annual conference of the Japan Psychological Association, Tokyo, Japan.

 

 

Lisa Hollis-Sawyer

 

Publications (chronological order from most recent from 2003)

*Hardt, J., & Hollis-Sawyer, L. A. (in press).  Determinants of older adults seeking healthcare information on the internet.  Educational Gerontology (tentative publication of Spring 2007).

 

Sawyer, T. P., Jr., & Hollis-Sawyer, L. A. (2005).  A path-analytic assessment of different stress coping models in predicting stereotype threat perceptions, test anxiety reactions, and cognitive test performance.  International Journal of Testing, 5(3), 225-246.

 

Hollis-Sawyer, L. A. (2003).  A path-analytic investigation of factors underlying positive, adaptive mother-daughter eldercare relationships.  Journal of Adult Development, 10(1), 41-52.

 

*Gurnik, M., & Hollis-Sawyer, L. A. (2003).  Empowering assisted living front-line care staffs to provide better care for Alzheimer’s and Dementia residents.  Ageing International, 28(1), 82-97.

 

Presentations

“Aging Portrayals in Children’s Picture Books, Drawings, and Play Behavior: A Symposium on Social Learning Implications for Intergenerational Understanding” (organizer/presenter in symposium presented at the AGHE 2007 Conference in Portland, OR (March 2007)).

 

 “Baby Boomers’ Versus Non-Baby Boomers’ Workplace Reactions in an International Company across Three Time Periods (2000, 2002, and 2004)” (first author on poster presented at the AGHE 2007 Conference in Portland, OR (March 2007)).

 

 “Portrayals of Older Women in Children’s Picture Books and Associated Intergenerational Learning/Impact” (second author on poster presented at the AGHE 2007 Conference in Portland, OR (March 2007)).

 

 “Intergenerational Learning and Diversity Portrayals in Children’s Picture Books” (second author on poster presented at the AGHE 2007 Conference in Portland, OR (March 2007)).

 

 “Older Adults Seeking Healthcare Information on the Internet” (second author on poster presented at the GSA 2006 Conference in Dallas, TX (November 2006)).

 

“ ‘Triple-decker’ caregiving sandwich generation  with a female workforce:  Evidence of a caregiver ‘glass ceiling?’ ” (sole author on poster presented at the GSA 2005 Conference in Orlando, FL (November 2005)).

“Promoting Early Positive Aging Beliefs through Storytelling among Diverse Children” (sole author on poster presented at the APA 2004 Conference in Honolulu, HI (July 2004)).

 

“Stereotype threat and face validity effects on cognitive test performance” (second author on poster (Sawyer & Hollis-Sawyer) presented at the SIOP 2003 Conference in Orlando, FL (April 2003)).

 

 “Bridging the gap: Linking the classroom and the workplace to support career work life extension” (sole author on poster presented at the AGHE 2003 Conference in St. Petersburg, FL (March 2003)).