Karen L. Fingerman
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Contact Information Email: karenf |at| purdue.edu Office: FWLR 223 Map Phone: (765) 496-6378 Fax: (765) 494-0503 Homepage: Homepage |
Professor of Child Development and Family Studies Berner Hanley University Scholar |
Education
MA University of Michigan
Ph.D. University of Michigan 1993
Research Interests
Healthy aging and family gerontology
Teaching Interests
Life span development, adult development, and aging
Grants
National Institute of Aging, National Institute of Health
Brookdale Foundation
Kinley Trust Grant, Purdue University
Publications
Birditt, K. S., Miller, L. M., Fingerman, K. L., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (in press). Tensions in the parent and adult child relationship: Links to solidarity and ambivalence. Psychology and Aging. PubMed Central: 94367.
Mroczek, D. K., Pitzer, L. & Miller, L. M., Fingerman, K. L., (in press). The use of archival data in adult development and aging research. In K. H. Trzesniewski, M. B. Donnellan, & R.E. Lucas (Eds.), Analyzing archival data: Methods and illustrations. Washington, DC: APA Books.
Fingerman, K. L. (in press). Consequential strangers and peripheral partners: The importance of unimportant relationships. Journal of Family Theory and Review.
Cichy, K. E., Lefkowitz, E. S., & Fingerman, K. L. (in press). Generational differences in gender attitudes between parents and grown offspring. Sex Roles.
Davey, A., Tucker, C. J., Fingerman, K. L., & Savla, J. (2009). Within-family variability in representations of past relationships with parents. Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 64B, 125-136.
Fingerman, K. L., Miller, L., & Seidel, A. J. (2009). Functions families serve in old age. In S. Qualls & S. Zarit (Eds.), Aging families and caregiving: A clinician's guide to research, practice, and technology (pp. 19-44). New York: Wiley.
Fingerman, K. L., Whiteman, S. D., & Dotterer, A. M. (2009). Mother-child relationships in adolescence and old age. In H. T. Reis & S. K. Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of human relationships. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Fingerman, K. L., Buckser, A., & Turiano, N. A. (2009). Holidays and relationships. In H. T. Reis & S. K. Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of human relationships. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Fingerman, K. L. (2009). Weak ties. In H. T. Reis & S. K. Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of human relationships. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Fingerman, K. L., Pitzer, L., Lefkowitz. E. S., Birditt, K. S., & Mroczek, D. (2008). Ambivalent relationship qualities between adults and their parents: Implications for both parties' well-being. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 63B, 362-371.
Birditt, K. S., Fingerman, K. L., Kamp Dush, C. M., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2008). Parents as peers: Development of a filial maturity scale. Journal of Adult Development, 15, 1-12.
Fingerman, K. L., Miller, L., & Charles, S. T. (2008). Saving the best for last: How adults treat social partners of different ages. Psychology and Aging, 23, 399-409.
Hay, E. L., Fingerman, K. L., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2008). The worries adult children and their parents experience for one another. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 67, 101-127.