Jason Newsom, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
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Office: 470P URBN |
Interests
Receiving care among physically impaired older adults; negative social interaction and social support among older adults; health behaviors among older adults; applied statistical analysis and measurement, especially applications of structural equation modeling; longitudinal research design and analysis.
Projects
Dr. Newsom has served as a principal or co-investigator for studies funded by National Institutes of Health Research that focus on social relationships, health behavior, and caregiving . Current and recent projects include an investigation of changes in health behaviors in mid to late life among those with chronic disease as well as a national longitudinal study of the mental and physical health consequences of negative social exchanges. He is currently editing (with Richard N,. Jones and Scott M. Hofer) a book on data analysis of longitudinal studies on aging.
Selected Publications
Newsom, J.T., Mahan, T.L., Rook, K.S., & Krause, N. (2008). Stable negative social exchanges and health. Health Psychology, 27, 78-86.
Newsom, J.T., Rook, K.S., Nishishiba, M., Sorkin, D., Mahan, T.L. (2005). Understanding the relative importance of positive and negative social exchanges: Examining specific domains and appraisals. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 60B, P304-P312.
Newsom, J.T., McFarland, B.H., Kaplan, M.S., Huguet, N., & Zani, B. (2005). The health consciousness myth: Implications of the near independence of major health behaviors in the population. Social Science & Medicine, 60, 433-437.
Newsom, J.T., Prigerson, H.G., Reynolds, C.F., & Schulz, R. (2003). Investigating moderator hypotheses in aging research: Statistical, methodological, and conceptual difficulties with comparing separate regressions. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 57, 199-150.
Newsom, J.T. (2002). A multilevel structural equation model for dyadic data. Structural Equation Modeling, 9, 431-447.
