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Jennifer Kinney, Professor, Department of Sociology & Gerontology; Scripps Research Fellow; Affiliate, Department of Psychology; Chief Department Advisor |
Education:
Ph.D., Psychology, Kent State University;
M.A., Psychology, Kent State University;
B.A., Psychology, Kent State University.
Research Interests:
Stress and coping in later life families; stresses and satisfactions in family caregiving; psychosocial aspects of dementia; self-management of diabetesand other chronic illnesses; quantitative methods.
Selected Publications:
A.J. Bailer, J.M. Kinney, & J.C. Cavanaugh (under review). Stability of Family Caregiver Stress Over Six Months: Implications for Researchers and Applied Gerontologists. Psychology and Aging.
A. Wolf & J.M. Kinney (under review). “I’m not fearful, I’m just cautious." Fear of Falling Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Journal of Applied Gerontology.
E.J. Robbins, J.M. Kinney & C.S. Kart (2008). Promoting Active Engagement in Health Research: Lessons From an Undergraduate Gerontology Capstone Course. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, vol. 29, no. 2, 105-123.
C.S. Kart, J.M. Kinney, J. Subedi, K.B. Basnyat, & M. Vadakkan (2007). Lay Explanations and Self-Management of Diabetes in Kathmandu, Nepal. Journal of Aging and Health, vol. 19, no. 4, 683-704.
C. Kart, V. Wellin, J. Kinney (2007). Evaluation of Ohio’s Assisted Living Medicaid Waiver Program: Consumer Access and Satisfaction. Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.
L. Groger & J.M. Kinney (2006). CCRC Here We Come! Reasons for Moving to a Continuing Care Retirement Community. Journal of Housing for the Elderly, vol. 20, #4, pp. 79-101.
J.M. Kinney, & C.S. Kart (2006). Somewhere Between Panacea and Impossibility: Assessing the Place of Technology in Facilitating Caregiving to a Relative with Dementia. Generations, 30(2), 64-66.
J.M. Kinney & C.S. Kart (2005, Fall). From Research Intervention to Social Practice: Logistic and Ethical Challenges of Using Technology to Assist Families with Elders with Dementia. Public Policy & Aging Report, vol. 15, no. 4, 24-27.
J.M. Kinney & C.A. Rentz (2005). Observed Well-Being Among Individuals with Dementia: Memories in the Making©, an Art Program, Versus Other Structured Activity. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, vol. 20, no. 4, July/August 2005, 220-227.
J.M. Kinney, C.S. Kart, L.D. Murdoch & C.J. Conley (2004). Striving to Provide Safety Assistance for Families of Elders. The SAFE House Project. Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice, vol. 3, no. 3, 351-370.
J.M. Kinney, C.S. Kart, L.D. Murdoch & T.F. Ziemba (2003). Challenges in Caregiving and Creative Solutions: Using Technology to Facilitate Caring for a Relative with Dementia. Ageing International, vol. 28, no. 3, 295-314.
J.M. Kinney, K.J. Ishler, K.I. Pargament, & J.C. Cavanaugh (2003). Coping with the Uncontrollable: The Use of General and Religious Coping by Caregivers to Spouses with Dementia. Journal of Religious Gerontology, vol. 14, no. 2/3, 171-188.
J.H. Patrick & J.M. Kinney (2003). Why Believe? The Effects of Religious Beliefs on Emotional Well Being. Journal of Religious Gerontology, vol. 14, no. 2/3, 153-170.
Books:
C.S. Kart & J.M. Kinney (2001). The realities of aging (6th ed.). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
Chapters in Books:
J. M. Kinney, K. B. McGrew, & I. A. Nelson (2003). Grandparent caregivers to children with developmental disabilities: Added challenges. In B. Hayslip, Jr., & J. Hicks Patrick (Eds.), Working with custodial grandparents (pp. 93-109). New York: Springer.
