Articles & Chapters
Selected Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
2024
Carr, Deborah, Leping Wang, and Pamela Smock. 2024. “Gender Differences in the Economic Consequences of Life-Long Singlehood among Older White U.S. Adults” Journal of Marriage and Family./doi/full/10.1111/jomf.13011.
O’Brien, Connor, Brian Walsh, Sarah Vines, Deborah Carr, Megan Segoshi, “The 2023 GEM Climate Survey: Results and Recommendations.” Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2024.1395896/ full.
Falchetta, Giacomo; Enrica De Cian, Ian Sue Wing, & Deborah Carr. 2024. “Global Projections of Heat Exposure of Older Adults.” Nature Communications. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47197-5.
Carr, Deborah, Ian Sue Wing, Giacomo Falchetta, and Enrica De Cian. 2024. “Population Aging and Heat Exposure in the 21st Century: Which World Regions Are at Greatest Risk?” The Journals of Gerontology: Series A. doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glae053
2023
Snitselaar, Sara and Deborah Carr. Forthcoming. “Perceived Disrespectful Treatment in Low Income Healthcare Settings Through the Lens of Intersectionality.” Discover Social Science & Health./doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2833309/v1
Smock, Pamela, Kristen Tzoc, and Deborah Carr. Forthcoming. “Gender and the Economic Consequences of Divorce in the United States: Variation by Race and Ethnicity.” Journal of Family and Economic Issues. doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/mzk6r.
Choi, Shinae, Deborah Carr, and Eun Ha Namkung. 2023. “Telehealth Use Among Older Adults with Sensory, Cognitive, and Physical Impairments: A Substitute or Supplement to Traditional Care?” Journal of Gerontology: Social SciencesB 78 (10), 1735-1746. doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbad098.
Miles, Toni P., Changle Li, M. Mahmud Khan, Rana Bayakly, and Deborah Carr. 2023. “Estimating Prevalence of Bereavement, Its Contribution to Risk for Binge Drinking, and Other High-Risk Health States in a State Population Survey, 2019 Georgia Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 10: 5837. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20105837.
Carr, Deborah, Giacomo Falchetta, Ian Sue Wing. “Population Aging and Heat Exposure in the 21st Century: Which U.S. Regions Are at Greatest Risk and Why?” The Gerontologist. doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnad050.
Lou, Yifan, Jinyu Lou and Deborah Carr. 2023. “To Tell or Not: Chinese Older Adults’ Preferences for Disclosing or Concealing Serious Illness Diagnoses.” The Gerontologist 63 (6), 1049-1059. doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnac167.
Choi, Shinae L. and Deborah Carr. 2023. “Older Adults’ Relationship Trajectories and Estate Planning.” Journal of Family and Economic Issues.44 (2), 356-372.
Carr, Deborah. 2023. “Ageism and Late-Life Mortality: How Community Matters.” Social Science and Medicine. doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115501.
2022
Shiff, Haley M., Franchesca Arias, Alyssa B. Dufour, Deborah Carr, Fan Chen, Yun Gou, Richard Jones et al. 2022. “Paternal Occupation and Delirium Risk in Older Adults: A Potential Marker of Early Life Exposures.” Innovation in Aging.
Choi, Shinae L., Eun Ha Namkung, and Deborah Carr. 2022. “The Effect of Physical Limitations on Depressive Symptoms over the Life Course: Is Optimism a Protective Buffer?” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences.
Lou, Yifan and Deborah Carr. 2022. “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Advance Care Planning: Assessing the Role of Subjective Life Expectancy.” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences.
2021
Choi, Shinae L., Deborah Carr, Eun Ha Namkung. 2021. “Physical Disability and Older Adults’ Perceived Food and Economic Insecurity During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences.
Carr, Deborah and Eun Ha Namkung. 2021. “Physical Disability at Work: How Functional Limitation Affects Perceived Discrimination and Interpersonal Relationships in the Workplace ” Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
Carr, Deborah, Lucie Kalousova, Katherine Lin, and Sarah Burgard. 2021. “Occupational Differences in Advance Care Planning: Are Medical Professionals More Likely to Plan?” Social Science & Medicine.
Featured in Medical Ethics Advisor
Carr, Deborah. 2021. “COVID 19: Trends, Disparities, and Consequences for Older Adults.” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 76(3): e65–e67.
Boerner, Kathrin, Sara Moorman, Katherine A. Orenstein, and Deborah Carr. 2021. “Insufficient Advance Care Planning? Correlates of Planning Without Personal Conversations.” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 76(1): 104-108.
2020
Moorman, Sara, Kathrin Boerner, and Deborah Carr. In press. “Rethinking the Role of Advance Care Planning in the Context of Infectious Disease” Journal of Aging & Social Policy.
Carr, Deborah. 2020. “COVID-19 and the Long-Standing Vulnerabilities of Older Adults.” Current History 119: 323-325.
Carr, Deborah. 2020. “Mental Health of Older Widows and Widowers: Which Coping Strategies are Most Protective?,” Aging and Mental Health. 24(2): 291-299.
Carr, Deborah, Kathrin Boerner, and Sara Moorman. 2020.”Bereavement in the Time of Coronavirus Unprecedented Challenges Demand Novel Interventions.” Journal of Aging & Social Policy 32(4-5): 425-31.
Reprinted in: Miller, Edward Alan, Pamela Nadash, and Michael K. Gusmano (Eds.). 2020. Aging Policy and Politics in the Trump Era: Implications for Older Americans. New York: Routledge.
Carr, Deborah. 2020. ”Families in Later Life: A Consequence and Engine of Social Inequalities.” Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 40: 43-68.
Namkung, Eun Ha and Deborah Carr. 2020. “Mental Health Consequences of Physical Disabilities: The Mediating Role of Perceived Discrimination” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 61(2): 190-207.
Carr, Deborah and Rebecca Utz. 2020. “Families in Later in Life: Decade in Review.” Journal of Marriage and Family 82(1): 346-363.
2019
Carr, Deborah and Elizabeth Luth. 2019. “Well-Being at the End of Life.” Annual Review of Sociology 45: 515-534.
See related Q&A in Knowable Magazine.
Freedman, Vicki A., Jennifer C. Cornman, Deborah Carr, and Richard Lucas. 2019. “Time Use and Experienced Wellbeing of Older Caregivers: A Sequence Analysis.” The Gerontologist 59: 441-450.
Namkung, Eun Ha and Deborah Carr. 2019. “Perceived Interpersonal and Institutional Discrimination among Persons with Disability: Do Patterns Differ by Age.” Social Science and Medicine 272: doi. 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112521,
Carr, Deborah, Jennifer C. Cornman, and Vicki A. Freedman. 2019. “Do Family Relationships Buffer the Impact of Disability on Older Adults’ Daily Mood? An Exploration of Gender and Marital Status Differences.” Journal of Marriage and Family 81: 729-746.
Freedman, Vicki A., Jennifer C. Cornman, Deborah Carr, and Richard Lucas. 2019. “Late Life Disability and Subjective Wellbeing: Are Economic Resources a Buffer?” Disability and Health Journal 12: 481-488.
Springer, Kristen W., Chioun Lee, and Deborah Carr. 2019. “Spousal Breadwinning across 30 Years of Marriage and Husbands’ Health: A Gendered Life Course Stress Perspective.” Journal of Aging and Health 31: 37-66.
Rothstein, Donna, Deborah Carr, and Elizabeth C. Cooksey. 2019. “Cohort Profile: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79).” International Journal of Epidemiology 48(1): 22-22e.
Lucas, Richard A., Vicki A. Freedman and Deborah Carr. 2019. “ “Measuring Experiential Well-Being among Older Adults.” The Journal of Positive Psychology 14(4): 538-547.
2018
Hofferth, Sandra, Sarah Flood, Deborah Carr, and Yoonjoo Lee. 2018. “Linkages between Daily Activities and Health in the American Time Use Study: The Role of Momentary Well-Being.” Journal of Time Use Research. doi.org/10.32797/jtur-2018-1.
, Janet, Deborah Carr, Ellen Granberg, Brenda Major, Eric Robinson, and Alexandra Brewis Slade. 2018. “How and Why Weight Stigma Drives the Obesity Epidemic.” BMC Medicine 16:123.
2017
Carr, Deborah and Elizabeth Luth. 2017. “Advance Care Planning: Contemporary Issues and Future Directions” Innovation in Aging 1: 1-10. doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igx012.
Freedman, Vicki A., Deborah Carr, Jennifer C. Cornman, and Richard Lucas. 2017. “Impairment Severity and Evaluative and Experienced Wellbeing among Older Adults: Assessing the Role of Daily Activities.” Innovation in Aging. doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igx010.
Sharp, Shane and Deborah Carr. 2017. “The Use of Prayer to Manage Emotions: Do Characteristics of the Emotional Experience Matter?” Review of Religious Research. doi.org/10.1007/s13644-017-0299-0.
Freedman, Vicki A., Deborah Carr, Jennifer C. Cornman, Richard Lucas. 2017. “Aging, Mobility Impairments and Subjective Wellbeing” Disability and Health Journal 10: 525-531.
Carr, Deborah, Jennifer C. Cornman and Vicki A. Freedman. 2017. “Disability and Activity-related Well-Being in Later Life: Are Effects Buffered by Intimate Relationship Support and Strain?” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 58: 387-403
2016
Sharp, Shane, Deborah Carr, and Kathryn Pager. 2016. “Gender, Race, and Use of Prayer to Manage Emotions.” Sociological Spectrum 36: 271-285.
Perrig-Chiello, Pasqualina, Stefanie Spahni, François Höpflinger, and Deborah Carr. 2016. “Cohort and Gender Differences in Psychosocial Adjustment to Later-Life Widowhood.” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 71: 765-774.
Reczek, Corinne, Tetyana Pudrovska, Deborah Carr, and Debra Umberson. 2016 “Men’s and Women’s Alcohol Trajectories across the Gendered Marital Biography.” Journal of Health & Social Behavior 57: 77-96.
Carr, Deborah. 2016. “Is Death ‘The Great Equalizer’? The Social Stratification of Death Quality in the Contemporary United States.” The ANNALS: American Academy of Political and Social Research 663: 331-354.
Carr, Deborah, Jennifer C. Cornman, and Vicki A. Freedman. 2016. “Does Marital Quality Protect Against Distress? Marital Quality and Momentary Negative Mood in Later Life.” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 71: 177-187.
2015
Fried, Eiko, Retha Arjadi, Denny Borsboom, Francis Tuerlinckx, Angélique Cramer, Sacha Epskamp, Maximillian Amshoff, Deborah Carr, Margaret Stroebe, and Claudi Bockting. 2015. “Network versus Latent Variable Explanations of the Relation between Bereavement and Depressive Symptoms.” Journal of Abnormal Psychology 124: 256-265.
Richardson, Virginia, Kate M Bennett, Stephen Gallagher, Deborah Carr and Jin Hyung Kim. 2015. “How Does Bereavement Get Under One’s Skin?: The Effects of Late Life Spousal Loss on Cortisol.” Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences 70: 341-347.
Crandall, Carolyn J., Arun S. Karlamangla, Sharon Stein Merkin, Neil Binkley, Deborah Carr, Gail A. Greendale, and Teresa Seeman. 2015. “Adult Bone Strength of Children from Single-Parent Families: The Midlife in the U.S. Study.” Osteoporosis International 26: 931-942.
2014
Freedman, Vicki A., Jennifer C. Cornman and Deborah Carr. 2014. “Is Spousal Caregiving Associated with Enhanced Wellbeing? New Evidence from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics.” Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences 69: 861-869.
Carr, Deborah, Vicki A. Freedman, Jennifer C. Cornman, and Norbert Schwarz. 2014. “Happy Marriage, Happy Life? Marital Quality and Subjective Well-Being in Later Life.” Journal of Marriage and Family 76: 930-948.
Moorman, Sara, Deborah Carr, and Kathrin Boerner. 2014. “The Role of Relationship Biography in Advance Care Planning.” Journal of Aging and Health 26: 969-992.
Tsenkova, Vera, Deborah Carr, Christopher Coe, Carol Ryff. 2014. “Anger, Adiposity, and Glucose Control in Nondiabetic Midlife and Older Adults: Findings from MIDUS II.” Journal of Behavioral Medicine 37: 37-46.
Boerner, Kathrin, Daniela Jopp, Deborah Carr, Laura Sosinsky, and Se-Kang Kim. 2014. “’His’ and ‘Her’ Marriage? Exploring the Gendered Facets of Marital Quality in Later Life.” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 69: 579-589.
Herd, Pamela, Deborah Carr, and Carol Roan. 2014. “Cohort Profile: Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS).” International Journal of Epidemiology 43: 34-41.
Carr, Deborah and Shane Sharp. 2014. “Do Beliefs in an Afterlife Affect Psychological Adjustment to Spousal Loss?” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 69B: 103-112.
Carr, Deborah, John Sonnega, Randolph M. Nesse, and James S. House. 2014. “Do Special Occasions Trigger Grief Symptoms among Bereaved Older Spouses? An Assessment of Clinical Wisdom.” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 69B: 113-122.
2013
Carr, Deborah and Kathrin Boerner. 2013. “The Impact of Spousal Loss on Parent-Child Relations in Later Life: Are Effects Contingent upon the Quality of the Late Marriage?” Family Science 4:37-49.
Carr, Deborah and Kathrin Boerner. 2013. “Dating after Late-Life Spousal Loss: Does it Compromise Relationships with Adult Children?” Journal of Aging Studies 27: 487–498
Carr, Deborah, Lauren Murphy, Heather Batson and Kristen W. Springer. 2013. “Bigger Isn’t Always Better: The Effect of Obesity on the Sexual Satisfaction and Behavior of Adult Men in the U.S.” Men and Masculinities 16: 452-477.
Garrido, Melissa M., Ellen Idler, Howard Leventhal and Deborah Carr. 2013. “Advance Care Planning: The Role of End-of-Life Values and Beliefs about Control over the Length of Life.” The Gerontologist 53:801–816.
Carr, Deborah, Sara Moorman, and Kathrin Boerner. 2013. “End-of-Life Planning in a Family Context: Does Relationship Quality Affect Whether (and With Whom) Older Adults Plan?” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 68: 586-92.
Pudrovska, Tetyana, Deborah Carr, Michael McFarland, and Caitlyn Collins.2013. “Higher-Status Occupations and Breast Cancer: A Life-Course Stress Approach.” Social Science & Medicine 89: 53-61.
Boerner, Kathrin, Deborah Carr and Sara Moorman. 2013. “Family Relationships and Advance Care Planning: Do Positive Relations Encourage or Hinder Planning?” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 68: 246-256.
2012
Carr, Deborah. 2012. “’I Don’t Want to Die Like That…’: The Impact of Significant Others’ Death Quality on Advance Care Planning.” The Gerontologist 52: 770-781.
Carr, Deborah. 2012. “The Social Stratification of Older Adults’ Preparations for End of Life Health Care.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 53: 297-312.
Carr, Deborah. 2012. “Racial and Ethnic Differences in Advance Care Planning: Identifying Subgroup Patterns and Obstacles.” Journal of Aging & Health 24: 923-947.
Carr, Deborah. 2012. “Death and Dying in the Contemporary United States: What are the Psychological Implications of Anticipated Death?” Social and Personality Psychology Compass 6/2: 184-195.
Carr, Deborah and Karen Jaffe. 2012. “The Psychosocial Consequences of Weight Trajectories: Evidence from Quantitative and Qualitative Data.” Economics and Human Biology 10: 419-430.
Moorman, Sara, Deborah Carr, Bernard J. Hammes, and Karin T. Kirchhoff. 2012. “Evaluating the Respecting Choices® Advance Care Planning Program: An Indirect Assessment Using the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study” Death Studies 36: 301-23.
Sharp, Shane, Deborah Carr, and Cameron MacDonald. 2012. “Religion and End-of-Life Treatment Preferences: Assessing the Effects of Denomination, Beliefs, and Practices.” Social Forces 91: 275–298.
Tsenkova, Vera, Deborah Carr, Christopher Coe, and Carol D. Ryff. 2012. “Synergistic Effect of Neuroticism and BMI on Glucose Metabolism in Nondiabetic Adults.” Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 81: 327-328.
2011
Carr, Deborah. 2011. “Racial Differences in End-of-Life Planning: Why Don’t Blacks and Latinos Prepare for the Inevitable?” Omega: The Journal of Death and Dying 63: 1-20.
Tsenkova, Vera, Deborah Carr, Dale Schoeller and Carol Ryff. 2011. “Perceived Discrimination Amplifies the Link between Central Adiposity and Nondiabetic Glycemic Control (HBA1C).” Annals of Behavioral Medicine 41: 243-52.
2010
Carr, Deborah, Yoko Ibuka, and Louise Russell. 2010. “How Much Time Do Americans Spend Seeking Health Care? Racial and Ethnic Differences in Patient Experiences.” Research in the Sociology of Health Care 28: 71-98.
Carr, Deborah. 2010. “New Perspectives on the Dual Process Model: What Have We Learned? What Questions Remain?” Omega: The Journal of Death and Dying 61: 373-82.
Carr, Deborah and Kristen Springer. 2010. “Advances in Families and Health Research in the 21st Century.” Journal of Marriage and Family (Decade in Review Special Issue) 72: 744-762.
Pai, Manacy and Deborah Carr. 2010. “Do Personality Traits Moderate the Effects of Spousal Loss on Psychological Adjustment?” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 51: 183-99.
2009
Carr, Deborah and Sara Moorman. 2009. “End of Life Treatment Preferences among the Young-Old: An Assessment of Psychosocial Influences.” Sociological Forum 24: 754-778.
Carr, Deborah. 2009. “Who’s to Blame? Perceived Responsibility for Spouse’s Death and Psychological Distress among Older Widowed Persons.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 50:359-375.
Carr, Deborah and Kathrin Boerner. 2009. “Do Spousal Discrepancies in Marital Quality Assessments Affect Psychological Adjustment to Widowhood?” Journal of Marriage and Family 71: 495-509.
Khodyakov, Dmitry and Deborah Carr. 2009. “The Impact of Late-Life Parental Death on Sibling Relationships: Do Advance Directives Help or Hurt?” Research on Aging 31: 495-519.
Moorman, Sara M., Deborah Carr, and Robert M. Hauser. 2009. “Do Older Adults Know Their Spouses’ End-of-Life Treatment Preferences? Evidence from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study.” Research on Aging 31: 463-491.
Pudrovska, Tetyana, and Deborah Carr. 2009. “Age at First Birth and Fathers’ Subsequent Health: Evidence from Sibling and Twin Models.” American Journal of Men’s Health 3:104-115.
2008
Moorman, Sara M. and Deborah Carr. 2008. “Spouses’ Effectiveness as End-of-Life Health Care Surrogates: Accuracy, Uncertainty, and Errors of Overtreatment or Undertreatment.” The Gerontologist 48: 811-19.
Carr, Deborah, Karen Jaffe and Michael Friedman. 2008. “Perceived Mistreatment among Obese Americans: Do Race, Class, and Gender Matter?” Obesity 16 (Supplement): S60-68.
Pudrovska, Tetyana and Deborah Carr. 2008. “Psychological Adjustment to Divorce and Widowhood in Mid- and Later Life: Do Coping Strategies and Personality Protect Against Psychological Distress?” Advances in Life Course Research: Stress Processes across the Life Course 13: 283-317.
Russell, Louise B., Yoko Ibuka, and Deborah Carr. 2008. “Everyday Clinical Encounters: Evidence from the American Time Use Survey The Patient 1: 211-222.
2007
Lee, Min-Ah and Deborah Carr. 2007. “Does the Context of Spousal Loss Affect the Physical Functioning of Widowed Older Persons? A Longitudinal Analysis.” Research on Aging 29: 457-487.
Carr, Deborah, Michael A. Friedman, and Karen Jaffe. 2007. “Understanding the Relationship Between Obesity and Positive and Negative Affect: The Role of Psychosocial Mechanisms.” Body Image 4(2): 165-177.
Carr, Deborah and Dmitry Khodyakov. 2007. “Health Care Proxies in Later Life: Whom Do We Choose and Why?” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 48(2): 180-194.
Carr, Deborah and Dmitry Khodyakov. 2007. End of Life Health Care Planning among Young-Old Adults: An Assessment of Psychosocial Influences.” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 62B: 135-141.
2006
Pudrovska, Tetyana, Scott Schieman, and Deborah Carr. 2006. “The Strains of Singlehood in Later Life: Do Race and Gender Matter?” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 61:315-322.
Carr, Deborah and Michael Friedman. 2006. “Body Weight and Interpersonal Relationships.” Social Psychology Quarterly 69: 127-49.
Ha, Jung-Hwa, Deborah Carr, Rebecca Utz, and Randolph Nesse. 2006. “Older Adults’ Perceptions of Intergenerational Support after Widowhood: How Do Men and Women Differ?” Journal of Family Issues 27: 3-30.
2005
Carr, Deborah and Michael Friedman. 2005. “Is Obesity Stigmatizing? Body Weight, Perceived Discrimination and Psychological Well-Being in the United States.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 46: 244-259.
Ha, Jung-Hwa and Deborah Carr. 2005. “The Effect of Parent-Child Geographic Proximity on Widowed Parents’ Psychological Adjustment and Social Integration.” Research on Aging 27(5): 578-610.
Byrne, Anne and Deborah Carr. 2005. “Caught in the Cultural Lag: The Stigma of Singlehood.” Psychological Inquiry 16: 84-90.
Carr, Deborah. 2005. “The Psychological Consequences of Midlife Men’s Social Comparisons with their Young Adult Sons.” Journal of Marriage and Family 67: 240-50.
Carr, Deborah. 2004. “Black/White Differences in Psychological Adjustment to Spousal Loss among Older Adults.” Research on Aging 26(6): 591-622.
2004
Carr, Deborah. 2004. “The Desire to Date and Remarry Among Older Widows and Widowers.” Journal of Marriage and Family 66: 1051-68.
Utz, Rebecca, Erin Reidy, Deborah Carr, Randolph M. Nesse, and Camille B. Wortman. 2004. “The Daily Consequences of Widowhood: The Role of Gender and Intergenerational Transfers on Subsequent Housework Performance.” Journal of Family Issues 25(5): 683-712.
Carr, Deborah. 2004. “‘My Daughter Has a Career – I Just Raised Babies’: Women’s Intergenerational Social Comparisons.” Social Psychology Quarterly 67(2): 132-54. [Reprinted in Ageing (Key Issues for the 21st Century), edited by Susan M. McDaniel. London: Sage. 2007]
Carr, Deborah. 2004. “Gender, Pre-Loss Marital Dependence and Older Adults’ Adjustment to Widowhood” Journal of Marriage and Family 66: 220-35.
2003 and earlier
Carr, Deborah. 2003. “A ‘Good Death’ for Whom? Quality of Spouse’s Death and Psychological Distress among Older Widowed Persons” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 44(2): 215-32.
Carr, Deborah. 2002. “The Psychological Consequences of Work-Family Tradeoffs for Three Cohorts of Women and Men.” Social Psychology Quarterly 65(2):103-124.
Utz, Rebecca, Deborah Carr, Randolph Nesse, and Camille B. Wortman. 2002. “The Effect of Widowhood on Older Adults’ Social Participation: An Evaluation of Activity, Disengagement, and Continuity Theories.” The Gerontologist 42(4): 522-33.
Bonanno, George A., Camille B. Wortman, Darrin R. Lehman, Roger G. Tweed, John Sonnega, Deborah Carr, and Randolph M. Nesse. 2002. “Resilience to Loss and Chronic Grief: A Prospective Study from Pre-loss to 18 Months Post-loss.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 83(5): 1150-1164.
Carr, Deborah and Rebecca Utz. 2002. “Late-Life Widowhood in the United States: New Directions in Research and Theory.” Ageing International 27(1):65-88. [Reprinted in Intimacy in Late-Life (pp. 19-46), edited by Graham Fennell and Kate Davidson. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Press. 2004.]
Carr, Deborah, James S. House, Camille B. Wortman, Randolph M. Nesse, and Ronald C. Kessler. 2001. “ Psychological Adjustment to Sudden and Anticipated Spousal Loss Among Older Widowed Persons.”Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 56B (4): S237-48.
Carr, Deborah, James S. House, Ronald C. Kessler, Randolph M. Nesse, John Sonnega, and Camille B. Wortman. 2000. “Marital Quality and Psychological Adjustment to Widowhood Among Older Adults: A Longitudinal Analysis.” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 55B (4):S197-207.
Singer, Burton H., Carol D. Ryff, Deborah Carr, and William Magee. 1998. “Linking Life Histories and Mental Health: A Person-Centered Strategy.” Sociological Methodology 28:1-51.
Carr, Deborah. 1997. “The Fulfillment of Career Dreams at Midlife: Does it Matter for Women’s Mental Health.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 38(4): 331-344.
Carr, Deborah. 1996. “Two Paths to Self-Employment? Women’s and Men’s Self-Employment in the United States, 1980.” Work and Occupations 23(1): 26-53. [Reprinted in D.B. Cornfield, K. Campbell, and H. McCammon (Ed.), Restructured Workplaces: Challenges and New Directions for the Sociology of Work. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 2001.]
Selected Book Chapters
Carr, Deborah and Elinore Avni. 2023. “Aging and Morality.” Pp. 173-184 in The Handbook of the Sociology of Mortality, 2nd ed., edited by Steven Hitlin, Aliza Luft, and Shai Dromi. New York: Springer.
Carr, Deborah. 2023. “Midlife Mental Health” Pp. 512-519 in Encyclopedia of Mental Health – Volume 2, 3rd Ed. edited by Charlotte Markey and Howard S. Friedman. New York: Elsevier/Academic Press.
Carr, Deborah and Zachary Baker. 2023. “Death and Dying.” In Encyclopedia of Mental Health, 3rd Ed. edited by Charlotte Markey and Howard S. Friedman. New York: Elsevier.
Carr, Deborah and Heather Mooney. 2021. “Bereavement in Later Life.” Pp. 240-254 in Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, 9th ed., edited by Kenneth F. Ferraro and Deborah Carr. New York: Academic Press
Carr, Deborah. 2021. “Psychological Resilience in the Face of Later Life Stress.” Pp. 157-174 in Resilience and Aging: Emerging Science and Future Possibilities, edited by Andrew Wister and Theodore D. Cosco. New York: Springer.
Carr, Deborah. 2018. “The ‘Linked Lives’ Principle in Life Course Studies: Classic Approaches and Contemporary Advances.” Pp. 41-63 in Social Networks and the Life Course, edited by Duane F. Alwin, Diane H. Felmlee, and Derek Kreager. New York: Springer International.
Carr, Deborah. 2016. “Grief and Bereavement.” Pp. 271-294 in Gerontology: Changes, Challenges, and Solutions, edited by Madonna Harrington Meyer and Elizabeth Daniele. New York: Praeger Publishers.
Carr, Deborah and Elizabeth Luth. 2016. “End of Life Planning and Health Care.” Pp. 375-394 in Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, 8th ed., edited by Linda K. George and Kenneth Ferraro. New York: Academic Press.
Carr, Deborah. 2015. “Spousal/Intimate Partner Loss and Bereavement.” Pp. 553-559 in Handbook of Oncology Social Work, edited by Lynn Behar, Grace Christ, Carolyn Messner and Mary Sormanti. New York: Oxford University Press.
Carr, Deborah, Kristen Springer and Kristi Williams. 2014. “Health and Families” Pp. 255-276 Wiley-Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families, edited by Judith Treas, Jackie Scott, and Martin Richards. New York: Wiley.
Carr, Deborah and Debra Umberson. 2013. “The Social Psychology of Stress, Health and Coping.” Pp. 465-487 in Handbook of Social Psychology, 2nd ed., edited by John Delamater and Amanda Ward. New York: Springer.
Carr, Deborah and J. Shep Jeffreys. 2011. “Spousal Bereavement in Later Life” Pp. 81-92 in Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society: Bridging Research and Practice, edited by Robert A. Neimeyer, Howard Winokuer, Darcy Harris and Gordon Thornton. New York: Routledge.
Carr, Deborah and Susan Bodnar-Deren. 2009. “Gender, Aging, and Widowhood.” Pp. 699-723 in International Handbook of the Demography of Aging, edited by Peter Uhlenberg. New York: Springer.
Carr, Deborah. 2008. “Social and Emotional Well-Being of Single Women in Contemporary America.” Pp. 58-81 in Women on their Own: Interdisciplinary Approaches, edited by Rudolph M. Bell and Virginia Yans. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.
Carr, Deborah. 2008. “Late-Life Bereavement: The Changing Lives of Older Couples Study.” Pp. 417-440 in Handbook of Bereavement Research and Practice: 21st Century Perspectives, edited by Margaret Stroebe, Robert O. Hansson, Henk Schut, & Wolfgang Stroebe. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association (APA) Press.
Carr, Deborah. 2006. “Methodological Issues in Studying Bereavement.” Pp. 19-47 in Spousal Bereavement in Late Life, edited by Deborah Carr, Randolph Nesse, and Camille B. Wortman. New York: Springer.
Carr, Deborah. 2006. “The Future of Late Life Spousal Bereavement.” Pp. 313-323 in Spousal Bereavement in Late Life, edited by Deborah Carr, Randolph Nesse, and Camille B. Wortman. New York: Springer.
Carr, Deborah and Jung-Hwa Ha. 2006. “Bereavement.” Pp. 397-405 in Handbook of Girls’ and Women’s Psychological Health: Gender and Well-Being across the Life Span, edited by Judith Worrell and Carol Goodheart. New York: Oxford University Press.
Carr, Deborah, Camille B. Wortman and Randolph M. Nesse. 2006. “Understanding Late Life Widowhood: New Directions in Research, Theory, and Practice.” Pp. 3-18 in Spousal Bereavement in Late Life, edited by Deborah Carr, Randolph Nesse, and Camille B. Wortman. New York: Springer.
Carr, Deborah, Camille B. Wortman and Karin Wolff. 2006. “How Americans Die Today: Implications for Surviving Spouses.” Pp. 49-78 in Spousal Bereavement in Late Life, edited by Deborah Carr, Randolph Nesse, and Camille Wortman. New York: Springer.
Carr, Deborah. 2002. “Socioeconomic Background and Midlife Health in the United States.” Pp.155-83 in Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 22: Economic Outcomes in Later Life: Public Policy, Health, and Cumulative Advantage, edited by Stephen Crystal and Dennis Shea. New York: Springer.
Selected Other Academic Publications
Ailshire, Jennifer and Deborah Carr. 2021. “Cross-National Comparisons of Social and Economic Contexts of Aging” Journal of Gerontology: Psychological and Social Sciences.
Carr, Deborah. 2019. “Aging Alone? International Perspectives on Social Integration and Isolation” Journal of Gerontology: Psychological and Social Sciences 74(8), 1391-1393.
Carr, Deborah. 2019. “Early-Life Influences on Later Life Well-Being: Innovations and Explorations.” Journal of Gerontology: Psychological and Social Sciences 74(5): 829-31.
Carr, Deborah. 2018. “Volunteering among Older Adults: Life Course Correlates and Consequences” Journal of Gerontology: Psychological and Social Sciences 73: 479-81.
Neupert, Shevaun D. and Deborah Carr. 2018. “Methodological Innovations in Gerontology: Advances in Psychosocial Research.” Journal of Gerontology: Psychological and Social Sciences 73: 1-4.
Pruchno, Rachel and Deborah Carr. 2017. “Successful Aging 2.0: Resilience and Beyond.” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 72: 201-203.
Carr, Deborah. 2018. “Volunteering among Older Adults: Life Course Correlates and Consequences.” Journal of Gerontology: Psychological and Social Sciences 73: 479-81.
Carr, Deborah. 2011. “Life Course.” Oxford Bibliographies Online, edited by Jeff Manza. New York: Oxford University Press.
Carr, Deborah. 2011. “Celebrating the Work of Sebastiao Salgado: A Sociological Lens on Salgado’s Documentary Photography.” Sociological Forum 26: 416-417.
Carr, Deborah, Anu Pemmarazu, and Dorothy Rice. 1996. Improving Data on the Aging Population: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.