Lifespan Lab

Director

Margie Lachman
PhD, Pennsylvania State University
781-736-3300
lachman@brandeis.edu

Links

• Boston Roybal Center
• Lifespan Initiative on Healthy Aging at Brandeis
• MIDUS
• Brandeis Faculty Guide

Profile

Margie E. Lachman, PhD, is Minnie and Harold L. Fierman Professor of Psychology and Director of the Lifespan Development Lab at Brandeis University and the Boston Roybal Center for Active Lifestyle Interventions. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, Division 20 and the Gerontological Society of America. Lachman's research is in the area of lifespan development with a focus on midlife and later life. She was editor of the Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences (2000-2003), and edited two volumes on midlife development. She was co-director of the National Institute on Aging (NIA) funded pre and postdoctoral training program, Cognitive Aging in a Social Context (1990-2015).

With funding from NIA, her current work is aimed at identifying psychosocial (e.g., sense of control) and behavioral (e.g., physical exercise) factors that can protect against, minimize, or compensate for declines in cognition (e.g., memory) and health. She is conducting studies to examine long-term predictors of psychological and physical health, laboratory-based experiments to identify psychological and physiological processes involved in aging-related changes, especially in memory, and intervention studies to enhance performance and promote adaptive functioning.

Lachman has published numerous chapters and journal articles on these topics. Lachman was a member of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Midlife Development (1990-98) and is currently collaborating on a 20-year longitudinal follow-up of the original MacArthur midlife sample, with the Midlife in the United States Study (MIDUS). She has conducted intervention studies designed to enhance the sense of control over memory and physical exercise (e.g., Strong for Life), and one of the programs designed to increase control over falls (A Matter of Balance) has been widely adopted internationally and won the Archstone Award for Excellence in Program Innovation from the American Public Health Association.

Lachman has served as an advisor to organizations such as the AARP and the Boston Museum of Science for the traveling exhibit on the Secrets of Aging. She has presented her research on the CBS evening news and the NBC Today show. She received the Distinguished Research Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association, Division on Adult Development and Aging in 2003 and the Distinguished Career Contribution to Gerontology Award in Behavioral and Social Sciences from the Gerontological Society of America in 2015. In 2021, she received the Distinguished Mentorship in Gerontology Award from the Gerontological Society of America Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences.

Awards and Honors

• Dean's Mentoring Award, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Brandeis University (2023)
• Distinguished Mentorship in Gerontology Award, Gerontological Society of America (2021)
• Distinguished Career Contribution to Gerontology Award, Behavioral and Social Sciences, Gerontological Society of America (2015)
• Bronfman Philanthropies Brandeis-Israel Collaborative Research Grant (2014-15)
• Residential Fellowship (2009-10), Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University (2009-10)
• American Psychological Association, Division 20-Adult Development and Aging, Distinguished Research Achievement Award (2003)
• Editor, Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences (2000-03)
• Archstone Foundation Award for Excellence in Program Innovation, American Public Health Association (1998)
• Fellow, American Psychological Association, Division on Adult Development and Aging (1994)
• Fellow, Gerontological Society of America (1992)
• Member, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Midlife Development (1989-2000)

Recent Publications

2024

• Schiloski, K. A., & Lachman, M. E. (2024). The Relationship Between 10-Year Changes in Cognitive Control Beliefs and Cognitive Performance in Middle and Later Adulthood. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, gbae155. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbae155
• Hamm, J. M., Lachman, M. E., Duggan, K. A., Mogle, J. A., McGrath, R., Parker, K., & Klepacz, L. M. (2024). When and how perceived control buffers against cognitive declines: A moderated mediation analysis. Psychology and Aging. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000841 [doi.org]
• Lachman, M. E., & Schiloski, K. A. (2024). The psychosocial anti-inflammatories: Sense of control, purpose in life, and social support in relation to inflammation, functional health and chronic conditions in adulthood. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 111957. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2024.111957
• Mahon, E., & Lachman, M. E. (2024). Voice biomarkers in middle and later adulthood as predictors of cognitive changes. Frontiers in Psychology, 15. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1422376

• Tetzner, J., Drewelies, J., Duezel, S., Demuth, I., Wagner, G. G., Lachman, M., Lindenberger,U., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2024,In press).  Stability and Change of Optimism and Pessimism in Late–Midlife and Old Age across three Independent Studies. Psychology and Aging.
• Finley, A., Angus, D., Knight, E. van Reekum, C., Lachman, M., Davidson, R. J., & Schaefer, S. (2024, in press).  Resting EEG Periodic and Aperiodic Components Predict Cognitive Decline  Over 10 Years" Journal of Neuroscience.
• Infurna, F., Dey, N.,  Avilés, T., Grimm, K. J., Lachman, M.E., & Gerstorf, D. (2024, in press). Loneliness in Midlife: Historical Increases and Elevated Levels in the United StatesCompared with Europe. American Psychologist.
• Lin, X. Y. & Lachman, M. E.  (2024, in press). Social Media Use and Daily Well-Being: The Role  of  Quantity and Quality of Social Support. Research on Aging.

2023

• Storer, T. W., Pahor, M., Woodhouse, L. J., Lachman, M. E., & Fielding, R. A. (2023). Exercise and Behavior: Adjuncts to Pro-Myogenic Compounds for Enhancing Mobility in Older Adults. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 78(Supplement_1), 61–66. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glad041
• Stieger, M., Allemand, M., & Lachman, M. E. (2023). Effects of a digital self-control intervention to increase physical activity in middle-aged adults. Journal of health psychology, 13591053231166756. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053231166756

• Lin, X. Y., Zhang, L., Yoon, S., Zhang, R., & Lachman, M. E. (2023). A Social Exergame Intervention to Promote Physical Activity, Social Support, and Well-Being in Family Caregivers. The Gerontologist, gnad028. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnad028

• Bisson, A. N. S., & Lachman, M. E. (2023). The relationship of daily physical activity and sleep in adults: variations by age, sex, and race. Journal of behavioral medicine, 10.1007/s10865-022-00387-2. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-022-00387-2

• Kaltenberg, M., Jaffe, A.B., Lachman, M.E. (2023). Invention and the life course: Age differences in patenting. Res Policy. 52(1) 104629

2022

• Karlamangla, A.S., Almeida, D.M., Lachman, M.E., Merkin, S.S., Thomas, D., Seeman, T.E. (2022). Diurnal dynamic range as index dysregulation of system dynamics. A cortisol exemplar using data from the Study of Midlife in the United States. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 142: 105804. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105804.

• Mahon, E., Lachman, M.E. (2022). Voice biomarkers as indicators of cognitive changes in middle and later adulthood. Neurobiol Aging. 119: 22-35. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2022.06.010.

• Dembo, R.S., Huntington, N., Mitra, M., Rudolph, A.E., Lachman, M.E., & Mailick, M.R. (2022). Social network typology and health among parents of children with developmental disabilities: Results from a national study of midlife adults. Social Science and Medicine. 292:114623. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114623. Epub 2021 Nov 30. PMID: 34891030; PMCID: PMC8748422.

• Urban-Wojcik, E.J., Lee, S., Grupe, D.W., Quinlan, L., Gresham, L., Hammond, A., Charles, S.T., Lachman, M.E., Almeida, D.M., Davidson, R.J., & Schaefer, S.M. (2022). Diversity of daily activities is associated with greater hippocampal volume. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience. 22(1): 75-87.  doi: 10.3758/s13415-021-00942-5. PMCID: PMC8792192.

2021

• Bisson, A.N.S., Sorrentino, V., & Lachman, M.E. (2021). Walking and Daily Affect Among Sedentary Older Adults Measured Using the StepMATE App: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.  JMIR Mhealth Uhealth,9(12):e27208 URL: https://mhealth.jmir.org/2021/12/e27208 DOI: 10.2196/27208. PMCID: PMC8686479.

• DiBlasion, C. A., Sima, A., Kumar, R.G., Kennedy, R.E., Retnam, R., Lachman, M.E., Novak, T.A., & Dams-O'Connor, K. (2021). Research Letter: Performance of the Brief Test of Adult Cognition by Telephone in a National Sample. J Head Trauma Rehabil, 36(4), E233-E239. https://doi.org/10.1097/HTR.0000000000000664, PMCID: PMC8249334 

• Freund, A.M., Hennecke M., Brandstätter V., Martin M., Boker S.M., Charles S.T., Fishbach A., Gow A.J., Heckhausen J., Hess T.M., Isaacowitz D. M., Klusmann V., Lachman M.E., Mayr U., Oettingen G., Robert P., Roecke C., Rothermund K., Scholz U., Tobler P. N., Zacher H., Zadeh R.S. (2021). Motivation and Healthy Aging: A Heuristic Model. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab128 

• Galambos, N., Krahn, H., Johnson, M., & Lachman, M. (2021). Another Attempt to Move Beyond the Cross-sectional U Shape of Happiness: A Reply. Perspective on Psychological Science. 16(6): 1447-1455. https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916211008823

• Heckhausen, J., Brandstätter, V., Fishbach, A., Freund. A.M., Lachman, M.E., & Robert, P. Goal Changes and Healthy Aging (2021).  Journal of Gerontology: Series B: Psychological Sciences. 76(S2), S115–S124. doi:10.1093/ geronb/gbab038

• Hong, J.H., Lachman, M.E., Charles, S.T., Chen, Y., Wilson, C.L., Nakamura, J.S., VanderWeele, T.J., & Kim, E.S. (2021). The positive influence of sense of control on physical, behavioral, and psychosocial health in older adults: An outcome-wide approach. Preventive Medicine, 149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106612

• Infurna, F., Staben, O., Lachman, M.E., & Gerstorf, D.  (2021). Historical change in midlife health, well-being, and despair: Cross-cultural and socioeconomic comparisons. American Psychologist. 76(6): 870-887. doi: 10.1037/amp0000817.https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000817

• Kaltenberg, M., Jaffe, A.B., Lachman, M.E. (2021). Invention and the Life Course: Age Differences in Patenting. NBER Working Paper Series. National Bureau of Economic Research, http://www.nber.org/papers/w28769

• Kaltenberg, M., Jaffe, A.B., & Lachman, M.E. (2021). The Age of Invention: Matching Inventor Ages to Patents based on Web-scraped Sources. NBER Working Paper Series. #28768, National Bureau of Economic Research, http://www.nber.org/papers/w28768

• Lin, X.Y., & Lachman, M.E. (2021). Daily stress and affect across adulthood: The role of social interactions and communication mode. Technology, Mind, and Behavior, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000026. PMCID: PMC8974319.

• Lin, X.Y., & Lachman, M.E. (2021).  Associations between social media use, physical activity, and emotional well-being from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) Refresher Daily Diary Study. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. Dec 1:1-10. doi:10.1123/japa.2021-0267. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34853182.

• Lindert, J., Paul, K.C., Lachman Margie, E., Ritz, B., & Seeman, T. (2021). Depression-, anxiety- and anger and cognitive functions: Findings from a longitudinal prospective study. Frontiers in Psychiatry:Ading Psychiatry, 12. https://10.3389/fpsyt.2021.665742 : PMC8377351.

• Lindert, J., Paul, K.C., Lachman Margie, E., Ritz, B., & Seeman, T. (2021). Social stress and risk of declining cognition: A longitudinal study of men and women in the United States. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-021-02089-7. PMCID: PMC8522181.

• Liu, Y., & Lachman, M.E. (2021). "A group-based walking study using WeChat to enhance physical activity among older adults: The role of social engagement." Research on Aging. 43(9-10):368-377. PMCID: PMC8021609.

• Seeman, M., Merkin, S., Karlamangla, A., Koretz, B., Grzywacz, J., Lachman, M., & Seeman, T. (2021). "On the biopsychosocial costs of alienated labor." Work, Employment, and Society. 35(5): 891-913. doi: 10.1177/0950017020952662.  PMCID: PMC8547591.

• Song, J., Radler, B.T., Lachman, M.E., Mailick, M.R., Si, Y., & Ryff, C.D. (2021). Who Returns? Understanding Varieties of Longitudinal Participation in MIDUS. Journal of Aging and Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/08982643211018552. PMCID: PMC8595452.

• Staben, O.E., Infurna, F.J., Lachman, M.E., & Gerstorf, D., (2021). Examining racial disparities in historical change of mental and physical health across midlife and old age in the US. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, gbab232, online advance publication.  https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab232

• Stieger, M., & Lachman, M. (2021). Increases in Cognitive Activity Reduce Aging-Related Declines in Executive Functioning. Frontiers in Psychiatry: Aging Psychiatry, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.708974. PMCID: PMC8358146  

• Stieger, M., Allemand, M., & Lachman, M.E. (2021). Targeting self-control as a behavior change mechanism to increase physical activity: Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2020.106236, PMCID: PMC7887092

• Stieger, M., Liu, Y., Graham, E.K., DeFrancisco, J., & Lachman, M.E. (2021). Personality Change Profiles and Changes in Cognition Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults. Journal of Research in Personality, 95, 104157 DOI:10.1016/j.jrp.2021.104157. PMID: 34949898. PMCID: PMC8691724.

• Urban-Wojcik, E.J., Lee, S., Grupe, D.W., Quinlan, L., Gresham, L., Hammond, A., Charles, S.T., Lachman, M.E., Almeida, D.M., Davison, R.J. & Schaefer, S.M. (2021). Diversity of daily activities is associated with greater hippocampal volume. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-021-00942-5.

• Wahl, H.W., Drewelies, J., Duezel, S., Lachman, M.E., Smith, J., Eibich, P., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Demuth, I., Lindenberger, U., Wagner, G.G., Ram, N., Gerstorft, D. (2021). Subjective age and attitudes toward own aging across two decades of historical time. Psychology and Aging. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pag0000649

2020

• Arnett, J.J., Robinson, O., & Lachman, M.E. (2020). Rethinking adult development: Introduction to the special issue. American Psychologist, 75(4), 425-430.

• Galambos, N.L., Krahn, H.J., Johnson, M.D., & Lachman, M.E.  (2020). The u-shape of happiness across the life course: Expanding the discussion.  Perspectives on Psychological Sciences, 15(4), 898-912. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691620902428, PMCID: PMC7529452

• Hamm, J.M., Heckhausen, J., Shane, J., & Lachman, M.E. (2020). Risk of cognitive declines with retirement: Who declines and why? Psychology and Aging, 35(3), 449-457. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000453, PMCID: PMC7165065

• Hittner, E.F., Stephens, J.E.,Turiano, N.A., Gerstorf, D., Lachman, M.E., Haase, C.M. (2020). Positive affect is associated with less memory decline: Evidence from a 9-year longitudinal study. Psychological Science, 31(11), 1386-1395. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620953883. PMCID: PMC7797593.

• Infurna, F., Gerstorf, D., & Lachman, M.E. (2020). Midlife in the 2020s: Opportunities and challenges. American Psychologist, 75(4), 470-485. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000591, PMCID: PMC7347230

• Lin, X.Y., Saksono, H., Stowell, E., Lachman, M.E., Castaneda-Sceppa, C., Parker, A.G. (2020). Go&Grow: An Evaluation of a Pervasive Social Exergame for Caregivers of Loved Ones with Dementia. Proceedings of the AMC on Human-Computer Interaction, 4(151). Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1145/3415222. PMCID: PMC7605491.

• Liu, Y., & Lachman, M.E. (2020). A group-based walking study using WeChat to enhance physical activity among older adults: The role of social engagement. Research on Aging. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0164027520963613, PMCID: PMC6845435

• Liu, Y., & Lachman, M.E. (2020). Education and cognition in middle age and later life: The mediating role of physical and cognitive activity. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbz020, PMCID: PMC7424279

• Lynch, K., & Lachman, M.E. (2020).  The effects of lifetime trauma exposure and resilience on cognitive functioning in midlife. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 33(5). Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22522

• Robinson, S.A., & Lachman, M.E. (2020). Daily control beliefs and cognition: The mediating role of physical activity. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, Series B, 75(4), 772-782. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gby081, PMCID: PMC7328023

• Seeman, M., Merkin, S., Karlamangla, A., Koretz, B., Grzywacz, J., Lachman, M., & Seeman, T. (2020). On the biopsychosocial costs of alienated labor. Work, employment, and Society. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017020952662 

• Stieger, M., Allemand, M., & Lachman, M.E. (2020). Targeting self-control as a behavior change mechanism to increase physical activity: Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2020.106236 , PMCID: PMC7887092

• Stieger, M., Robinson, S.A., Bisson, A., & Lachman, M.E. (2020).  The relationship of personality and behavior change in a physical activity intervention. Personality and Individual Differences, 166. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110224

• Urban, E.J., Mumford, J.A., Almeida, D.M., Lachman, M.E., Ryff, C.D., Davidson, R.J., &  Schaefer, S. M. (2020).  Health, well-being and emodiversity in the MIDUS daily diary study. Emotion. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000753, PMCID: PMC7544683

2019

• Bisson, A.N., Robinson, S.A., & Lachman, M.E. (2019). Walk to a better night of sleep: Testing the relationship between physical activity and sleep. Sleep Health: Journal of the National Sleep Foundation, 5(5), 487-494. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2019.06.003, PMCID: PMC6801055

• Dixon, R.A., & Lachman, M.E. (2019). Risk and protective factors in cognitive aging: Advances in assessment, prevention, and promotion of alternative pathways. In G. Samanez-Larkin (Ed.), The aging brain: Functional adaptation across adulthood (pp. 217-263). Washington DC: American Psychological Association.

• Hamm, J.M., Heckhausen, J., Shane, J., Infurna, F.J., & Lachman, M.E. (2019). Engagement with six major life domains during the transition to retirement: Stability and change for better or worse. Psychology and Aging, 34, 441-456. doi: 10.1037/pag0000343, PMCID: PMC7147829

• Hong, J.H., Charles, S.T., Lee, S., & Lachman, M.E. (2019). Perceived changes in life satisfaction from the past, present and to the future: A comparison of U.S. and Japan. Psychology and Aging, 34, 317-329. doi: 10.1037/pag0000345

• Liu, Y., & Lachman, M.E. (2019). Socioeconomic status and parenting style from childhood: Long-term effects on cognitive function in middle and later adulthood. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Social Sciences, 74(6), e13-e24. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbz034, PMCID: PMC6703235

• Rickenbach, E., Agrigoroaei, S., Hughes, M., & Lachman, M.E. (2019). Control beliefs and susceptibility to the promises of memory improvement. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2019, 1-11. doi: 10.1002/acp.3544

• Stowell, E., Zhang, Y., Castaneda-Sceppa, C., Lachman, M., & Parker, A.G. (2019). Caring for Alzheimer’s Disease Caregivers: A Qualitative Study Investigating Opportunities for Exergame Innovation. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 3. Online publication Aug 2019. doi: 10.1145/3359232

2018

• Agrigoroaei, S., Robinson, S. A., Hughes, M.L., Rickenbach, E.H., & Lachman, M.E. (2018). Cognition at midlife: Antecedents and consequences. In C. D. Ryff & R. F. Krueger (Eds.), Oxford handbook of integrated health science. Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190676384.013.19

• Drewelies, J., Agrigoroaei, S., Lachman, M.E., & Gerstorf, D. (2018). Age variations in cohort differences in the United States: Older adults report fewer constraints nowadays than those 18 years ago, but mastery beliefs are diminished among younger adults. Developmental Psychology, 54, 1408-1425. doi: 10.1037/dev0000527, PMCID: PMC6186389

• Elliot, A. J., Turiano, N.A., Infurna, F.J., Lachman, M.E., & Chapman, B.P. (2018). Lifetime trauma, perceived control, and all-cause mortality: Results from the Midlife in the United States Study. Health Psychology, 37, 262-270. doi: 10.1037/hea0000585, PMCID: PMC6057153

• Hughes, M.L., Agrigoroaei, S., Jeon, M., Bruzzese, M., & Lachman, M.E. (2018). Change in cognitive performance from midlife into old age: Findings from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) Study. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 24, 805-820. doi: 10.1017/S1355617718000425, PMCID: PMC6170692

• Hughes, M.L., & Lachman, M.E. (2018). Social comparisons of health and cognitive functioning contribute to changes in subjective age. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 73, 816-824. Online publication April 25 2016. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbw044, PMCID: PMC6283307

• Lachman, M.E., Lipsitz, L., Lubben, J., Castaneda-Sceppa, C., & Jette, A. (2018). When adults don’t exercise: Behavioral strategies to increase physical activity in sedentary middle-aged and older adults. Innovation in Aging, 2, 1-12. doi: 10.1093/geroni/igy007

• Levine, C.S., Miller, G.E., Lachman, M.E., Seeman, T.E., & Chen, E. (2018). Early life adversity and adult health. In C. D. Ryff & R. F. Krueger (Eds.), Oxford handbook of integrated health science. Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190676384.013.3

• Lo, O.Y., Conboy, L.A., Rukhadze, A., Georgetti, C., Gagnon, M.M., Manor, B., & Wayne, P. M. (2018). In the eyes of those who were randomized: Perceptions of disadvantaged older adults in a Tai Chi trial. The Gerontologist. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/geront/gny165, PMCID: PMC7228436

• Matz-Costa, C., Howard, E., Sceppa, C., Diaz-Valdes Iriarte, A., & Lachman, M. (2018). Peer-based strategies to support physical activity interventions for older adults: A typology, conceptual framework, and practice guidelines. The Gerontologist. doi: 10.1093/geront/gny092, PMCID: PMC6858827

• Matz-Costa, C., Lubben, J., Lachman, M.E., Lee, H.N., & Choi, Y.J. (2018). A pilot randomized trial of an intervention to enhance the health-promoting effects of older adults' activity portfolios: The Engaged4Life program. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 61(8), 792-816. Nov 05 2018. doi: 10.1080/01634372.2018.1542371, PMCID: PMC6353638

• Robinson, S.A., Bisson, A.N., Hughes, M.L., Ebert, J., & Lachman, M.E. (2018). Time for change: Using implementation intentions to promote physical activity in a randomised pilot trial. Psychology & Health. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2018.1539487, PMCID: PMC6440859

• Robinson, S.A. & Lachman, M.E. (2018). Daily control beliefs and cognition: The mediating role of physical activity. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, Series B. Advanced online publication. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gby081, PMCID: PMC7328023

• Robinson, S.A., & Lachman, M.E. (2018). Perceived control and cognition in adulthood: The mediating role of physical activity. Psychology and Aging. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/pag0000273, PMCID: PMC6104634

• Segel-Karpas, D., & Lachman, M.E. (2018). Social contact and cognitive functioning: The role of personality. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 73, 974-984. Online publication Aug 9 2016. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbw079, PMCID: PMC6093459

• Segel-Karpas, D., Ayalon, L., & Lachman, M.E. (2018). Loneliness and depressive symptoms: The moderating role of the transition into retirement. Aging and Mental Health, 22, 135-140. Online publication Sep 13 2016. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2016.1226770, PMID: 27624519

• Segel-Karpas, D., Ayalon, L., & Lachman, M. (2018). Retirement and depressive symptoms: A 10-year cross-lagged analysis. Psychiatry Research, 269, 565-570. Online publication Aug 25 2018. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.08.081

• van Reekum, C.M., Schaefer, S.M., Lapate, R.C., Norris, C.J., Tun, P.A., Lachman, M.E.,  Davidson, R. J. (2018). Aging is associated with a prefrontal lateral-medial shift during picture-induced negative affect. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 13(2), 156-163. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsx144

2017

• Brisbon, N., & Lachman, M.E. (2017). Dispositional mindfulness and memory problems: The role of perceived stress and sleep quality. Mindfulness, 8, 379-386. doi: 10.1007/s12671-016-0607-8.

• Hostinar, C.E., Davidson, R.J., Graham, E.K., Mroczek, D.K., Lachman, M.E., Seeman, T.E., van Reekum, C.M., & Miller, G.E. (2017). Frontal brain asymmetry, childhood maltreatment, and low-grade inflammation at midlife. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 75, 152-163. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.10.026

• Karlamangla, A.S., Lachman, M.E., Han, W.J., Huang, M.H., & Greendale, G.A. (2017). Evidence for Cognitive Aging in Midlife Women: Study of Women's Health Across the Nation. PLoS ONE, 12, e0169008. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169008

• Robinson, S.A., & Lachman, M.E. (2017). Perceived control and aging: A mini review and directions for future research. Gerontology, 63, 435-442. doi: 10.1159/000468540

• Sullivan, A.N., & Lachman, M.E. (2017). Behavior change with fitness technology insedentary adults: A review of the evidence for increasing physical activity. Frontiers in Public Health, 4. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00289

• Wayne, P.M., Gagnon, M.M., Macklin, E.A., Travison, T., Manor, B., Lachman, M., Lipsitz, L.A. (2017). The Mind-Body Wellness in Supportive Housing (Mi-WiSH) Study: Design and rationale of a cluster randomized controlled trial of Tai Chi in senior housing. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 60, 96-104. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2017.07.005

• Zahodne, L.B., Manly, J.J. , Smith, J., Seeman, T., & Lachman, M. (2017). Socioeconomic, health, and psychosocial mediators of racial disparities in cognition in early, middle, and late adulthood. Psychology and Aging, 32, 118-130. doi: 10.1037/pag0000154

2016

• Agrigoroaei, S., Attardo, A.L., & Lachman, M.E. (2016). Stress and subjective age: Those with greater financial stress look older. Research on Aging, 39, 1075-1099. doi: 10.1177/0164027516658502

• Crowley, O. ., Kimhy, D., McKinley, P.S., Burg, M.M., Schwartz, J.E., Lachman, M.E., Sloan, R.P. (2016). Vagal recovery from cognitive challenge moderates age-related deficits in executive functioning. Research on Aging, 38, 504-525. doi: 10.1177/0164027515593345

• Grzywacz, J.G., Segel-Karpas, D., & Lachman, M.E. (2016). Workplace exposures and cognitive function during adulthood: Evidence from the National Survey of Midlife Development and the O*NET. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 58, 535-541. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000727

• Robinson, S.A. & Lachman, M.E. (2016). Perceived control and behavior change: A personalized approach. In F. Infurna & J. Reich (Eds.), Perceived Control: Theory, Research, and Practice in the First 50 Years (pp. 201-227). New York, New York: Oxford University Press.

• Robinson, S., Rickenbach, E.H., & Lachman, M.E. (2016). Self-regulatory strategies in daily life: Selection optimization and compensation and everyday memory problems. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 40, 126-136. doi: 10.1177/0165025415592187

• Segal-Karpas, D., Ayalon, L., & Lachman, M.E. (2016). Loneliness and depressive symptoms: The moderating role of the transition into retirement. Aging and Mental Health, 22, 135-140. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2016.1226770

• Song, J., Mailick, M.R., Greenberg, J.S., Ryff, C.D., & Lachman, M.E. (2016). Cognitive aging in parents of children with disabilities. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 71, 821-830. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbv015

• Teshale, S., & Lachman, M.E. (2016). Managing daily happiness: The relationship between selection, optimization and compensation (SOC) strategies and well-being in adulthood. Psychology and Aging, 31, 687-692. doi: 10.1037/pag0000132

2015

• Galambos, N.L., Fang, S., Krahn, H.J., Johnson, M.D., & Lachman, M.E. (2015). Up, not down: The age curve in happiness from early adulthood to midlife in two longitudinal studies. Developmental Psychology, 51, 1664-1671. doi: 10.1037/dev0000052

• Hahn, E.A., & Lachman, M.E. (2015). Everyday experiences of memory problems and control: The adaptive role of selective optimization with compensation in the context of memory decline. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 22, 25-41. doi: 10.1080/13825585.2014.888391

• Hostinar, C.E., Lachman, M.E., Mroczek, D. ., Seeman, T.E., & Miller, G.E. (2015). Additive contributions of childhood adversity and recent stressors to inflammation at midlife: Findings from the MIDUS study. Developmental Psychology, 51, 1630-1644. doi: 10.1037/dev0000049

• Lachman, M.E. (2015). Mind the gap in the middle: A call to study midlife. Research in Human Development, 12, 327-334. doi: 10.1080/15427609.2015.1068048

• Lachman, M.E., Agrigoroaei, S., & Hahn, E.A. (2015).  Making sense of control: Change and consequences. In R. Scott & S. Kosslyn (Eds.), Emerging trends in the social and behavioral sciences. An interdisciplinary, searchable, and linkable resource. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781118900772.etrds0209

• Lachman, M.E., Teshale, S., & Agrigoroaei, S. (2015). Midlife as a pivotal period in the life course: Balancing growth and decline at the crossroads of youth and old age. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 39, 20-31. doi: 10.1177/0165025414533223

• Rickenbach, E.H., Agrigoroaei, S., & Lachman, M.E. (2015). Awareness of Memory Ability and Change: In(Accuracy) of Memory Self-Assessments in Relation to Performance. Journal of Population Ageing, 8, 71-99. doi: 10.1007/s12062-014-9108-5

• Vargas-Lascano, D.I., Galambos, N.L., Krahn, H.J., & Lachman, M.E. (2015). Growth in perceived control across 25 years from the late teens to midlife: The role of personal and parents' education. Developmental Psychology, 51, 124-135. doi: 10.1037/a0038433

2014

• Graham, E.K., & Lachman, M.E. (2014). Personality traits, facets and cognitive performance: Age differences in their relations. Personality and Individual Differences, 59, 89-95. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.11.011

• Karlamangla, A.S., Miller-Martinez, D., Lachman, M.E., Tun, P.A., Koretz, B.K., & Seeman, T.E. (2014). Biological correlates of adult cognition: Midlife in the United States (MIDUS). Neurobiology of Aging, 35, 387-394. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2013.07.028

• Lachman, M.E., Agrigoroaei, S., Tun, P.A., & Weaver, S.L. (2014). Monitoring cognitive functioning: Psychometric properties of the Brief Test of Adult Cognition by Telephone. Assessment, 21, 404-417. doi: 10.1177/1073191113508807

• Rickenbach, E.H., Almeida, D.M., Seeman, T.E., & Lachman, M.E. (2014). Daily stress magnifies the association between cognitive decline and everyday memory problems: An integration of longitudinal and diary methods. Psychology and Aging, 29, 852-862. doi: 10.1037/a0038072

• Turiano, N.A., Chapman, B.P., Agrigoroaei, S., Infurna, F.J., & Lachman, M.E. (2014). Perceived control reduces mortality risk at low, not high education levels. Health Psychology, 8, 883-890. doi: 10.1037/hea0000022

• Zebrowitz, L., Franklin, R., Jr., Boshyan, J., Luevano, V., Agrigoroaei, S., Milosavljevic, B., & Lachman, M.E. (2014). Older and younger adults' accuracy in discerning competence and health in older and younger faces. Psychology and Aging, 29, 454-468. doi: 10.1037/a0036255

2013

• Agrigoroaei, S. , Neupert, S.D. , & Lachman, M.E. (2013). Maintaining a Sense of Control in the Context of Cognitive Challenge: Greater Stability in Control Beliefs Benefits Working Memory. The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry, 26, 49-59. doi: doi:10.1024/1662-9647/a000078

• Agrigoroaei, S., Polito, M., Lee, A., Kranz-Graham, E., Seeman, T., & Lachman, M.E. (2013). Cortisol Response to Challenge Involving Low Controllability: The Role of Control Beliefs and Age, Biological Psychology. Biological Psychology 93, 138-142. doi: doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.01.003

• Bertrand, R., Graham, E.K., & Lachman, M.E. (2013). Personality development in adulthood and old age. In R. M. Lerner, M. A. Easterbrooks & J. Mistry (Eds.), Handbook of Psychology: Developmental Psychology (2 ed., pp. 475-494). New York: Wiley.

• Human, L.J., Biesanz, J.C., Miller, G.E., Chen, E., Lachman, M.E., & Seeman, T.E. (2013). Is change bad? Personality change is associated with poorer psychological health and greater metabolic syndrome in midlife. Journal of Personality, 81, 249-260. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12002

• Kimhy, D., Crowley, O.V., McKinley, P.S., Burg, M.M., Lachman, M.E., Tun, P.A., Sloan, R.P. (2013). The association of cardiac vagal control and executive functioning: Findings from the MIDUS study. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 47, 628-635. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2013.01.018

• Tun, P.A., Miller-Martinez, D., Lachman, M.E., & Seeman, T. (2013). Social strain and executive function across the lifespan: The dark (and light) sides of social engagement. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 20, 320-338. doi: 10.1080/13825585.2012.707173

2012

• Chen, E., Miller, G.E., Lachman, M.E., Gruenewald, T.L., & Seeman, T.E. (2012). Protective Factors for Adults from Low-Childhood Socioeconomic Circumstances: The Benefits of Shift-and-persist for allostatic load. Psychosomatic Medicine, 74, 178-186. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31824206fd

• Graham, E.K., & Lachman, M.E. (2012). Personality stability is associated with better cognitive performance in adulthood: Are the stable more able? Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 67, 545-554. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbr149

• Graham, E.K., & Lachman, M.E. (2012). Personality and Aging: Cognitive perspectives and processes. Handbook of developmental psychology: Adult development and aging (pp. 254-272). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.

• Kremen, W.S., Lachman, M.E., Pruessner, J.C., Sliwinski, M., & Wilson, R. (2012). Mechanisms of Age-Related Cognitive Change and Targets for Intervention: Social Interactions and Stress. The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 67, 760-765. doi: 10.1093/gerona/gls125

• Lachman, M.E., & Agrigoroaei, S. (2012). Low perceived control as a risk factor for episodic memory: The mediational role of anxiety and task interference. Memory and Cognition, 40, 287-296. doi: 10.3758/s13421-011-0140-x

• Zimprich, D., Allemand, M., & Lachman, M.E. (2012). Factorial structure and age-related psychometrics of the MIDUS personality adjective items across the life span. Psychological Assessment, 24, 173-186. doi: 10.1037/a0025265

2011

• Agrigoroaei, S., & Lachman, M.E. (2011). Cognitive functioning in midlife and old age: Combined effects of psychosocial and behavioral factors. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 66B(S1), i130-i140. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbr017

• Gerstorf, D., Röcke, C., & Lachman, M.E. (2011). Antecedent-consequent relations of perceived control to health and social support: Longitudinal evidence for between-domain associations across adulthood. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 66, 67-71. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbq077

• Lachman, M.E., Neupert, S., & Agrigoroaei, S. (2011). The relevance of control beliefs for health and aging. In K.W. Schaie & S.L. Willis (Eds.), Handbook of the Psychology of Aging (7th ed., pp. 175-190). New York: Elsevier.

• Miller, G.E., Lachman, M.E., Chen, E., Gruenewald, T.L., Karlamanga, A.R., & Seeman, T.E. (2011). Pathways to resilience: Maternal nurturance as a buffer against childhood poverty’s effects on metabolic syndrome at midlife. Psychological Science, 22, 1591–1599. doi:10.1177/0956797611419170

• Seeman, T., Miller-Martinez, D., Stein-Merkin, S., Lachman, M.E., Tun, P., & Karlamangla, A. (2011). Histories of social engagement and adult cognition: Midlife in the US Study. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 66B(S1), i141-i152. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbq091

• Stawski, R.S., Almeida, D.M., Lachman, M.E., Tun, P., & Rosnick, C., Seeman, T. (2011). Associations between cognitive functioning and naturally occurring daily cortisol during middle adulthood: Timing is everything. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 66B(S1), i71-i81. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbq094

2010

• Agrigoroaei, S., & Lachman, M.E. (2010). Personal control and aging: How beliefs and expectations matter. In Cavanaugh, J. C., & Cavanaugh, C. K. (Eds.), Aging in America: Psychological Aspects (Vol. 1, pp. 177-201). Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger Perspectives.

• Cotter, K.A., & Lachman, M.E. (2010). No strain, no gain: Psychosocial predictors of physical activity across the lifespan. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 7, 584-594.

• Cotter, K.A. & Lachman, M.E. (2010). Psychosocial and behavioral contributors to health: Age-related increases in physical disability are reduced by physical fitness. Psychology and Health, 25, 805-820. doi: 10.1080/08870440902883212

• Lachman, M.E. (2010). Life begins at 40, 50, 60, and 70. Are we happy yet? In L. Bormans (Ed.), The World Book of Happiness, 148-150. Singapore and Belgium: Page One and Lanoo.

• Lachman, M.E., & Agrigoroaei, S. (2010). Optimizing Health: A Lifespan Approach. In Rothstein, P. & Schull, D.D. (Eds.), Boomers and Beyond: Reconsidering the Role of Libraries. (pp. 15-22). American Library Association.

• Lachman, M.E., & Agrigoroaei, S. (2010). Promoting functional health in midlife and old age: Long-term protective effects of control beliefs, social support, and physical exercise. PloSONE, 5(10): e13297. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013297

• Lachman, M.E., Agrigoroaei, S., Murphy, C., & Tun, P. (2010). Frequent Cognitive Activity Compensates for Education Differences in Episodic Memory. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 18, 4-10. doi: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181ab8b62

• Lachman, M.E., & Kranz, E. (2010). The midlife crisis. In I. Weiner & E. Craighead (Eds.), The Corsini encyclopedia of psychology (4th ed., Vol. 3, pp. 993-994).

• Pearman, A., & Lachman, M.E. (2010). Heart rate recovery predicts memory performance in older adults. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 35, 107-114. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10484-009-9113-2

• Stawski, R.S., Almeida, D.M., Lachman, M.E., Rosnick, D.B., & Tun, P.A. (2010). Fluid cognitive ability is associated with greater exposure and smaller reactions to daily stressors. Psychology and Aging, 25, 330-342. doi: 10.1037/a0018246

• Tun, P.A., & Lachman, M.E. (2010). The association between computer use and cognition across adulthood: Use it so you won't lose it. Psychology and Aging, 25, 560-568. doi: 10.1037/a0019543

2009

• Almeida, D., Lachman, M.E., Marks, N.F., Mroczek, D., & Ryff, C.D. (2009). Orville Gilbert Brim: Icon of generativity. Research on Human Development, 6, 252-266. doi: 10.1080/15427600903281269

• Lachman, M.E., Rosnick, C. , & Röcke, C., (2009). The rise and fall of control beliefs in adulthood: Cognitive and biopsychosocial antecedents and consequences of stability and change over nine years. In H. Bosworth and C. Hertzog (Eds.), Cognition in Aging: Methodologies and Empirical Advances, Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

• Neupert, S.D., Lachman, M.E., Whitbourne, S.B. (2009).  Exercise self-efficacy and control beliefs: Effects on exercise behavior after an exercise intervention for older adults. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 17, 1-16.

2008

• Lachman, M.E., Röcke, C., Rosnick, C., & Ryff, C.D. (2008). Realism and illusion in Americans’ temporal views of their life satisfaction: Age differences in reconstructing the past and anticipating the future. Psychological Science, 19, 889-897. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02173.x

• Lachman, M.E., & Tun, P.A. (2008). Cognitive testing in large-scale surveys: Assessment by telephone. In S. Hofer & D. Alwin (Eds.). Handbook on Cognitive Aging: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (pp. 506-522). Thousand Oaks, CA: SagePublishers.

• Röcke, C., & Lachman M.E. (2008). Perceived trajectories of life satisfaction across past, present, and future: Profiles and correlates of subjective change in young, middle-aged and older adults. Psychology and Aging, 23, 833-847. doi: 10.1037/a0013680

• Tun, P.A., & Lachman, M.E. (2008). Age differences in reaction time and attention in a national telephone sample of adults: Education, sex, and task complexity matter. Developmental Psychology, 44, 1421-1429. doi: 10.1037/a0012845

• Whitbourne, S., Neupert, S., & Lachman, M.E. (2008). Daily physical activity: Relation to everyday memory in adulthood. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 27, 331-349. doi: 10.1177/0733464807312175

2006

• Andreoletti, C., Veratii, B., & Lachman, M.E. (2006). Age differences in the relationship between anxiety and recall. Aging and Mental Health, 10, 265-271. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13607860500409773

• Lachman, M.E. (2006). Perceived control over aging-related declines: Adaptive beliefs and behaviors. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 15, 282-286. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2006.00453.x

• Lachman, M.E., & Andreoletti, C. (2006). Strategy use mediates the relationship between control beliefs and memory performance for middle-aged and older adults. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 61B, P88-P94.

• Lachman, M.E., Andreoletti, C., & Pearman, A. (2006). Memory control beliefs: How are they related to age, strategy use, and memory improvement? Social Cognition, 24, 359-385. doi: 10.1521/soco.2006.24.3.359

• Lachman, M.E., Neupert, S.D., Bertrand, R., & Jette, A.M. (2006). The effects of strength training on memory in older adults. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 14, 59-73.

• Neupert, S.D., Miller, L.M.S., & Lachman, M.E. (2006). Physiological reactivity to cognitive stressors: Variations by age and socioeconomic status. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 62(3), 221-235. doi: 10.2190/17DU-21AA-5HUK-7UFG

• Tun, P.A., & Lachman, M.E. (2006). Telephone assessment of cognitive function in adulthood: The Brief Test of Adult Cognition by Telephone (BTACT). Age and Ageing, 35, 629-632. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afl095.

• Yun, R.J., & Lachman, M.E. (2006). Perceptions of aging in two cultures: Korean and American views on old age. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 21, 55-70. doi: 10.1007/s10823-006-9018-y

• Wrosch, C., Heckhausen, J., & Lachman, M.E. (2006). Goal management across adulthood and old age: The adaptive value of primary and secondary control. In D. Mroczek & Little, T. (Eds.), Handbook of Personality Development (pp. 399-421). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

2005

• Lachman, M.E. (2005, January). Aging under control? Psychological Science Agenda, Vol. 19, No. 1.

2004

• Andreoletti, C., & Lachman, M.E. (2004). Susceptibility and resilience to memory aging stereotypes: Education matters more than age. Experimental Aging Research, 30, 129-148.  doi: 10.1080/03610730490274167

• Blatt-Eisengart, I., & Lachman, M.E. (2004). Attributions for memory performance in adulthood: Age differences and mediation effects. Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition, 11, 68-79. doi: 10.1076/anec.11.1.68.29364

• Lachman, M.E. (2004). Development in midlife. Annual Review of Psychology, 55, 305-331. doi: 10.1146/annurev.psych.55.090902.141521

• Lachman, M.E., & Prenda, K.M. (2004). The adaptive value of feeling in control during midlife. In O. G. Brim, C. D. Ryff, & R. Kessler (Eds.), How healthy are we?: A national study of well-being at midlife (pp. 320-349). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

• Markus, H., Plaut, V., & Lachman, M.E. (2004). Place matters: The cultural patterning of well-being in America. In O.G. Brim, C.D. Ryff, & R. Kessler (Eds.), How healthy are we?: A national study of well-being at midlife, (pp. 614-650). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

2002

• Bertrand, R. & Lachman, M.E. (2002). Personality development in adulthood and old age. In R.M. Lerner, M.A. Easterbrooks, & J. Mistry (Eds.), Comprehensive Handbook of Psychology: Vol. 6. Developmental Psychology, NY: Wiley.

• Plaut, V.C., Markus, H.R., & Lachman, M.E. (2002). Place matters: Consensual features and regional variation in American well-being and self. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 160-184. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.83.1.160

2001

• Andreoletti, C., Zebrowitz, L., & Lachman, M.E. (2001). Physical appearance and control beliefs in young, middle-aged, and older adults. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27, 969-981. doi: 10.1177/0146167201278005

• Lachman, M.E. (Ed.). (2001) Handbook of midlife development. NY: John Wiley. Preface and Introduction (PDF)

• Prenda, K., & Lachman, M.E. (2001). Planning for the future: A life management strategy for increasing control and life satisfaction in adulthood. Psychology and Aging, 16, 206-216. doi: 10.1037/0882-7974.16.2.206

2000

• Maier, H., & Lachman, M.E. (2000). Consequences of early parental loss and separation for health and well-being in midlife. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 24, 183-189. doi: 10.1080/016502500383304

• Miller, L.S., & Lachman, M.E. (2000). Cognitive performance and the role of control beliefs in midlife. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 7, 69-85. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1076/1382-5585(200006)7:2;1-U;FT069

• Walen, H., & Lachman, M.E. (2000). Social support and strain from partner, family and friends: Costs and benefits for men and women. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 17, 5-30. doi: 10.1177/0265407500171001

• Wrosch, C., Heckhausen, J., & Lachman, M.E. (2000). Primary and secondary control strategies for managing health and financial stress across adulthood. Psychology and Aging, 15, 387-399. doi: 10.1037/0882-7974.15.3.387

1999

• Jette, A.M., Lachman, M.E., Giorgetti, M.M., Assmann, S.F., Harris, B.A., Levenson, C., Wernick. M., & Krebs, D. (1999). Exercise — It's never too late: the Strong-for-Life Program. American Journal of Public Health, 89, 66-72.

• Peterson, L., Howland, J., Kielhofner, G., Lachman, M.E., Assmann, S., Cote, J., & Jette, A. (1999). Falls self-efficacy and occupational adaptation among elders. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, 16, 1-16. doi:10.1080/J148v16n01_01

1998

• Howland, J., Lachman, M.E., Peterson, E.W., Cote, J., Kasten, L., & Jette, A. (1998). Covariates of fear of falling and associated activity curtailment. The Gerontologist, 38, 549-555. doi: 10.1093/geront/38.5.549

• Jette, A.M., Rooks, D., Lachman, M.E., Lin, T.H., Levensen, C., Giorgetti, M.M., & Harris, B.A. (1998). Home-based resistance training: Predictors of participation and adherence. The Gerontologist, 38, 412-421. doi: 10.1093/geront/38.4.412

• Lachman, M.E., & Weaver, S.L. (1998a). Sociodemographic variations in the sense of control by domain: Findings from the MacArthur Studies of Midlife. Psychology and Aging, 13, 553-562. doi: doi.apa.org/journals/pag/13/4/553.pdf

• Lachman, M.E., & Weaver, S.L. (1998b). The sense of control as a moderator of social class differences in health and well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 763-773. doi: doi.apa.org/journals/psp/74/3/763.pdf

• Tennstedt, S., Howland, J., Lachman, M., Peterson, E.W., Kesten, L., & Jette, A. (1998). A randomized, controlled trial of a group intervention to reduce fear of falling and associated activity restriction in older adults. The Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 538, 384-392. doi: 10.1093/geronb/53B.6.P384 (Winner of The American Physical Therapy Association Geriatrics Research Publications Award, February, 2000)

1997

• Lachman, M.E., & James, J. (Editors) (1997). Multiple paths of midlife development. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.