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Publications

Ensuring the findings from our research studies are available to the public and translated into the community is one of our top objectives as a lab. Below you will find a list of the SHAARP Lab’s published papers and reports since 2015. Click on each reference to see the full article or abstract. Please check back frequently for updates.

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*Graduate student, **Undergraduate student, † Postdoctoral fellow at time of publication

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  1. Stephan, A.T., Chai,H., Nicholson, J.S.,*McVey,A.,Phillips,C.B.,&Ross,L. A. (In press). Participant motivation typologies as correlates of study participation and retention in randomized controlled trials targeting cognitive aging through computerized cognitive training. The Gerontologist.

  2. Hansen,A.,Kiely,K.,Attuquayefio,T.,Hosking,D.,Regan,M.,Eramudugolla, R., Ross, L.A., & Anstey, K.J. (2025). Assessment of the application of technology acceptance measures to older drivers’ acceptance of advanced driver-assistance systems. Applied Ergonomics, 125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104474.

  3. Yoo-Jeong,M.,..,Chai,H.,...&Smith,M.L.(2025).Factorsrelatedtosocial

    disconnectedness among older unpaid caregivers. Frontiers in Public Health, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1589103.

  4. Howard,K.A.,Massimo,L.M.,Witrick,B.,Zhang,L.,Griffin,S.F.,Ross,L.A.,&

    Rennert, L. (2025). Investigation of risk of Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and survival based on variation to life experiences used to operationalize cognitive reserve. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 5(1). 147-158. https://doi.org/10.1177/13872877251326818

  5. Cho,K.,Chai,H.,&Park,M.(2025).Themoderatingroleofwalkinginthe association between HDL cholesterol and cognitive function among Korean older adults: A nationwide population-based cross-sectional study.” Frontiers in Public Health, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1637180.

  6. Vazquez,C.E.,...Chai,H.,...&Smith,M.L.(2025).Therelationshipbetween social media use and loneliness across the lifespan in the United States: Population-based study using Health Information National Trends Survey data.” Advances in Patient-Reported Outcomes, 1(2). 100196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apro.2025.100196

  7. Chai,H.,Wang,Y.,Mernitz,S.E.,Powers,D.A.,&Umberson,D.J.(2025). Correlates of longitudinal change in sexual motives among same-sex and different-sex couples in mid to later life. International Handbooks of Population, 2025, pp. 239–262. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-87911- 1_13.

  8. McKown,G.L.,&Stephan,A.T.(2025).Beyondthedata:Establishing relationships, honoring lived experience, and highlighting qualitative community research with military-connected families as an exemplar. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 24. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069251376310

  9. Wang,Y.,Chai,H.,Umberson,D.J.,&Mernitz,S.A.(2025).Thegendered sexual experiences and marital quality of middle-aged same-sex and different-sex couples. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 54, 1427–1440. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03125-2.

  10. Ross, L. A., Fine, C., Stephan, A. T., Chai, H. W., *McVey, A., Phillips, C. B., ... & Visscher, K. (2025). The Everyday Function Intervention Trial (EFIT) protocol: A randomized clinical trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 152, 107829. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2025.107829

  11. Jang, H., Stephan, A. T., Ross, L. A., Jeong, M., & Mogle, J. (2024). Family relationship quality and psychological and cognitive health among grandparent caregivers: The moderating role of co-residence with adult children. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 42(3), 794-817. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075241307976

  12. Phillips, C. B., *McVey, A., Sprague, B., *Cooper, K., Stephan, A. T., & Ross, L. A. (2024). Predictive utility of four instrumental activities of daily living assessments and cognitive status changes among cognitively in-tact older adults. Journal of Aging and Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/08982643241297193

  13. Stephan, A. T., Chai, H., *McVey, A., Sprague, B. N., *Wolf, A. V., Phillips, C. B., & Ross, L. A. (2024). Differential longitudinal associations between depressive symptoms and cognitive status by living situation in older adults. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 44(4), 651-659. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648241285602

  14. Stephan, A. T., **Martinez, V., **Moss, D., **Walton, A., **Bonetto, J., **Hertzfeld, A., **Thomas, M., **Roebuck, S., **Davis, W. B., **Pollock, M., **Lynch, S., **Steele, T., *Cooper, K., *McVey, A., Phillips, C. B., & Ross, L. A. (2024). Undergraduate students engaging in hands-on gerontology research: A participatory case study of value gained and lessons learned. Gerontology & Geriatrics Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/02701960.2024.2395995

  15. Miller, M. C., ... Ross, L. A., Chai, H., ...& Adams, R. J. (2024). Longevity in the South Carolina Alzheimer’s Disease Registry. Frontiers in Neurology, 15, https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2024.1425495.

  16. Stephan, A. T., & McKown., G. L. (2024). Intergenerational connections: Skipped generation family contact during the COVID‐19 Pandemic. Personal Relationships, 31(3), 695-713. https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12549.

  17. Stephan, A. T., *McVey, A., **Steele, T., *Cooper, K., Phillips, C. B., & Ross, L. A. (2024). Older adults’ perceptions of cognitive, physical, and exergame training: A mixed methods investigation of a four-armed randomized controlled pilot trial. Games for Health Journal, 13(6), 459-465. https://doi.org/10.1089/g4h.2023.0208

  18. Stephan, A. T., *Hochstetter, N. D., *Clark, V. E., & Jamil, F. M. (2023). From supportive to strained: A mixed methods exploration of emerging adults’ characterizations of past and present grandparent-grandchild roles and relationships. Emerging Adulthood, 11(4), 933-946. https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968231171738

  19. 19.Stephan, A. (2023). Grandparent caregiver wellbeing: A strengths-based approach utilizing the Positive Emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment (PERMA) framework. Journal of Family Issues, 44(5), 1400-1418. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X211058818

  20. Chai, H., Jester, D. J., Lee, S., Joo, S., Umberson, D. J. & Almeida, D. M. (2023). Sleep quality moderates the association between family bereavement and heart rate variability. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 46, 622-631. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-022-00388-1

  21. Chai, H., & Almeida, D. M. (2023). How families make their way into your heart: Exploring the associations between daily experiences involving family members and cardiovascular health. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 57(1), 74-85. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaab095

  22. Chai, H., Mernitz, S. E., & Umberson, D. J. (2023). Sexual motives, stress, and depressive symptoms among midlife different-sex and same-sex couples. The Gerontologist, 63(2), 261-273. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnac136

  23. Pope, C. N., *Wheeler, K. M., †Bell. T. R., Carroll, B. E., Ross, L. A., Crowe, M., Black, S. R., Clay, O. J., & Ball, K. K. (2023). Social determinants of health moderate the associations between processing speed and driving mobility over 10 years: An analysis of the ACTIVE study. Journal of Aging and Health, 35(9_suppl), 26S-39S. https://doi.org/10.1177/08982643231163907

  24. †Sprague, B. N., Ross, L. A., & Ball, K. (2023). Does cognitive training reduce falls across ten years?: Data from the ACTIVE trial. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(6), 4941. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20064941

  25. Phillips, C., *McVey, A., *Tian, J., Stephan, A., **Davis, W. B., Aflagah, E. L., & Ross, L. A. (2023). Feasibility of a pilot dyadic randomized controlled trial testing the effects of three behavioral interventions on older adults’cognitive, physical and everyday function. Frontiers in Aging, 4(1166338). https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fragi.2023.1166338/full

  26. Nicholson, J. S., Hudak, E.M., Phillips, C.B., Chanti-Ketterl, M., O’Brien, J.L., Ross, L.A., Lister, J.J., Burke, J.R., Potter, G., Plassman, B., Woods, A.J., Krischer, J. & Edwards, J.D. (2022). The Preventing Alzheimer’s with Cognitive Training (PACT) Randomized Controlled Trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 123, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2022.106978

  27. †Adams, M. A., Phillips, C. B.†, Patel, A., & Middel, A. (2022). Training computers to see the built environment related to physical activity: Detection of microscale walkability features using computer vision. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19 (8), 4548; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084548

  28. *Freed, S.A.,Ross,L.A.,Mogle,J.,Gamaldo,A.A.,&Zhang,Y.(2022). Driver license renewal requirements predict driving mobility among older drivers with health-related travel difficulties. Transportation Research Record, 2677(8), 185-195. https://doi.org/10.1177/036119812311559

  29. *Freed, S. A., †Sprague, B. N., & Ross, L. A. (2022). Does the association between objective and subjective memory vary by age among healthy older adults. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 31(2), 249–262. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2022.2143471

  30. †Bell, T. R., †Sprague, B. N., & Ross, L. A. (2022). Longitudinal associations of incident pain with cognitive decline in community-dwelling older adults. Psychology and Aging, 37(6), 715–730. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000699

  31. Byrne,K.A.,*Anaraky,R.G.,Dye,C.,Ross,L.A.,Madathil,K.C.,Knijnenburg, B., & Levkoff, S. (2021). Examining rural and racial disparities in the relationship between loneliness and social technology use among older adults. Frontiers in Public Health, 9(723925). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.723925

  32. Ball, K. K., Clay, O. J., Edwards, J. D., Fausto, B., Wheeler, K. M., Felix, C., & Ross, L. A. (2021). Indicators of crash risk in older adults: A longitudinal analysis from the ACTIVE study. Journal of Aging and Health, 35(9_suppl), 19S-25S. https://doi.org/10.1177/08982643211031346

  33. *Chamberlain, J. D., Sprague, B. N., & Ross, L. A. (2022). Age- and time- varying associations between subjective health and episodic memory in older adults. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 77(4), 673–682. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab142

  34. Sliwinski, M. J., *Freed, S. A., Scott, S. B., Pasquini, G., & Smyth, J. M. (2021). Does chronic stress moderate age differences in emotional well-being? Testing predictions of Strength and Vulnerability Integration (SAVI). Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 76(6), 1104-1113. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa174

  35. Adams, M. A., Todd, M., Angadi, S. S., Hurley, J. C., Stecher, C., Berardi, V., Phillips, C. B., McEntee, M., Hovell, M. F., & Hooker, S. (2021). Adaptive goal setting and financial reinforcement to increase moderate to vigorous physical activity in insufficiently active overweight adults: A randomized clinical trial. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 62(2), 57-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2021.09.014

  36. *Freed, S. A., *Sprague, B. N., *Stephan, A. T., *Doyle, C. E., *Tian, J., Phillips, C. B., & Ross, L. A. (2021). Feasibility and enjoyment of exercise video games in older adults. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.751289

  37. *Fausto, B. A., Adorno Maldonado, P. F., Ross, L. A., Lavallière, m., & Edwards, J. D. (2021). A systematic review and meta-analysis of older driver interventions. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 149(1), 105852. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2020.105852

  38. *Sprague, B. N., †Phillips, C. B., & Ross, L. A. (2021). Cognitive training attenuates decline in physical function across 10 years. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences,76 (6), 1114-1124. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa072

  39. *Freed, S. A., Ross, L. A., Gamaldo, A. A., & Stavrinos, D. (2021) Use of multilevel modeling to examine variability of distracted driving behavior in naturalistic driving studies. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 152, 105986. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2021.105986

  40. *Sprague, B. N., *Freed, S. A., Phillips, C. B., & Ross, L. A. (2020). A viewpoint on change point modeling for cognitive aging research: Moving from description to intervention and practice. Ageing Research Reviews, 58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2019.101003

  41. Gamaldo,A.A.,Sardina,A.L.,Tan,S.C.,Ross,L.A.,Gerlin,L.A.,Knox,T.B., Prawl, D., Argueta Portillo, K. S., & Andel, R. (2020). Correlates of life satisfaction among middle-aged and older Black adults. Journal of Racial andEthnicHealthDisparities,8,1249–1259.https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615- 020-00884-7

  42. Gamaldo,A.A.,*Tan,S.C.,Sardina,A.L.,*Henzi,C.,*Guest,R.,Ross,L.A., *Willingham, K., Zonderman, A. B., & Andel, R. A. (2020). Older Black adults’ satisfaction and anxiety levels after completing alternative versus traditional cognitive batteries. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences, 75(7), 1462-1474. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gby09

  43. Phillips, C. B., *Freed, S. A., & Ross, L. A. (2019). Older adult lifespace varies by driving status and residential population density. Transportation Research Record, 2673(7), 586-595. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198119846092

  44. Ross, L. A., Webb, C. E., *Whitaker, C., *Hicks, J. M., *Schmidt, E. L., *Samimy, S., Dennis, N. A., & Visscher, K. M. (2019). The effects of useful field of view training on brain activity and connectivity. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences, 74(7), 1152-1162. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gby041

  45. Ross, L. A., *Sprague, B. N., **Phillips, C. B., O’Connor, M., & Dodson, J. (2018). The impact of three cognitive training interventions on older adults’ physical functioning across five years. Journal of Aging and Health, 30(3), 475-498. https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264316682916

  46. Ross, L. A., *Freed, S. A., **Phillips, C. B., Edwards, & Ball, K. K. (2017). The impact of three cognitive training programs on driving cessation across ten years: A randomized controlled trial. The Gerontologist, 57(5), 838-846. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnw143

  47. *Sprague,B.N.,Phillips,C.B.,&Ross,L.A.(2017).Age-varyingrelationships between physical function and cognition in older adulthood. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences, 74(5), 772- 784. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbx126

  48. Ross, L. A., Edwards, J. D., O’Connor, M. L., Ball, K. K., Wadley, V. G., & Vance, D. E. (2016). The transfer of cognitive speed of processing training to older adults’ driving mobility across five years. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 71(1), 87-97. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbv022

  49. *Pope, C., N., Ross, L., A., & Stavrinos, D. (2016). Association between executive function and problematic adolescent driving. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 37(9), 702-711. https://doi.org/10.1097/DBP.0000000000000353

  50. *Parr, M. N., Ross, L. A., *McManus, B., *Bishop, H. J., *Wittig, S. M. O., & Stavrinos, D. (2016). Differential impact of personality traits on distracted driving behaviors in teens and older adults. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 92, 107-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2016.03.011

  51. †Phillips, C. B., *Sprague, B. N., *Freed, S. A., & Ross, L.A. (2016). Longitudinal associations between changes in physical function and driving mobility behaviors among older adults. Transportation Research Record, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2584, 70-76. https://doi.org/10.3141/2584-09

  52. Anstey, K. J., Eramugolla, R., Ross, L. A., Lautenschlager, N. T., & Wood, J. (2016). Road safety in an ageing population: Risk factors, assessment, interventions and future directions. International Psychogeriatrics, 28, 349- 356. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610216000053

  53. *Schmidt, E. L., *Burge, W., Visscher, K. M., & Ross, L. A. (2015). Cortical thickness in frontoparietal and cingulo-opercular networks predicts executive function performance in older adults. Journal of Neuropsychology, 30(3), 322-331. https://doi.org/10.1037/neu0000242​

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