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Anne Barrett


Contact Information:

Office: Pepper Institute
Phone: 644-2833
Fax: 644-2304
Email: abarrett@fsu.edu
Website: The FSU Study of Women and Aging

Areas of Specialization:

Research:

  • Aging and the Life Course
  • Medical Sociology
  • Family Sociology

Teaching:

  • Family Problems and Social Change
  • Aging and the Life Course

Education and Recent Professional Experience:

  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey
    Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, August 1999-August 2001
  • Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
    Ph.D., Sociology, May 1999
    Dissertation: “Marital Trajectories and Mental Health: A Typological Approach to the Social Causation Hypothesis” Advisor: Dr. Linda K. George.
    M.A., Sociology, concentrations in Medical Sociology and Lifecourse and Aging, October 1996
  • University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
    Fulbright Scholar, Women's Studies Program and Department of Sociology Coursework in Social and Biological Anthropology, February-December 1994
  • College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia B.A., Sociology and Economics, Summa Cum Laude, May 1993

Selected Papers and Publications:

  • Barrett, Anne E. and Cheryl Robbins. 2008. “The Multiple Sources of Women’s Aging Anxiety and their Relationship with Psychological Distress.” Journal of Aging and Health 20:32-65. READ
  • Pai, Manacy and Anne E. Barrett. 2007. "Long-term Payoffs of Work? Women's Paid Work Histories and Mental Health in Widowhood." Research on Aging 29:436-456. READ
  • Barrett, A.E. and Turner, R.J. 2006. "Family Structure and Substance Use in Adolescence and Early Adulthood: Examining Explanations for the Relationship," Addiction 101: 109-120. READ
  • Barrett, A.E. 2005. "Gendered Experiences in Midlife: Implications for Age Identity," Journal of Aging Studies 19: 163-183. READ
  • Barrett, A.E. and Turner, R.J. 2005. "Family Structure and Mental Health: The Mediating Effects of Socioeconomic Status, Family Process, and Social Stress" Journal of Health and Social Behavior 46: 156-169. READ
  • Blekesaune, M. and Barrett, A.E. 2005. "Marital Dissolution and Work Disability: A Longitudinal Study of Administrative Data from Norway" European Sociological Review 21: 259-271. READ
  • Westerhof, G.J. and Barrett, A.E. 2005. "Age Identity and Subjective Well-being: A Comparison of the United States and Germany" Journal of Gerontology 60B: S129-S136. READ

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