Neal Krause
Funded Research:
Health and Well Being Among Older-Old in United States and Japan (NIA)
Health Behaviors and Lifestyles in Old Age in the United States and Japan (NIH)
Religion, Aging and Health (NIA)
Religion, Aging, and Mexican American Health (NIA)
Soc Exchanges & Mortality: Is Supp or Conflict Critical (NIA)
Trajectories of Subjective Well-Being and Ethnicity in Old Age (NIA)
Well-Being Among the Aged: Personal Control and Self-Esteem (NIA)
Research Professor, Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan.
Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan.
Ph.D., Akron University-Kent State University
Dr. Krause's work focuses on stress and the resources people use to cope with it. In particular, he is interested in stress and health among the elderly, and religion and health in late life.
Recent Publications
Books
Krause, Neal. 2008. Aging in the Church: How Social Relationships Affect Health. West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton Foundation Press. Abstract.
Schaie, K. Warner, Neal Krause, and Alan Booth. 2004. Religious Influences on Health and Well-Being in the Elderly. New York: Springer Pub. Co.
Journal Articles
Ellison, C.G., Krause, Neal, B.C. Shepherd, and M.A. Chaves. 2009. "Size, Conflict, and Opportunities for Interaction: Congregational Effects on Members' Anticipated Support and Negative Interaction." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 48(1): 1-15. DOI:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2009.01426.x. Licensed Access. Worldcat.
Krause, Neal. 2009. "Church-Based Volunteering, Providing Informal Support at Church, and Self-Rated Health in Late Life." Journal of Aging and Health, 21(1): 63-84. DOI:10.1177/0898264308328638. Licensed Access. Worldcat.
Krause, Neal. 2009. "Meaning in Life and Mortality." Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 64(4): 517-527. DOI:10.1093/geronb/gbp047. Licensed Access.
Krause, Neal, and Christopher G. Ellison. 2009. "The Doubting Process: A Longitudinal Study of the Precipitants and Consequences of Religious Doubt in Older Adults." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 48(2): 293-312. DOI:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2009.01448.x. Licensed Access.
Krause, Neal, and Elena Bastida. 2009. "Religion, suffering, and health among older Mexican Americans." Journal of Aging Studies, 23(2): 114-123. DOI:10.1016/j.jaging.2008.11.002. Licensed Access.
Colbert, Sha Juan, and Neal Krause. 2009. "Witnessing Violence Across the Life Course, Depressive Symptoms, and Alcohol Use Among Older Persons." Health Education & Behavior, 36(2): 259-277. DOI:10.1177/1090198107303310. Licensed Access.
Newsom, J.T., Mahan, T.L., K.S. Rook, and Neal Krause. 2008. "Stable negative social exchanges and health." Health Psychology, 27(1): 78-86. DOI:10.1037/0278-6133.27.3.357. Licensed Access.
Cairney, J., and Krause, Neal. 2008. "Negative life events and age-related decline in mastery: Are older adults more vulnerable to the control-eroding effect of stress?" Journals of Gerontology Series B-Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 63(3): S162-S170. Worldcat.
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