Publications &
Presentations
On these pages we list the publications and presentations that
have resulted from this ongoing study. They will be listed in
reverse chronological order.
Summary Reports
Data Wave 1
Alpass, F (2008). Work and Retirement. The Health, Work and Retirement
Study: Summary report for the 2006 data wave. Palmerston North:
Massey University. Available at http://hwr.massey.ac.nz/resources/Work_Fiona
Alpass.pdf
Davey, J. (2008). Qualitative interviews. In, Health,
Work and Retirement Survey: Summary report for the 2006 data wave.
Palmerston North: School of Psychology, Massey University. http://hwr.massey.ac.nz/resources/qualitative_interviews-davey.pdf
Noone, J., & Stevenson, B. (2008). Maori cultural identity. In, Health, Work and Retirement Survey: Summary report for the
2006 data wave. Palmerston North: School of Psychology, Massey
University. http://hwr.massey.ac.nz/resources/cultural_identity-Noone-Stevenson.pdf
Stephens, C., & Noone, J. (2008). Health. In, Health,
Work and Retirement Survey: Summary report for the 2006 data wave. Palmerton
North: School of Psychology, Massey University. http://hwr.massey.ac.nz/resources/health_stephens-noone.pdf
Stephens, C., & Noone, J. (2008). Social support, social
networks and wellbeing. In, Health, Work and Retirement
Survey: Summary report for the 2006 data wave. Palmerston
North: School of Psychology, Massey University. http://hwr.massey.ac.nz/resources/social-support_Stephens-Noone.pdf
Towers, A. J. (2007). Methodology. In, Health, Work and
Retirement Survey: Summary report for the 2006 data wave. Palmerston
North: School of Psychology, Massey University. Retrieved from http://hwr.massey.ac.nz/resources/methodology_towers.pdf
Towers, A. & Noone, J. (2007). Characteristics of the
sample. In, Health, Work and Retirement Survey: Summary
report for the 2006 data wave. Palmerston North: School
of Psychology, Massey University. Retrieved from http://hwr.massey.ac.nz/resources/Chapter2_Our
Sample.pdf
Data Wave 2
Stephens, C. & Noone, J. (2011).Social networks and their effects
on health over time: A report from 2006 and 2008 HWR data waves.
Palmerston North: School of Psychology, Massey University. Working
paper. http://hwr.massey.ac.nz/resources/Stephens_Noone_SS_Chapter_220212.pdf
Pond, R., Stephens, C., & Alpass, F. (2010). ‘Caregiving
and its relationship to mental and physical health, socioeconomic
status, and social support’. Summary Report for
the 2008 Data Wave, Health, Work and Retirement Survey, School
of Psychology, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Under review.
Keeling, S., Davey, J. & Glasgow, K. (2009). Qualitative Interviews.
Summary Report for the 2008 Data Wave, Health, Work and Retirement
Survey, School of Psychology, Massey University. http://hwr.massey.ac.nz/resources/HWR
NZIRA August 09 _4_1.pdf
Books and Book Chapters
Stephens, C. (2008). Health promotion: A psychosocial approach.
Maidenhead: Open University Press.
Alpass, F. M. (2006). Work and health in older adults. In J.
Low and P. Jose (Eds.), Lifespan Development: The New Zealand
Context (pp.169-178). Wellington: Pearson Education.
Articles published
2011
Dulin, P., Stephens, C., Alpass, F., Hill, R. D., & Stevenson,
B. (2011). The impact of socio-contextual, physical and life-style
variables on measures of physical and psychological well-being
among Māori and non-Māori: The New Zealand Health, Work
and Retirement Study. Ageing and Society, 27, 1 – 19.
doi:10.1017/S0144686X10001479
Good, G., LaGrow, S., & Alpass, F. (2011). A study of older
adults: normative ranges of life satisfaction and functioning.
New Zealand Journal of Psychology,( Nov online).
Henricksen, A., & Stephens, C. (2011). Happiness-enhancing
activities for older adults. Functional-U, 9(2), 1-9.
Imlach-Gunasekara, F., Carter, K. N., Liu, I., Blakely, T. (2011).
The relationship between income and health using longitudinal data
from New Zealand. J
Epidemiol Comm. Health. Published online June.
LaGrow, S., Alpass, F., Stephens, C., & Towers, A. (2011).
Factors affecting perceived quality of life of older persons with
self-reported visual disability. Quality of Life Research, 20,
407-413.
LaGrow, S., Yeung, P., Towers, A., Alpass, F., & Stephens.
(2011). Determinants of the overall quality of life of older persons
who have difficulty seeing: The importance of the ability to get
around. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness,
October-November 2011, 720-730.
LaGrow, S., Neville, S., & Alpass, F. (2011, in press).
Loneliness and self-reported health among older persons in New
Zealand. Australasian Journal on Ageing.
Stephens, C. (2011). Narrative analysis in health psychology
research: Personal, dialogical, and social stories of health. Health
Psychology Review, 5(1), 62-78. doi:10.1080/17437199.2010.543385.
Stephens, C., Alpass, F., Towers, A., Noone, J., & Stevenson,
B. (2011). The effects of socioeconomic inequalities of working
life on health: Implications for an ageing population. Kotuitui:
New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, 6(1-2), 73-85.
Stephens, C., Alpass, F., Towers, A., & Stevenson, B. (2011).
The effects of types of social networks, perceived social support,
and loneliness on the health of older people: Accounting for the
social context. Journal of Aging and Health. doi: 10.1177/0898264311400189
Stephens, C., & Breheny, M. (2011, in press). Narrative
analysis in psychological research: An integrated approach to interpreting
stories. Qualitative Research in Psychology.
Taylor, J., Alpass, F., Stephens, C., & Towers, A. (2011).
Driving anxiety and fear in young older adults in New Zealand. Age
and Ageing, 40 , 62-66 . doi: 10.1093/ageing/afq154
Touhy, R., & Stephens, C. (2011). Exploring older adults’ personal
and social vulnerability in a disaster. International Journal
of Emergency Management, 8(1), 60-73.
Towers, A., Stephens, C., Dulin, P., Kostick, M., Noone, J., & Alpass,
F. (2011). Estimating Older Hazardous and Binge Drinking Prevalence
Using AUDIT-C and AUDIT-3 Thresholds Specific to Older Adults. Drug
and Alcohol Dependence. DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.02.008
Yeung, P., LaGrow, S., Towers, A., Alpass, F., & Stephens.,
C. (2011, inpress). The centrality of O&M in rehabilitation
programs designed to enhance quality of life: A structural equation
modelling analysis. International Journal of Orientation and
Mobility.
2010
Breheny, M., & Stephens, C. (2010). Ageing in a Material
World. New Zealand Journal of Psychology 39(2),
41-49.
Henricksen, A., & Stephens, C. (2010). An exploration
of the happiness-enhancing activities engaged in by older adults. Ageing
International 35, 311-326.
Noone, J. H., Stephens, C. & Alpass, F. M. (2010) Do
men and women still differ in their retirement planning? Testing
a theoretical model of gendered pathways to retirement preparation, Research
on Aging, 32(6), 715-738.
Noone, J. H ., Stephens, C. V. & Alpass, F. M. (2010). The
Process of Retirement Planning Scale (PRePS): Development and Validation. Psychological
Assessment, 22(3), 520-53.
Pond, R., Stephens, C., & Alpass, F. (2010). Virtuously watching
one’s health: Older adults’ regulation of self in the
pursuit of health. Journal of Health Psychology, 15(5), 734– 43.
Stephens, C., & Flick, U. (2010). Health and ageing: Challenges
for health psychology research. Journal of Health Psychology, 15(5), 643–48.
Stephens, C., Alpass, F., & Towers, A. (2010). Economic
hardship among older people in New Zealand: The effects of low
living standards on social support, loneliness, and mental health. New
Zealand Journal of Psychology, 39(2), 49-56.
Stephens, C., Alpass, F., Baars, M., Towers, A., & Stevenson,
B. (in press). SF-36 norms for New Zealanders aged 55-69 years. New
Zealand Medical Journal.
Stephens, C. & Breheny, M. (2010) Does a social policy discourse
of positive ageing exacerbate material disadvantage for older women? Psychology & Health,25 (6),
87. DOI:10.1080/08870446.2010.502659.
2009
Breheny, M., & Stephens, C. (2009). “I sort of pay
back in my own little way”: Managing independence and social
connectedness through reciprocity. Aging and Society 29 (8),
1295-1313.
Davey, J. (2009) The Meaning of Life: New Zealanders talk about
spirituality. International Conference on Ageing and Spirituality. The
Selwyn Centre for Ageing and Spirituality, Auckland. http://www.selwyncare.org.nz/site_resources/library/PDFs/ConferencePapers/Judith_Davey_Paper.pdf (conference
paper and in proceedings).
LaGrow, S., Alpass, F. & Stephens, C. (2009). Economic standing,
health status and social isolation among visually impaired persons
aged 55 to 70 in New Zealand. Journal of Optometry, 2(3), 155-158.
Noone, J. H ., Stephens, C. V. & Alpass, F. M. (2009). Pre-retirement
planning and well-being in later life: A prospective study.Research
on Aging, 31 (3), 295-317.
Pond, R., Stephens, C., & Alpass, F. (2009). How
health affects retirement decisions: three pathways taken by middle-older
aged New Zealanders. Ageing and Society, 39(3), 527-545.
2008
Davey, J. (2008) What influences retirement decisions? Social
Policy Journal of New Zealand, Issue 33, p. 110-125.
2007
Alpass, F., Towers, A., Stephens, C., Fitzgerald, E., Stevenson,
B., & Davey, J. (2007). Independence, well-being, and social
participation in an aging population. Annals of the New York
Academy of Sciences, 1114, 241-250.
Breheny, M. & Stephens, C. (2007). Older adults’
experience of family life: Linked lives and independent living.
Report for the Families Commission, Ministry of Social Development,
Wellington, New Zealand. Retrieved 4 June 2008: http://www.familiescommission.govt.nz/files/blueskies-breheny-stephens.pdf
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