PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

在接下来的几十年里，50岁以上的美国人的比例将急剧增加，这将使一个人口面临与年龄相关的认知和身体功能下降的风险。这种情况强调了确定阻碍认知和身体功能的因素、促进心理健康的因素以及可能调解认知和身体功能下降与心理和身体健康之间关系的因素的重要性。根据这些需要进一步研究的领域，我的研究计划旨在探索功能衰退发生并随后影响心理和身体健康的机制。我的研究项目的另一个目标是确定保持老年人健康和幸福的社会心理因素。

In the next several decades, the proportion of Americans over age 50 will increase dramatically, creating a population at risk to the effects of the declines in cognitive and physical functioning associated with aging. This situation underscores the importance of identifying factors which impede cognitive and physical functioning, factors which foster psychological health, and factors which may mediate the relationship between declines in cognitive and physical functioning and psychological and physical health. In accordance with these identified areas requiring future study, my research program is designed to probe the mechanisms by which declines in functioning occur and subsequently affect psychological and physical health. Another goal of my research program is to identify psychosocial factors that preserve health and well-being in older adults.