BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF SCHOLARS IN PSYCHOLOGY OF AGING

该计划旨在进一步提高国家进行高质量老龄化研究的能力，从而改善老年人的健康状况。30名心理学教师将接受研究方法论方面的高级培训，以建立一个大学教师社区，致力于制定积极的研究议程，并在老龄化问题上整合教学和研究。具体目标包括：1)增加心理学教师的知识、技能和追求正在进行的老龄化研究计划的动力；2)为参与者提供与高级研究人员深入互动的机会，并促进他们之间网络关系的发展；3)提高参与者对探索老龄研究新方向的拨款支持的意识，并为他们提供更多与NIA计划工作人员互动的机会；4)增加参与者向国家老龄研究所提交的强有力的研究提案的数量。项目设计包括一个为期两周的初始学院，关于提案制定的持续咨询，2月份的工作会议，以及一个夏季后续学院。涵盖的主题包括：研究设计与分析(K.Warner Schaie)；进行实地研究中的问题(Neil Charness)；干预措施的评估(Margaret Gatz)；评估老年人(M.Powell Lawton)；与非裔美国长老进行研究(Keith Whitfield)；以及寻求赠款支持(NIA工作人员)。为了促进课程内容和成果的传播，教师将被邀请为教育老年学的一个特别主题问题做出贡献，重点是老龄研究中的方法论问题。该计划将通过与美国心理协会的合作联系，通过与少数族裔老龄化研究资源中心的联系，通过与其他专业组织的联系，以及通过过去参与者和客座教授的网络活动来促进。

The program has been designed to further increase the national capacity for conducting high quality .aging research, thereby enhancing the health status of older adults. Thirty psychology faculty will receive advanced training in research methodology in order to build a community of college teachers committed to developing an active research agenda and to integrating teaching and research in aging. Specific objectives include: 1) increasing psychology faculty's knowledge, skills, and motivation for pursuing an ongoing program of aging research, 2) providing participants an opportunity to interact intensively with senior investigators and to promote the development of networking relationships among them, 3) increasing participants' awareness of grant support available for exploring new directions in aging research and providing them extended opportunities to interact with NIA program staff, 4) increasing the number of strong research proposals that participants submit to the National Institute on Aging. Program design includes an initial two-week institute, ongoing consultation regarding proposal development, a February working session, and a summer follow-up institute. Topics covered include: Research Design & Analysis (K. Warner Schaie); Issues in Conducting Field Studies (Neil Charness); Evaluation of Interventions (Margaret Gatz); Assessing Older Adults (M. Powell Lawton); Conducting Research with African American Elders (Keith Whitfield); and Seeking Grant Support (NIA Staff). In order to promote dissemination of program content and outcomes, faculty will be invited to contribute to a special theme issue of Educational Gerontology focusing on methodological issues in aging research. The program will be promoted through a collaborative liaison with the American Psychological Association, through a linkage with the Resource Center for Minority Aging Research, through contacts with other professional organizations, and through networking activities of past participants and visiting professors.