Karen Fingerman

2026

Fingerman, K. L., Gao, S.*, & Muñoz, E. (2026). The supplementary role of friends in caregiving networks. JAMA Network Open, 9(7), e2621702. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/article-abstract/2851084

Gao, S.*, Huo, M., Birditt, K. S., & Fingerman, K. L. (2026). Older adults' audible self-talk when alone: Associations with interpersonal tensions. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 81(5), gbag054. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbag054

2025

Birditt, K.S., Newton, N., Turkelson, A.*, Polenick, C. & Fingerman, K. L. (in press). Other people’s problems: Links between own and close social partner life stress and rumination in daily life among older adults. Psychology and Aging.

Stephenson, J.*, Turkelson, A., Fingerman, K.L., Birditt, K.S. (2025). I love you no matter what: Negative relationship quality and daily encounters in the parent-child tie and their implications for daily mood across the lifespan. Family Process, 64(1), e13094. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.13094

Gao, S.*, Birditt, K. S., & Fingerman, K. L. (2025). When helping helps: Benefits of daily advice provision on mood among older adults with life problems. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 80(8), gbaf130. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaf130

Zhou, Z.*, Gao, S.*, Richards, N. E.*, & Fingerman, K. L. (2025). Daily sleep, social encounters, and momentary loneliness in late life. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 80(10), gbaf145. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaf145

Brown, C. J.*, Rook, K. S., Charles, S. T., & Fingerman, K. L. (2025). The advantages of seeing the silver lining: How valuing emotions moderates the link between ambivalent ties and daily health. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 80(9), gbaf124. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaf124

Choi, N. G., Longley, M., Smith, K., Goldstein, L., Corum, A., & Fingerman, K. L. (2024). Community stakeholder feedback for development of a volunteer-coached behavioral activation for youth in a low-resource community. Children and Youth Services Review, 166, 1-8. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107940

Huo, M., Kim, K., Fingerman, K. L., & Zarit, S. H. (2024). Empathy and support exchanges in couples coping with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. Aging and Mental Health, 28(7), 995-1002. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2024.2326958 

Fingerman, K. L., Birditt, K. S., Fiori, K., Hall, J., Huxhold, O., Rauer, A., Sandstrom, G., & Sprecher, S. (2025). More than an acquaintance less than a friend: Fringeships in everyday life. Review of General Psychology.https://doi.org/10.1177/1089268025135754

*Authorship in alphabetical order, except for first author

Zhang, S.*, Zhou, Z.*, Ng, Y. T.*, Li, J. J., Birditt, K. S., & Fingerman, K. L., (2025). Everyday language and cognitive functioning in late life. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaf084

Fingerman, K. L., Zhou, Z.*, Haley, W. E., & Zarit, S. H. (2025). Young adult caregivers for older family members: Setting a new research agenda. Innovations in Aging, 9 (4), igae112. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igae112

Huo, M., Leger, K. A., Birditt, K. S., & Fingerman, K. L. (2025). Empathy is associated with older adults’ social behaviors and verbal emotional expressions throughout the day. Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-82550-0

Tidwell, C. A., Danvers, A. F., Pfeifer, V.A., Abel, D. B., Alisic, E., Beer, A….. Fingerman K.L… Mehl, M. R. (2025). Are women really (not) more talkative than men? A registered report of binary gender similarities/differences in word use. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 128(2), 367-391. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000534 37 authors, authorship *Authors in alphabetical, except first 3 and final authors

Silverstein, M., Fingerman, K.L., & Suitor, J. J. (2025). Fifty years of intergenerational research support by the National Institute of Aging. The Gerontologist (Special Edition 50th Anniversary of the National Institute of Aging), 65 (3). https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnaf003 

2024

Leger, K. A., Kim, Y., Zhang, S*., Goa, S.*, & Fingerman K. L. (2024). Daily electronic media use and sleep in late life. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbae095

Frase, R. T.*, Suitor, J. J., Gilligan, M., Stepniak, C., Ogle, D., & Fingerman, K. L. (2024). Worry across the generations: The impact of adult grandchildren’s problems on grandparents’ well-being. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 79(11), gbae154https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbae154

Zhou, Z.*, Birditt, K. S., Leger, K. A., & Fingerman, K. L. (2024). Daily worry, rumination, and sleep in late life. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 179, 111622. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2024.111622

Huo, M., Gilligan, M., Kim, K., Richards, N.*, Fingerman, K. L., & Zarit, S. H. (2024). Dyadic ambivalence in couples managing early-stage Alzheimer’s Disease: Linking behavioral and psychological symptoms to life satisfaction. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 79(9). https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbae130 (Editor’s choice)

Zhang, S.*, Zhou, Z.*, Fingerman, K. L., Birditt, K. S., (2024). Loneliness and mode of social contact in late life. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Science, 79(9)..

            https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbae115

 Zhou, Z.*, Zhang, S.*, Kim, Y. K., Birditt, K. S., & Fingerman, K. L. (2024). Need to belong, daily social engagement, and transient loneliness in late life. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 41(1), 115–136. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075231211617

Fingerman, K. L., Zhou, Z.*, Huo, M., Luong, G., & & Birditt, K. S. (2024). Enduring bonds: Duration and contact in close relationships in late life. The Gerontologist, 64, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnad091

Birditt, K. S., Newton, N. J.*, Turkelson, A., Polenick, C. A., Zhou, Z.*, & Fingerman, K. L. (2024). Daily rumination among older men and women: The role of perceived family and nonfamily social partner life stress. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 79(5), gbae027.

Kim, Y.*, Ang, S., & Fingerman, K. L.  (2024). Older adults’ and family caregivers’ technological arrangements and risk of institutionalization. Work, Aging, & Retirement 10(1), 51-56. https://doi.org/10.1093/workar/waad005

Ng, Y. T.*, Han, S. H., Fingerman, K. L., & Birditt, K.S. (2024). Do friends get under the skin?. Everyday social encounters and cardiovascular functioning among Black and White adults in the United States. Health Psychology, 43(2), 142-153. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001341

Freedman, V., Agree, E., Seltzer, J., Birditt, K., Fingerman, K. L., Friedman, E.,… Zarit, S. (2024). The changing demography of late-life family caregiving: A research agenda to understand future care networks for an aging U.S. population The Gerontologist, 64(2), doi: 10.1093/geront/gnad036 (Editor’s choice)

Fingerman, K. L., Zhou, Z*., & Gao, S.* (2024). Intergeneratonal ties in later life. Current Opinion in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101743

2023

Lee, S., Ng, Y. T.*, Charles, S. T., Almeida, D. M., & Fingerman, K. L. (2023). Who has active lifestyles? Sociodemographic and personality correlates of activity diversity in two samples of adults. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 78(4), 659-669. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbac192

Ng, Y. T.*, Fingerman, K. L., & Birditt, K. S. (2023). Friendships and emotional well-being in the context of race and aging. The Gerontologist, 63(7), 1129-1139. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnad007

Brown, C. J.*, Jeon, S., Ng, Y. T.*, Lee, S., Fingerman, K. L., & Charles, S. T. (2023). Switching it up: Activity diversity and cognitive functioning in later life. Psychology and Aging, 38(6), 483–493. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000770 (Editor’s choice)

Zhang, S.*, Fingerman, K. L., & Birditt, K. S. (2023). Detecting narcissism from older adults’ daily language use: A machine learning approach. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Science, 78(9), 1493-1500. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbad061

Leger, K. A., Charles, S. T., Brown, C. J.,* & Fingerman K. L. (2023). Physical activity and daily stress processes in older adulthood. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Science, 78(1), 20–29. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbac113

Wang, H.*, Kim, K., Burr, J. A., & Fingerman, K. L. (2023). Financial problems in established adulthood: Implications for depressive symptoms and relationship quality with parents. Journal of Adult Development, 30, 167-177. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-022-09409-4

2022

Wood, K. A.*, Kim, Y. K.*, Ng, Y. T*., Huo, M., Fingerman, K. L. (2022).  Black and White young adults’ support to midlife parents. The Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Science [Special issue], 77(11), 20722-2077.doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbab205

Zhang, S.*, Kim, Y. K.*, Fingerman, K. L., Birditt, K. S., & Charles, S. T. (2022). Narcissism, social experiences, and mood in late life. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Science, 77(8), 1442-1453. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbac019

Fingerman, K. L., Kim, Y. K.*, Zhang, S.* Ng, Y. T.*, Huo, M. M., & Birditt, K.S. (2022). Television viewing, physical activity, and loneliness in late life. The Gerontologist, 62(7) 1006-1017. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnab120

Bui, C. N.*, Kim, K., & Fingerman, K. L. (2022). Support now care later: intergenerational support exchanges and older parents’ care expectations. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Social Sciences, 77(7), 1315–1324. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbac059

Ng, Y. T.*, Huo, M., Han, S. H., Birditt, K. S., & Fingerman, K. L. (2022). Older adult’s marital status, conversation frequency, and well-being in everyday life. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 77(3), 499-512. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab112

Kim, Y. K.* & Fingerman, K. L. (2022). Daily social media use, social ties, and emotional well-being in later life. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39(6), 1794-1813. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075211067254 

Fingerman, K. L., Kim, Y. K.*, Zhang, S.*, Ng, Y. T.*, Birditt, K.S. (2022). Late life in the living room: Room decor, functional limitations, and personality. The Gerontologist, 62(4), 519-529. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnab093  (Editor’s choice article)

2021

Xie, B., Shiroma, K.*, De Main, A. S., Davis, N. W., Fingerman, K. L, Danesh, V. (2021). Living through the COVID-19 pandemic: Community-dwelling older adults’ experiences. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 33(4-5), 380-397. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2021.1962174

Birditt,  K. S., Turkelson, A.*, Fingerman,  K. L., Polenick, C., & Oya,  A.* (2021). Age differences in COVID-19 related stress, life changes, and social ties during the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for psychological well-being. The Gerontologist, 61(2), 205-216. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnaa204

Fingerman, K. L., Ng, Y. T.*, Huo, M., Birditt, K.S., Charles, S. T., & Zarit, S. (2021). Functional limitations, social integration, and daily activities in late life. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 76(10), 1937-1947. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab014

Wang, H.,* Kim, K., Burr, J. A., Birditt, K. S., & Fingerman, K. L. (2021). Adult children’s daily experiences with parental advice: The importance of life problems and relationship quality. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences, 76(9), 1745–1755. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa169         PMCID: PMC8557851

Stokes, J. E., Kim, Y. K.*, Kim, K., & Fingerman, K. L. (2021). Grieving a grandparent: The importance of gender and multigenerational relationships. Journal of Marriage and Family, 83(3), 754–768. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12750

Napolitano, L., Furstenberg, F., & Fingerman, K. L. (2021). How families give and receive: A cross-class qualitative study of familial exchange. Journal of Family Issues, 42(9), 2159–2180. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X20968608

Kim, Y. K.*, Kim, K., Fingerman, K. L., & Umberson, D. J. (2021). Racial differences in early parental death, midlife life problems, and relationship strain with adult children. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Social Sciences, 76(8), 1617–1628. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa232

Huo, M., Ng, Y. T.*, Birditt, K. S., & Fingerman, K. L. (2021). Empathy and coping: Older adults’ interpersonal tensions and mood throughout the day. Gerontology. 67, 101–111. https://doi.org/10.1159/000511418

Ng, Y. T.*, Huo, M., Gleason, M. E., Neff, L.A., Charles, S. T., & Fingerman, K. L. (2021). Friendships in old age: Daily encounters and emotional well-being. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Social Science, 76(3), 551-562. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa007

Fingerman, K. L., & Pillemer, K. (2021). Continuity and changes in attitudes, health care and caregiving for older adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Social Science, 76(4), e187-e198. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa231

Fingerman, K. L., Ng, Y. T.*, Zhang, S.*, Britt, K.,* Colera, G.*, Birditt, K. S., & Charles, S. T. (2021). Living alone during COVID-19: Social contact and emotional well-being among older adults. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Social Science. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa200

2020

Chai, H. W.*, Zarit, S. H., & Fingerman, K. L. (2020). Revisiting intergenerational contact and relationship qualityin later life: Parental characteristics matter, Research on Aging, 42(5-6)139–149. DOI:10.1177/0164027519899576 

Xie, B., Charness, N., Fingerman, K. L., Kaye, J., Kim, M. T., & Khurshid, A. (2020). When going digital becomes a necessity: Ensuring older adults’ needs for information, services, and social inclusion during COVID-19. Journal of Aging & Social Policy. doi: 10.1080/08959420.2020.1771237

Fuentecilla, J. L.*, Huo, M., Birditt, K. S., Charles, S. T., & Fingerman, K. L. (2020). Interpersonal tensions and pain among older adults: The mediating role of negative mood. Research on Aging, 42(3–4), 105–114. https://doi.org/10.1177/0164027519884765

Polenick, C. A., Kim, Y., Depasquale, N.*, Birditt, K. S., Zarit, S. H., & Fingerman, K. L. (2020). Midlife children’s and older mothers depressive symptoms: Empathic mother–child relationships as a key moderator. Family Relations, 69(5), 1073-1086. doi:10.1111/fare.12466

Huo, M.*, Fuentecilla, J. L., Birditt, K. S., & Fingerman, K. L. (2020). Does empathy have a cost?: Older adults and social partners experiencing problems. The Gerontologist, 60(4), 617–627. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnz065

Fingerman, K.L., Birditt, K. S., & Umberson, D. (2020). Mobile technologies and social connection in late life. Mobile Technology for Adaptive Aging (pp. 67-74). Committee for Mobile Technology for Adaptive Aging. Washington DC: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. https://doi.org/10.17226/25878

Fingerman, K. L., Huo, M.*, & Birditt K. S. (2020). A decade of research on intergenerational ties: Technological, economic, political, and demographic changes. Journal of Marriage and Family: Decade Review, 82, 383-403. 

Xie, B., Charness, N., Fingerman, K. L., Kaye, J., Kim, M. T., & Khurshid, A. (2020). When going digital becomes a necessity: Ensuring older adults’ needs for information, services, and social inclusion during COVID-19. Journal of Aging & Social Policy. doi: 10.1080/08959420.2020.1771237

Fuentecilla, J. L.*, Liu, Y., Huo, M.*, Kim, K., Birditt, K. S., Zarit, S. H. & Fingerman, K. L. (2020). Midlife adults’ daily support to children and parents: Implications for diurnal cortisol. Journal of Aging and Health. doi: 10.1177/0898264319863994

Huo, M.*, Fuentecilla, J. L.*, Birditt, K. S., & Fingerman, K. L. (2020). Empathy and close social ties in late life. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 75(8), 1648–1657. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbz044

Birditt, K.S., Polenick, C. A.*, Luong, G., Charles, S.T., & Fingerman, K. L. (2020). Daily interpersonal tensions and well-being among older adults: The role of emotion regulation strategies. Psychology and Aging.

Fingerman, K. L., Huo, M.*, & Birditt K. S. (2020). Mothers, fathers, daughters, and sons: Gender differences in intergenerational ties. Journal of Family Issues, 4(9), 1597-1625. doi/10.1177/0192513X19894369

Fingerman, K. L., Huo, M.*, Charles, S. T., & Umberson, D. J. (2020). Variety is the spice of late life: Social integration and activity in life. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Social Sciences, 75, 377-388.  doi:10.1093/geronb/gbz007

Kim, K., Birditt, K. S., Zarit, S. H., & Fingerman, K. L. (2020). Typology of parent-child ties within families: Associations with psychological well-being. Journal of Family Psychology, 34, 448–458. doi:10.1037/fam0000595 PMCID: PMC7145731

Lee, H. J.*, Kim, K., Bangerter, L. R., Zarit, S. H., & Fingerman, K. L. (2020). Aging parents’ and middle-aged children’s evaluations of parents’ disability and life problems. Journal of Adult Development, 27, 135–146. doi:10.1007/s10804-019-09336-x

Wang, H.*, Kim, K., Burr, J. A., Birditt, K. S., & Fingerman, K. L. (2020). Middle-aged adults’ daily sleep and worries about aging parents and adult children. Journal of Family Psychology, 34, 621–629. doi:10.1037/fam0000642

Huo, M.*, Napolitano, L., Furstenberg, F. F. Jr., & Fingerman, K. L. (2020). Who initiates the help older parents give to midlife children. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Social Sciences, 75, 907–918. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbz098

Wang, H.*, Kim, K., Birditt, K. S., Zarit, S. H., & Fingerman, K. L. (2020). Middle-aged children’s coping strategies with tensions in the aging parent-child tie. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 90, 234–254. doi:10.1177/0091415018822079

Lee, J. E., Kim, K., Cichy, K. E., & Fingerman, K. L. (2020). Middle-aged children’s support for parents-in-law and marital satisfaction. Gerontology, 66(4), 340–350. https://doi.org/10.1159/000505589

2019

Huo, M.*, Fuentecilla, J. L.*, Birditt, K. S., & Fingerman, K. L. (2019). Older adults’ empathy and daily support exchanges. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36(11-12), 3814–3834. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0265407519837372

Birditt, K. S., Manalel, J.,* Sommers, H.*, Luong, G., & Fingerman K. L. (2019). Better off alone: Daily solitude and implications for well-being vary by social network. The Gerontologist, 59, 1152-1161. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gny060

Birditt, K. S., Polenick, C. A.*, Van Bolt, O.* Kim, K., Zarit, S. H., & Fingerman, K. L. (2019). Conflict strategies in the parent-adult child tie: Generation differences and implications for well-being. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences, 74, 232–241. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbx057 PMCID: PMC6327660

Huo, M.*, Graham, J. L.*, Kim, K., Birditt, K. S., & Fingerman, K. L. (2019). Aging parents’ daily support exchanges with adult children suffering problems. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences, 74, 449–459. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbx079 PMCID: PMC6377028

Kim, Y.,* Kim, K., Boerner, K., Birditt, K. S., Zarit, S. H., & Fingerman, K. L. (2019). Recent parental death and relationships between midlife adults and their own children. Journal of Marriage and Family, 81, 616–630. doi:10.1111/jomf.12549

Leger, K. A.*, Charles, S. T., & Fingerman K. L. (2019). Affect variability and sleep: Emotional ups and downs are related to a poorer night's rest. Psychosomatic Research, 124. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2019.109758. PMC 167319

2018

Griffin, E. M.*, & Fingerman, K. L. (2018) Online dating profile content of older adults seeking same- and cross-sex relationships. Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 14, 446-466. doi:  10.1080/1550428X.2017.1393362 s.

Fingerman, K. L., Huo, M.*, Graham, J. L.*, Kim, K., & Birditt, K. S. (2018). A family affair: Family typologies of life problems and midlife well-being. The Gerontologist, 58, 1054-1064. doi:10.1093/geront/gnx131

Huo, M.*, Graham, J. L.,* Kim, K., Zarit, S. H., & Fingerman, K. L. (2018). Aging parent’s disabilities and daily support exchanges with middle-aged children. The Gerontologist, 58, 872–882. doi:10.1093/geront/gnx144

Polenick, C. A.*, DePasquale, N.*, Eggebeen, D. J., Zarit, S. H., & Fingerman, K. L. (2018). Relationship quality between older fathers and middle-aged children: Associations with both parties’ subjective well-being. The Journal of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences, 73, 1203-1213. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbw094

Bangerter, L. R.*, Yin, L.*, Kim, K., Zarit, S. H., Birditt, K. S., & Fingerman, K. L. (2018). Everyday support to aging parents: Links to middle-aged children’s diurnal cortisol and daily mood. The Gerontologist, 58, 654–662. doi:10.1093/geront/gnw207

Huo, M.*, Kim, K., Zarit, S. H., & Fingerman, K. L. (2018). Support grandparents give to their adult grandchildren. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences, 73, 1006–1015. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbw208 PMCID: PMC6093361

Heid, A. R.*, Kim, K., Zarit, S. H., Birditt, K. S., & Fingerman, K. L. (2018).    Relationship tensions and mood: Adult children’s daily experience of aging parents’ stubbornness. Personal Relationships, 25, 87-102. doi: 10.1111/pere.12229

            (10% most downloaded articles, 2018-2020)

Jensen, A. C., Whiteman, S. D., & Fingerman, K. L. (2018). “Can’t live with or without them”: Transitions and young adults’ sibling relationships. Journal of Family Psychology, 32, 385–395. doi:10.1037/fam0000361

Seidel, A. J., Yorgason, J., Polenick, C. A.*, Zarit, S. H., & Fingerman, K. L. (2018). Are you sleeping? Dyadic associations of support, stress, and worries regarding adult children on sleep. The Gerontologist, 58, 341-352. doi:10.1093/geront/gnw149

Davis, E. M.*, Kim, K., & Fingerman, K. L. (2018). Is an empty nest best? Coresidence with adult children and parental marital quality before and after the Great Recession. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences, 73, 372-381. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbw022

Forman, M., Mangini, L. E*., Dong, Y-Q*, Hernandez, L. M., & Fingerman K. L. (2018). Food insecurity and hunger: Quiet public health problems on campus. Journal of Nutrition and Food Sciences, 8, 1-5. doi; 10.4172/2155-9600.1000668 

Bangerter, L. R.*, Polenick, C. A.*, Zarit, S. H., & Fingerman, K. L. (2018). Life problems and perceptions of giving support: Implications for aging mothers and middle-aged children. Journal of Family Issues, 39, 917-934. doi:10.1177/0192513X16683987

Hartnett, C. S., Fingerman, K. L., & Birditt, K. S. (2018). Without the ties that bind: Young adults who lack active parental relationships. Advances in Life Course Research, 35, 103-113. 

Suitor, J. J., Gilligan, M., Pillemer, K., Fingerman, K. L., Kim, K., Silverstein, M., & Bengtson, V. L. (2018). Applying within-family differences approaches to enhance understanding of the complexity of intergenerational relations. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Social Sciences. 73, 40-53. doi: 10.193/geronb/gbx037

2017

Fingerman, K. L., Huo, M.*, Kim, K., & Birditt, K. S. (2017). Coresident and noncoresident young adults’ daily experiences with parents. Emerging Adulthood, 5, 337–350. doi:10.1177/2167696816676583

Jensen, A. C., Whiteman, S. D., Rand, J. S., & Fingerman, K. L. (2017). You’re just like your dad: Intergenerational patterns of differential treatment of siblings. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Social Sciences, 72, 1073–1083. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbw033 PMCID: PMC5927158

Birditt, K. S., Manalel, J. A.*, Kim, K., Zarit, S. H., & Fingerman, K. L. (2017). Daily interactions with aging parents and adult children: Associations with negative affect and diurnal cortisol. Journal of Family Psychology, 31, 699–709. doi:10.1037/fam0000317 PMCID: PMC5608619

Fingerman, K. L. (2017). Millennials and their parents: Implications of the new young adulthood for midlife adults. Innovations in Aging, 1(3), 1-16. doi:10.1093/geroni/igx026 

**(Top 3 most mentioned articles, 2019)

Heid, A. R.*, Zarit, S. H., & Fingerman, K. L. (2017). Adult children’s responses to parent “stubbornness.” The Gerontologist, 57, 419-440. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbu177

Polenick, C. A.*, Seidel, A. J., Birditt, K. S., Fingerman, K. L., & Zarit, S. H. (2017). Filial obligation and marital satisfaction in middle-aged couples. The Gerontologist, 57, 417-428. doi:10.1093/geront/gnv138

Kim, K., Bangerter, L. R.,* Liu, Y.*, Polenick, C. A.*, Zarit, S. H., & Fingerman, K. L. (2017). Middle-aged offspring’s support to aging parents with emerging disability. The Gerontologist, 57, 441-450. doi:10.1093/geront/gnv686

Polenick, C. A.*, Zarit, S. H., Birditt, K. S., Bangerter, L. R.*, Seidel, A. J., & Fingerman, K. L. (2017). Intergenerational support and marital satisfaction: Implications of beliefs about helping aging parents. Journal of Marriage and Family, 79, 131–146. doi:10.1111/jomf.12334 PMCID: PMC5279897

2016

Fingerman, K. L., Cheng, Y.-P.*, Kim, K.*, Fung, H. H., Han, G., Lang, F. R., Lee, W.*, & Wagner, J. (2016). Parental involvement with college students in Germany, Hong Kong, Korea, and the United States. Journal of Family Issues, 37, 1384-1411. doi: 10.1177/0192513X14541444

Kim, K.*, Fingerman, K. L., Birditt, K. S., & Zarit, S. H. (2016). Capturing between- and within-family differences in parental support to adult children: A typology approach. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences, 71, 1034–1045. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbv029 PMCID: PMC5067944

Fingerman, K. L., Kim, K. *, Tennant, P. S.*, Birditt, K. S., & Zarit, S. H. (2016). Intergenerational support in a daily context. The Gerontologist, 56, 896-908. doi:10.1093/geront/gnv035 PMCID: PMC5019045

Davis, E. M.*, & Fingerman, K. L. (2016). Digital dating: Online profile content of older and younger adults. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 71, 959-967. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbv042 

**(Top 5 most read articles Journals of Gerontology Series B 2020)

Fingerman, K. L., Kim, K., Birditt, K. S., & Zarit, S. H. (2016). The ties that bind: Middle-aged parents’ daily experiences with grown children. Journal of Marriage and Family, 78, 431–450. doi:10.1111/jomf.12273 PMCID: PMC4807606

Lee, J. E., Zarit, S. H., Rovine, M. J., Birditt, K. S., & Fingerman, K. L. (2016). The interdependence of relationships with adult children and spouses. Family Relations, 65, 342-353.  doi:10.1111/fare.12188

Fingerman, K. L. (2016). The ascension of parent-offspring ties. The Psychologist, 29, 114-117. 

Heid, A.*, Zarit, S. H., & Fingerman, K. L. (2016). My parent is so stubborn: Perceptions of aging parents’ insistence, persistence, and resistence. The Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 71, 602-612. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbu177 PMCID: PMC4903030

Birditt, K. S., Kim, K.*, Zarit, S. H., Fingerman, K. L., & Loving, T. J. (2016). Daily interactions in the parent-adult child tie: Links between children’s problems and parents’ diurnal cortisol rhythms. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 63, 208–216. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.09.027 PMCID: PMC4768756

Bangerter, L. R.*, Zarit, S. H., & Fingerman, K. L. (2016). Moderator effects of mothers’ problems on middle-aged offspring’s depressive symptoms in late life. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences, 71, 41-48. doi:10.1093/geront/gnt210 PMCID: PMC4592331

2015

Sherman, S. M.*, Cheng, Y.-P.*, Fingerman, K. L., & Schnyer, D. M. (2015). Social support, stress, and the aging brain. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsv071

Fingerman, K. L., Kim, K.*, Davis, E. M.*, Furstenberg, F. F., Jr., Birditt, K. S., & Zarit, S. H. (2015). “I’ll give you the world”: Parental socioeconomic background and assistance to young adult children. Journal of Marriage and Family, 77, 844-865. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12204 

Kim, K.*, Zarit, S. H., Fingerman, K. L., & Han, G. (2015). Intergenerational exchanges of middle-aged adults with their parents and parents-in-law in Korea. Journal of Marriage and Family, 77, 791-805. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12185 

Bangerter, L. R.*, Kim, K.*, Zarit, S. H., Birditt, K. S., & Fingerman, K. L. (2015). Perceptions of giving support and depressive symptoms in late life. The Gerontologist, 55, 770-779. doi:10.1093/geront/gnt210 PMCID: PMC4592331 

Birditt, K. S., Hartnett, C. S.,* Zarit, S. H., Fingerman, K. L., & Antonucci, T. C. (2015). Extending the intergenerational stake hypothesis: Evidence of an intra-individual stake and implications for well-being. Journal of Marriage and Family, 77, 877-888. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12203 

Cheng, Y.-P.*, Birditt, K. S., Zarit, S. H., & Fingerman, K. L. (2015). Young adults’ provision of support to middle-aged parents. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences, 70, 407-416. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbt108 

2014

Kim, K.*, Zarit, S. H., Birditt, K. S., & Fingerman, K. L. (2014). Discrepancy in reports of support exchanges between parents and adult offspring: Within- and between-family differences. Journal of Family Psychology, 28, 168–179. doi:10.1037/a0035735 PMCID: 3981929

Sachs-Ericsson, N. J., Selby, E. A., Hames, J. L., Joiner, T. E., Fingerman, K. L., Zarit, S. H., Birditt, K. S., & Hilt, L. M. (2014). Transmission of parental neuroticism to offspring’s depression: The mediating role of rumination. Personality and Mental Health, 8, 306–319. doi:10.1002/pmh.1268 

2013

Fingerman, K. L., Cheng, Y.-P.*, Cichy, K. E., Birditt, K. S., & Zarit, S. H. (2013). Help with “strings attached”: Offspring perceptions that middle-aged parents offer conflicted support. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences, 68, 902–911. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbt032 PMCID: 3805292

Cichy, K. E., Lefkowitz, E. S., Davis, E. M.*, & Fingerman, K. L. (2013). “You are such a disappointment!”: Negative emotions and parents’ perceptions of adult children’s lack of success. The Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Science, 68, 893-901. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbt053 PMCID: 3805291

Kim, K.*, Eggebeen, D. J., Zarit, S. H., Birditt, K. S., & Fingerman, K. L. (2013). Agreement between aging parent’s bequest intention and middle-aged child’s inheritance expectation. The Gerontologist, 53, 1020–1031. doi:10.1093/geront/gns147 PMCID: 3826159

Hartnett, C. S.*, Furstenberg, F. F., Fingerman, K. L., & Birditt, K. S. (2013). Parental support during young adulthood: Why does assistance decline with age? Journal of Family Issues, 34, 975–1007. doi:10.1177/0192513X12454657 PMCID: 3747833

Cichy, K. E., Lefkowitz, E. S., & Fingerman, K. L. (2013). Conflict engagement and conflict disengagement during interactions between adults and their parents. The Journals of Gerontology, Psychological Sciences, 68. 31-40. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbs046. PMCID: 3605941

Fingerman, K. L., Sechrist, J., & Birditt, K. S. (2013). Changing views on intergenerational ties. Gerontology, 59, 64-70. doi: 10.1159/000342211. PMCID: 4480642

Jensen, A. C.*, Whiteman, S. D., Fingerman, K. L., & Birditt, K. S. (2013). “Life still isn’t fair”: Parental differential treatment of young adult siblings. Journal of Marriage and Family, 75, 438-452. doi:10.1111/jomf.12002. PMCID: 4018724

2012

Fingerman, K. L., Cheng, Y.-P.*, Birditt, K. S., & Zarit, S. H. (2012). Only as happy as the least happy child: Multiple grown children’s problems and successes and middle-aged parents’ well-being. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences, 67, 184-193. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbr086. PMCID: 3410695

Fingerman, K. L., Cheng, Y.-P.*, Wesselmann, E. D.*, Zarit, S., Furstenberg, F.F, & Birditt, K. S. (2012). Helicopter parents and landing pad kids: Intense parental support of grown children. Journal of Marriage and Family, 74, 880-896. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2012.00987.x PMCID: 4553417

Birditt, K. S., Tighe, L.A.*, Fingerman, K. L., & Zarit, S. H. (2012). Intergenerational relationship quality across three generations. TheJournals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences, 67, 627–638, doi:10.1093/geronb/gbs050.  PMCID:  3536553

Fingerman, K. L., Gilligan, M.*, VanderDrift, L.*, & Pitzer, L. M. (2012). In-law relationships before and after marriage:  Husbands, wives, and their mothers-in-law. Research on Human Development, 9, 106-125. PMCID: 3686301

Fingerman, K. L., Pillemer, K. A., Silverstein, M., & Suitor, J. J. (2012). The Baby Boomers’ intergenerational relationships. The Gerontologist, 52, 199-209. doi:10.1093/geront/gnr139 PMCID: 3304890

Lee, J.*, Zarit, S., Rovine, M. J., Birditt, K.S., & Fingerman, K. L. (2012). Middle-aged couples' exchanges of support with aging parents: Patterns and association with marital satisfaction. Gerontology, 58, 88-96. doi: 10.1159/000324512 PMCID: 3254027   

2011

Pitzer, L. M.*, Fingerman, K. L., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2011). Validation of the Parent Adult Relationship Quality (PARQ) scale. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 72, 11-135. 

Kim, K.*, Zarit, S. H., Eggebeen, D. J., Birditt, K. S., & Fingerman, K. L. (2011). Discrepancies in reports of support exchanges between aging parents and their middle-aged children. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences, 66, 527-537. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbr029 PMCID: 3202704 

Fingerman, K. L., Vanderdrift, L. E.*,  Dotterer, A., Birditt, K. S., & Zarit, S. (2011). Support to aging parents and grown children in Black and White families. The Gerontologist, 51, 441-452. doi:10.1093/geront/gnq114 PMCID: 3202703

Luong, G.*, Charles, S.T., & Fingerman, K. L. (2011). Better with age: Social relationships across adulthood. Journal of Social & Personal Relationships, 28, 9-23. PMCID: 3291125

Fingerman, K. L., Pitzer, L. M.*, Chan, W.*, Birditt, K. S., Franks, M. M., & Zarit, S. (2011). Who gets what and why: Help middle-aged adults provide to parents and grown children. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Social Sciences, 66, 87-98. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbq009 PMCID: 3031309

2010

Pitzer, L. M.*, & Fingerman, K.L. (2010). Psychosocial resources and associations 
between childhood physical abuse and adult well-being. The Journals of Gerontology: 
Psychological Sciences, 65B, 425–433. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbq031. PMCID: 2883870

Fingerman, K. L. & Charles, S. T. (2010). It takes two to tango: Why older people have the best relationships. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 19, 172-176. doi: 10.1177/0963721410370297 

Birditt, K. S., Fingerman, K. L., & Zarit, S. (2010).  Adult children’s problems and successes: Implications for intergenerational ambivalence. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences, 65, 145-153. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbp125. PMCID: 2981446

2009

Birditt, K. S., Rott, L.*, & Fingerman, K. L. (2009).  ‘If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all’: Coping with interpersonal tensions in the parent-child relationship during adulthood. Journal of Family Psychology, 23, 769-778. PMCID: 2805116

Miller, L. M. *, Fingerman, K. L., & Charles, S. (2009). Perceptions of social transgressions in adulthood. The Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 64, 551-559. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbp062 

Fingerman, K. L., Miller, L. M.*, Birditt, K. S., & Zarit, S. (2009). Giving to the good and the needy: Parental support of grown children. Journal of Marriage and Family, 71, 1220-1233. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00665.x. PMCID: 2811272

Birditt, K. S., Miller, L. M.*, Fingerman, K. L., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2009). Tensions in the parent and adult child relationship: Links to solidarity and ambivalence. Psychology and Aging, 24, 287-295.  doi: 10.1037/a0015196. PMCID: 2690709

Fingerman, K. L. (2009). Consequential strangers and peripheral ties: The importance of unimportant relationships. Journal of Family Theory and Review, 1, 69-82. doi: 10.1111/j.1756-2589.2009.00010.x

Davey, A., Tucker, C. J., Fingerman, K. L., & Savla, J. (2009). Within-family variability in representations of past relationships with parents. The Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 64B, 125-136. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbn001. PMCID: 2654979

2008

Fingerman, K. L., Pitzer, L.*, Lefkowitz. E. S., Birditt, K. S., & Mroczek, D. (2008). Ambivalent relationship qualities between adults and their parents: Implications for both parties’ well-being. The Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 63B, P362-P371. doi.org/10.1093/geronb/63.6.P362  PMCID: 2749877

Fingerman, K. L., Miller, L.*, & Charles, S. T. (2008). Saving the best for last: How adults treat social partners of different ages. Psychology and Aging, 23, 399-409. doi: 10.1037/0882-7974.23.2.399. PMCID: 2752388

Birditt, K. S., Fingerman, K. L., Kamp Dush, C. M.*, & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2008). Parents perceived as peers: Filial maturity in adulthood. Journal of Adult Development, 15, 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s10804-007-9019-2

Hay, E. L., Fingerman, K. L., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2008). The worries adult children and their parents experience for one another. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 67, 101-127. doi: 10.2190/AG.67.2.a

2007

Cichy, K., E.*, Lefkowitz, E. S., & Fingerman, K. L. (2007). Generational differences in gender attitudes between parents and grown offspring. Sex Roles, 57, 825-836. doi: 10.1007/s11199-007-9314-1

Fingerman, K. L., Hay, E. L.*, Kamp Dush, C. M.*, Cichy, K. E.*, & Hosterman, S.* (2007). Parents’ and offspring’s perceptions of change and continuity when parents experience the transition to old age. Advances in Life Course Research, 12, 275-306. doi: 10.1016/S1040-2608(07)12010-4

Hay, E. L.*, Fingerman, K. L., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2007). The experience of worry in parent-adult child relationships. Personal Relationships, 14, 605-622. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2007.00174.x 

Cichy, K. E*, Fingerman, K. L., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2007). Age differences in types of interpersonal tensions. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 64, 171-193. doi: 10.2190/8578-1980-301V-8771

2006

Moorman, S. M.*, Booth, A., Fingerman, K. L. (2006). Women’s romantic relationships after widowhood. Journal of Family Issues, 27, 1281-1304 doi: 10.1177/0192513X06289096

Fingerman, K. L., Chen, P. C.*, Hay, E. L.*, Cichy, K. E.*, & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2006). Ambivalent reactions in the parent and offspring relationship. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 61B, 152-160. doi 10.1093/geronb/61.3.p152

2005

Birditt, K. S.*, & Fingerman, K. L. (2005). Do we get better at picking our battles?  Age differences in descriptions of behavioral reactions to interpersonal tensions. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 60B, 121-128. 

Birditt, K. S.*, Fingerman, K. L., & Almeida, D. M.  (2005). Age differences in exposure and reactions to interpersonal tensions: A daily diary study.  Psychology & Aging, 20, 330-340. doi: 10.1037/0882-7974.20.2.330 

Hay, E. L.*, & Fingerman, K. L. (2005). Age differences in perceptions of control in social relationships. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 60, 53-75. doi: 10.2190/KQRF-j614-0CEQ-H32L 

2004

Fingerman, K. L., Hay, E. L.*, & Birditt, K. S.* (2004). The best of ties, the worst of ties: Close, problematic, and ambivalent social relationships. Journal of Marriage and Family, 66, 792-808. doi: 10.1111/j.0022-2445.2004.00053.x

Fingerman, K. L. (2004). The role of offspring and in-law’s in grandparents’ ties to their grandchildren. Journal of Family Issues, 25, 1026-1049. doi: 10.1177/0192513X04265941 

2003

Lefkowitz, E. S., & Fingerman, K. L. (2003). Positive and negative emotional feelings and behaviors in mother-daughter ties in late life.  Journal of Family Psychology, 17, 607 - 617. doi: 10.1037/0893-3200.17.4.607

Birditt, K. S.*, & Fingerman, K. L. (2003). Age and gender differences in adults’ descriptions of emotional reactions to interpersonal problems. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 58B, 237-245.

Fingerman, K. L., & Birditt, K. S.* (2003). Do age differences in close and problematic family ties reflect the pool of available relatives? Journalof Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 58, 80-87. 

2002

Fingerman, K. L., & Hay, E. L.* (2002). Searching under the streetlight?: Age biases in the personal and family relationships literature. Personal Relationships, 9, 415-433. doi: 10.1111/1475-6811.09404 

2001

Fingerman, K. L. (2001). A distant closeness: Intimacy between parents and their children in later life. Generations, 25, 26-33. 

2000 & earlier

Fingerman, K. L., & Bedford, V. H. (2000). Lessons from the early years: Infusing gerontology with ideas from child development (Introduction to the Special Edition: Child development and gerontology collaborations). International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 51, 1-4. doi: 10.2190/PH87-X3MC-8CT4-7X5L

Fingerman, K. L. (2000). “We had a nice little chat”: Age and generational differences in mothers' and daughters' descriptions of enjoyable visits. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 55, 95-106. 

Fingerman, K. L., & Bermann, E. (2000). Applications of family systems theory to the study of adulthood. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 51, 5-29. doi:10.2190/7TF8-WB3F-TMWG-TT3K

Fingerman, K. L. (2000). Enhancing student interest in the psychology of aging: An interview with Susan Whitbourne. Teaching of Psychology, 27, 224-229. doi: 10.1207/S15328023TOP2703_11

Fingerman, K. L., & Griffiths, P. C.* (1999). Season’s greetings: Adults’ social contact at the holiday season. Psychology and Aging, 14, 192-205. doi: 10.1037/0882-7974.14.2.192 

Fingerman, K. L., & Bertrand, R.* (1999). Approaches to teaching adult development within a life span development course. Teaching of Psychology, 26, 55-57. doi: 10.1207/s15328023top2601_17

Fingerman, K. L. (1998). The good, the bad, and the worrisome: Emotional complexities in grandparents' experiences with individual grandchildren. Family Relations, 47, 403-414. doi: 10.2307/585271

Fingerman, K. L. (1998). Tight lips?: Aging mothers' and adult daughters' responses to interpersonal tensions in their relationships. Personal Relationships, 5, 121-138. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.1998.tb00163.x

Fingerman, K. L. (1997). Aging mothers' and their adult daughters' retrospective ratings of past conflict in their relationship. Current Psychology, 16, 131-154. 

Fingerman, K. L. (1997). Being more than a daughter: Middle-aged women's conceptions of their mothers. Journal of Women and Aging, 9, 55-72. doi: 10.1300/J074v09n04_05

Fingerman, K.L. (1996, 1997). Commentary on K.A. Abul'khanova-Slavskaia, The personal organization of time and life strategy. Journal of Russian & East European Psychology, 34, 86-89. 

Fingerman, K. L. (1996). Sources of tension in the aging mother and adult daughter relationship. Psychology and Aging, 11, 591-606. doi: 10.1037/0882-7974.11.4.591

Fingerman, K. L., Gallagher-Thompson, D., Lovett, S., & Rose, J. (1996). Internal resourcefulness, task demands, coping, and dysphoric affect amongst caregivers of the frail elderly. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 42, 341-360. doi: 10.2190/UHJB-CA5L-2K03-3BNV

Fingerman, K. L. (1995). Aging mothers' and their adult daughters' perceptions of conflict behaviors. Psychology and Aging, 10, 639-649. 

Fingerman, K. L., & Perlmutter M. (1995). Future time perspective and life events across adulthood. Journal of General Psychology, 122, 95-112. 

Fingerman, K. L., & Perlmutter, M. (1994). Self-ratings of past, present, and future cognitive performance across adulthood. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 38, 303-322. doi: 10.2190/CHXG-HVW8-Y6AA-5Q6Q

Fingerman, K. L. (1989). Sex and the working mother: Adolescent sexuality, sex role typing and family background. Adolescence, 24, 1-18.