Publications

Hoffman, L., Hofer, S. M., & Sliwinski, M. J. (in press). On the confounds among retest gains and age-cohort differences in the estimation of within-person change in longitudinal studies: A simulation study. Psychology and Aging.

Alwin, D. F., & Hofer, S. M. (2011). Health and cognition in aging research. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 66B, i9-i16.

Bontempo, D. E., Grouzet, F. M. E., & Hofer, S. M. (2011). Measurement issues in the analysis of within-person change. In J. T. Newsom, R. N. Jones, & S. M. Hofer (Eds.), Longitudinal data analysis: A practical guide for researchers in aging, health, and social sciences. New York: Routledge.

Gallacher, J., & Hofer, S. M. (2011). Generating large-scale longitudinal data resources for aging research. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 66B, i72-i79.

Hofer, S. M., Rast, P., & Piccinin, A. M. (2011). Methodological issues in research on adult development and aging. In S. K. Whitbourne & M. J. Sliwinski (Eds.), Handbook of developmental psychology: Adult development and aging. New York: Wiley-Blackwell.

Hofer, S. M., Thorvaldsson, V., & Piccinin, A. M. (2011). Foundational issues of design and measurement in developmental research. In B. Laursen, T. D. Little, & N. Card (Eds.), Handbook of developmental research methods. New York: Guilford Press.

Piccinin, A.M., Muniz, G., Matthews, F. & Johansson, B. (2011). Terminal decline from within and between person perspectives, accounting for incident dementia. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 66B, 391-401.

Piccinin, A.M., Muniz, G., Sparks, C., & Bontempo, D.E. (in press). An evaluation of analytical approaches for understanding change in cognition in the context of aging and health. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 66B, i36-i49.

Shanahan, M. J., & Hofer, S. M. (2011). Molecular genetics, aging, and well-being: Sensitive period, accumulation, and pathway models. In R. H. Binstock & L. K. George (Eds.), Handbook of Aging and Social Sciences (7th Edition; pp. 135-147). New York: Elsevier.

Walls, T. A., Barta, W., Stawski, R. S., Collyer, C., & Hofer, S. M. (2011). Timescale dependent longitudinal designs. In B. Laursen, T. D. Little, & N. Card (Eds.), Handbook of developmental research methods. New York: Guilford Press.

Hofer, S. M., & Piccinin, A. M. (2010). Toward an integrative science of lifespan development and aging. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 65B, 269-278.

Der, G., Allerhand, M., Starr, J. M., Hofer, S. M., Deary, I. J. (2010). Age-related changes in memory and fluid reasoning in a sample of healthy old people. Aging, Neuropsychology, & Cognition, 17, 55-70.

Sliwinski, M. J, Hoffman, L., & Hofer, S. M. (2010). Modeling retest and aging effects in a measurement burst design. In P. C. M. Molenaar & K. M. Newell (Eds.), Individual pathways of change: Statistical models for analyzing learning and development (pp. 37-50). Washington DC: American Psychological Association

Sliwinski, M. J., Hoffman, L., & Hofer, S. M. (2010). Evaluating convergence of within-person change and between-person age differences in age-heterogeneous longitudinal studies. Research in Human Development, 7, 45-60.

Van den Kommer, T. N., Bontempo, D. E., Comijs, H. C., Hofer, S. M., Dik, M. G., Piccinin, A. M., Jonker, C., Deeg, D. J. H., & Johansson, B. (2010). Classification models for early identification of persons at risk for dementia in primary care: An evaluation in a sample aged 80 years and older, Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 28, 567-577.

Hofer, S. M., & Piccinin, A. M. (2009). Integrative data analysis through coordination of measurement and analysis protocol across independent longitudinal studies. Psychological Methods, 14(2), 150-164.

Hofer, S. M. & Alwin, D. F. (2008). The future of cognitive aging research: Interdisciplinary perspectives and integrative science. In S. M. Hofer and D. F. Alwin (Eds.), Handbook on Cognitive Aging: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (pp. 662-672). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

Piccinin, A. M. & Hofer, S. M. (2008). Integrative analysis of longitudinal studies on aging: Collaborative research networks, meta-analysis, and optimizing future studies. In S. M. Hofer and D. F. Alwin (Eds.), Handbook on Cognitive Aging: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (446-476). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

Sliwinski, MJ, Almeida, DM, Smyth, JM, & Stawski, RS (2009). Intraindividual change and variability in daily stress processes: Findings from two measurement-burst diary studies. Psychology and Aging, 24, 828-840.