K. Warner Schaie

Ph.D. 1956. University of Washington. Some developmental concomitants of behavioral rigidity

Department: Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Position: Affiliate Professor
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Research Summary:

K. Warner Schaie is the Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus of Human Development and Psychology at the Pennsylvania State University. He also holds an appointment as Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington. He received the Kleemeier Award for Distinguished Research Contributions from the Gerontological Society of America, the MENSA lifetime career award, and the Distinguished Scientific Contributions award from the American Psychological Association. He is author or editor of 54 books including the textbook Adult Development and Aging (5th edition, with S. L. Willis) and the Handbook of the Psychology of Aging (6th edition, with J. E. Birren). He has directed the Seattle Longitudinal Study of cognitive aging since 1956 and is the author of more than 275 journal articles and chapters on the psychology of aging. His current research interest is the life course of adult intelligence, its antecedents and modifiability, the early detection of risk for dementia, as well as methodological issues in the developmental and social sciences.

Recent Publications:

Boron, J. B.; Schaie, K. W.; Willis, S. L., (Forthcoming), The aging personality and self: Diversity and health issues, Brocklehurst textbook of geriatric psychiatry, Fillitt, H., Elsevier, New York.

Lyons, M. J.; York, T.; Franz, C.; Grant, M. D.; Eaves, L.; Jacobson, K.; Schaie, K. W.; Panizzon, M.; Boake, C.; Xian, H.; Toomey, R.; Eisen, S. A.; Kremen, W. S., (Forthcoming), Stability of familial influences on cognitive ability from young adulthood to late middle age, Psychological Science.

Schaie, K., (Forthcoming), Mobility and aging, Dictionary of transport terms, Button, K.; Nijkamp, P., Edward Elgar, Northampton, MA.

Schaie, K., (Forthcoming), Primary Mental Abilities, Corsini encyclopedia of psychology, Rossi, P., Wiley, Hoboken, NJ.

Schaie, K., (Forthcoming), Developmental influences on adult intellectual development: The Seattle Longitudinal Study , Oxford University Press, New York.

Schaie, K. W., (Forthcoming), Adult Intellectual abilities, Corsini encyclopedia of psychology, Rossi, P., Wiley, Hoboken, NJ.

Schaie, K. W.; Willis, S. L. (ed), (Forthcoming), Handbook of the psychology of aging, Elsevier, San Diego, CA.

Schaie, K. W.; Willis, S. L., (Forthcoming), Adult development and aging , Prentice-Hall, New York.

Yu, F.; Ryan, L. H.; Schaie, K. W.; Willis, S. L., (Forthcoming), Using multi-level modeling to understand factors associated with cognition in older adults: The Seattle Longitudinal Study, Journal of Nursing and Health.

Cardi, M.; Munk, N.; Zanjani, F.; Kruger, T.; Schaie, K.; Willis, S., (2009), Health Behavior Risk Factors Across Age as Predictors of Cardiovascular Disease Diagnosis, Journal of Aging and Health, 21: 5, 759-775.

Revell, A.; Caskie, G.; Willis, S.; Schaie, K. W., (2009), Factor Structure and Invariance of the Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Disease (QoL-AD) Scale, Experimental Aging Research, 35: 2, 250-267.

Schaie, K. W., (2009), "When does age-related cognitive decline begin?" Salthouse again reifies the "cross-sectional fallacy", Neurobiology of aging., 30: 4, 528.

Siegler, I. C.; Poon, L. W.; Madden, D. J.; Dilworth-Anderson, P.; Schaie, K. W.; Willis, S. L.; Martin, P., (2009), Psychological aspects of normal aging, The American Psychiatric Publishing textbook of geriatric psychiatry, Blazer, D. G.; Steffens, D. C.; American Psychiatric, P., 137-156, American Psychiatric Pub., Washington, DC.

Willis, S. L.; Schaie, K. W.; M., M., (2009), Cognitive Plasticity, Handbook of theories of aging , V. Bengtson, M. S., N. Putney & D. Gans , 295-322, Springer, New York.

Schaie, K., (2008), Historical processes and patterns of cognitive aging, Handbook on cognitive aging: Interdisciplinary perspective , Alwin, S. M. H. D. F., 368-383, Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA.

Schaie, K. W., (2008), Historical processes and patterns of cognitive aging, Handbook on cognitive aging: Interdisciplinary perspective , Alwin, S. M. H. D. F., 368-383, Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA.

Schaie, K. W., (2008), A lifespan developmental perspective of psychological aging, The Handbook of emotional disorders in late life: Assessment and treatment , Knight, K. L. B. G., 3-32, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Boron, J. B.; Turiano, N. A.; Willis, S. L.; Schaie, K. W., (2007), Effects of cognitive training on change in accuracy in inductive reasoning ability, The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 62: 3, 179-86.

Boron, J. B.; Willis, S. L.; Schaie, K. W., (2007), Cognitive training gain as a predictor of mental status, The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 62: 1, 45-52.

Schaie, K. W., (2007), Generational differences; the age-cohort-period model, Encyclopedia of gerontology : age, aging, and the aged, Birren, J. E., 601-609, Academic Press, Amsterdam; Boston.

Schaie, K. W., (2007), Where Is the Individual? Comments on Nesselroade, Gerstorf, Hardy and Ram, Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 5: 4, 243-245.

Schaie, K. W.; Uhlenberg, P., (2007), Demographic influences on health and wellbeing of the elderly.

Schaie, K. W.; Uhlenberg, P., (2007), Social structures : demographic changes and the well-being of older persons, Springer, New York.

Birren, J. E.; Schaie, K. W.; Abeles, R. P.; Gatz, M.; Salthouse, T. A., (2006), Handbook of the psychology of aging, Elsevier Academic Press, Amsterdam; Boston.

Miles, T. P.; Furino, A.; Schaie, K. W., (2006), Aging health care workforce issues, Springer Pub. Co., New York, NY.

Schaie, K., (2006), The concept of event time in the study of aging, Aging and time : multidisciplinary perspectives, Baars, J. a. V., H., Baywood Publ., Amityville, N.Y.

Schaie, K. W., (2006), Societal influences on cognition in historical context, Social structures, aging, and self-regulation in the elderly, Schaie, K. W.; Carstensen, L. L.; Pennsylvania State University. Gerontology, C., Springer Pub., New York.

Schaie, K. W., (2006), Some comments on interdisciplinary studies of aging, The many faces of health, competence and well-being in old age : integrating epidemiological, psychological and social perspectives, Brenner, H.; Mollenkopf, H.; Rothenbacher, D.; Wahl, H.-W., Springer, Dordrecht.

Schaie, K. W.; Zanjani, F. A. K., (2006), Intellectual development across adulthood, Handbook of adult development and learning, Hoare, C. H., Oxford University Press, Oxford; New York.

Willis, S. L.; Schaie, K. W., (2006), A Coconstructionist View of the Third Age: The Case of Cognition, Annual review of gerontology & geriatrics., 26, 131-152.

Willis, S. W.; Schaie, K. W., (2006), Cognitive functioning in the Baby Boomers: Longitudinal and cohort effects, The baby boomers grow up : contemporary perspectives on midlife, Whitbourne, S. K.; Willis, S. L., L. Erlbaum Associates, Matwah, N.J..

Zanjani, F. A. K.; Schaie, K. W.; Willis, S. L., (2006), Age Group and Health Status Effects on Health Behavior Change, Behavioral medicine., 32: 2, 36.

Caskie, G.; Willis, S.; Warner Schaie, K.; Zanjani, F., (2005), Congruence of Medication Information from a Brown Bag Data Collection and Pharmacy Records: Findings from the Seattle Longitudinal Study, Experimental Aging Research, 32: 1, 79-103.

Schaie, K. W., (2005), Developmental influences on adult intelligence : the Seattle longitudinal study, Oxford University Press, New York.

Schaie, K. W., (2005), What Can We Learn From Longitudinal Studies of Adult Development?, Research in Human Development, 2: 3, 133-158.

Schaie, K. W., (2005), Observations from The Seattle Longitudinal Study of adult intelligence, John Hopkins Memory Bulletin, January 28, 23-30.

Schaie, K. W.; Boron, J. B.; Willis, S. L., (2005), Intellectual competence, The Cambridge handbook of age and ageing, Johnson, M. L., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge; New York.

Schaie, K. W.; Caskie, G. I.; Revell, A. J.; Willis, S. L.; Kaszniak, A. W.; Teri, L., (2005), Extending neuropsychological assessments into the primary mental ability space, Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology and cognition, 12: 3, 245-77.

Schaie, K. W.; Caskie, G. I. L., (2005), Methodological issues in aging research, Blackwell handbooks of research methods in psychology, 4, Teti, D. M., Blackwell Pub., Malden, MA.

Schaie, K. W.; Elder, G. H. (ed), (2005), Historical influences on lives & aging, Springer Pub., New York, NY.

Schaie, K. W.; Mollenkopf, H., (2005), Mobility issues in the United States and Europe, Social dimensions of sustainable transport : transatlantic perspectives., K. P. Donaghy, S. P. G. R., 50-66, Ashgate, Aldershot, UK.

Schaie, K. W.; Willis, S. L.; Pennak, S., (2005), An Historical Framework for Cohort Differences in Intelligence, Research in Human Development, 2: 1, 43-67.

Willis, S. L.; Schaie, K. W., (2005), Cognitive trajectories in midlife and cognitive functioning, Middle adulthood: A lifespan perspective, Martin, S. L. W. a. M., Sage, Thousand Oaks.