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Aleksandra Jankovic

Researcher at University of Michigan

Publications -  12
Citations -  1360

Aleksandra Jankovic is an academic researcher from University of Michigan. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 11 publications receiving 1216 citations.

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Measuring Numeracy without a Math Test: Development of the Subjective Numeracy Scale

TL;DR: The Subjective Numeracy Scale (SNS), an 8-item measure, correlates well with mathematical test measures of objective numeracy but can be administered in less time and with less burden, and shows much lower rates of missing or incomplete data.
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Does a helping hand mean a heavy heart? Helping behavior and well-being among spouse caregivers.

TL;DR: Results indicate that when controlling for care recipient illness status and functional impairment and caregiver "on call" caregiving time, active helping predicted greater caregiver positive affect--especially for individuals who perceived themselves as interdependent with their spouse.
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Frequency, nature, effects, and correlates of conflicts of interest in published clinical cancer research

TL;DR: The frequency and impact of conflicts of interest in the full range of high‐impact, published clinical cancer research is unknown.
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Happily hopeless: adaptation to a permanent, but not to a temporary, disability.

TL;DR: Overall life satisfaction and quality of life increased with time for patients with permanent, but not temporary, ostomies, suggesting that knowing an adverse situation is temporary can interfere with adaptation, leading to a paradoxical situation in which people who are better off objectively are worse off subjectively.