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Amelia Karraker
Researcher at Iowa State University
Publications - 16
Citations - 630
Amelia Karraker is an academic researcher from Iowa State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Life course approach & Socioeconomic status. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 15 publications receiving 516 citations. Previous affiliations of Amelia Karraker include University of Michigan & University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Sexual Frequency Decline From Midlife to Later Life
TL;DR: Results provide evidence for gendered experiences in the sexual life course and suggest Reverse causality may explain the happiness-frequency findings for both men and women.
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Quality of Life and Psychological Health Indicators in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project
TL;DR: The modified indices used in NSHAP tended to exhibit good internal reliability and concurrent validity, and can confidently be used in the exploration of QoL and psychological health in later life and its many correlates.
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Sexual functioning in older adults
John DeLamater,Amelia Karraker +1 more
TL;DR: A broad definition of sexual functioning is provided that includes a range of solo and partnered forms of sexual expression and the role of the social context, especially the presence of a sexual partner and the relationship with that partner, in sexual activity.
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Neighborhood social stressors, fine particulate matter air pollution, and cognitive function among older U.S. adults.
TL;DR: The association between PM2.5 and cognitive errors was stronger among older adults living in high stress neighborhoods, and support recent theoretical developments in environmental health and health disparities research emphasizing the synergistic effects of neighborhood social stressors and environmental hazards on residents' health.
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In sickness and in health? Physical illness as a risk factor for marital dissolution in later life
Amelia Karraker,Kenzie Latham +1 more
TL;DR: It is found that only measures of wife’s illness onset are associated with elevated risk of divorce, while measures of either spouse's illness onset is associated with Elevated risk of widowhood.