Faculty & Staff

Adam Davey

Dr. Davey is a developmental psychologist with training in Human Development and Family Studies from the Pennsylvania State University.  Previously, he was Senior Research Scientist at the Polisher Research Institute and an Associate Professor at the University of Georgia.  Dr. Davey’s research addresses issues of marital and intergenerational relationships, family caregiving, and comparative analysis of the interface between formal and informal care networks, particularly in the United States, Great Britain, and Sweden. Currently, Dr. Davey is examining regional variability in how families have responded to changes over a 6-year period in the availability of formal services across Sweden.  He also collaborates with Dr. Maximiliane E. Szinovacz at University of Massachusetts Boston on projects investigating longitudinal changes in care networks within families, and couples’ navigation of the retirement process.

EDUCATION:

Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D. in Human Development

University of Guelph, M.Sc. in Family Studies,

University of Toronto, B.Sc. in Psychology and Spanish, Physics Minor

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Szinovacz, M. E., & Davey, A. (in press). Caregiving: Cultural, familial, and societal contexts. New York: Springer.

Janke, M. C., & Davey, A., & Kleiber, D. (2006). Modeling change in older adults’ leisure activities. Leisure Sciences, 28, 285-303.

Davey, A., Johansson, L., Malmberg, B., & Sundström, G. (2006). Equality or equity: An analysis of variations in old-age care in Sweden.  European Journal of Ageing, 3, 34-40.

Davey, A., Femia, E. E., Zarit, S. H., Shea, D. G., Sundström, G., Berg, S., Smyer, M. A., & Savla, J. S. (2005). Life on the edge: Patterns of formal and informal help to older adults in the United States and Sweden. Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 60, S281-S288.

Davey, A., Janke, M. C., & Savla, J. S. (2005). Antecedents of intergenerational support: Families in context and families as context. In M. Silverstein, R. Giarrusso, & V. L. Bengtson (Eds.), Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics: Intergenerational relations across time and place (pp. 29-54). New York: Springer.

Davey, A., Savla, J. S., & Luo, Z. (2005). Issues in evaluating model fit with missing data. Structural Equation Modeling, 12, 578-597.

Davey, A., Halverson, C. F., Jr., Zonderman, A. B., & Costa, P. T., Jr. (2004). Change in depressive symptoms in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 59B, P270-P277.

Davey, A., & Szinovacz, M. E. (2004). Dimensions of marital quality and retirement. Journal of Family Issues, 25, 431-464.

Szinovacz, M. & Davey, A. (2004). Retirement transitions and spouse’s disability: Effects on depressive symptoms. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 59B, S333-S342.