Adam Davey, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
1301 Cecil B. Moore Avenue
Ritter Annex, 9th floor (004-09)
Philadelphia, PA 19122

(215) 204-7881 Office
(215) 204-1854 Fax

Adam.Davey@temple.edu

Biography

Dr. Adam 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

(Last update: 12/20/11)

Course Involvement

PH 8012 Multivariate Biostatistics

PH 8201 Structural Equation Modeling

Publications/Presentations

(Past 5 years)

Davey, A., Lele, U., Elias, M. F., Dore, G. A., Siegler, I. C., Johnson, M. A., Hausman, D. B., Tenover, J. S., & Poon, L. W. (in press). Diabetes mellitus among centenarians. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Davey, A., & Takagi, E. (in press). Adulthood and aging in families. In G. W. Peterson & K. R. Bush (Eds.), Handbook of marriage and the family (3rd ed.). New York: Springer.

Davey, M., Davey, A., Tubbs, C., Savla, J. S., & Anderson, S. R. (in press). Second order change and evidence-based practice. Journal of Family Therapy.

Elias, M. F., Davey, A., & Goodell, A. L. (in press). Balanced decisions and unbiased reporting in bioscience and medicine. Journal of Bioscience and Medicine.

Elias, M. F., Dore, G. A., Davey, A., Abhayaratna, W. P., Goodell, A. L., & Robbins, M. A. (in press). Norms and reference values for pulse wave velocity: One size does not fit all. Journal of Bioscience and Medicine.

Hausman, D. B., Johnson, M. A., Davey, A., & Poon, L. W. (in press). Body mass index (BMI) is associated with dietary patterns and health conditions in Georgia centenarians. Journal of Aging Research.

Hausman, D. B., Johnson, M. A., Davey, A., Woodard, J. L., Poon, L. W., Allen, R. H., Allen, Stabler, S. P. (in press). The oldest old: Red blood cell and plasma folate in African American and White Octogenarians and Centenarians in Georgia. Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging.

Mathias, K., Fisher, J. O., & Davey, A. (in press). Serving larger portions of fruits and vegetables together at dinner promotes intake of both foods among young children. Journal of the American Diatetic Association.

Lepore, S. J., Buzaglo, J. S., Lieberman, M. A., Golant, M., & Davey, A. (in press). Standard versus prosocial online support groups for distressed breast cancer survivors: A randomized controlled trial. BMC Cancer.

Siegler, I. C., Bosworth, H. B., Davey, A, & Elias, M. F. (in press). Disease, health and aging in the first decade of the 21st century. In R. M. Lerner, J. Mistry, & A. Easterbrooks (Eds.), Handbook of psychology, 2nd ed., Vol. 6. Developmental psychology. New York: Wiley.

Siegler, I. C., & Davey, A. (in press). Behavioral stability and change in health across the adult years. In S. K Whitbourne and M. Sliwinksi (Eds.), Handbook of developmental psychology: Adulthood and aging. London: Wiley Blackwell.

Davey, M., Duncan, T., Davey, A., Kissil, K., & Stone Fish, L. (2011). Second order change in marriage and family therapy: A web-based modified Delphi study. American Journal of Family Therapy, 39, 100-111.

DiSantis, K. I., Collins, B. N., Fisher, J. O., Davey, A. (2011). Do infants fed directly from breast have improved appetite regulation and slower growth through early childhood compared with infants fed from a bottle? International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. DOI:10.1186/1479-5868-8-89

Duncan, T. M., Davey, M. P., & Davey, A. (2011). Transporting functional family therapy to community-based programs. Family Journal, 19, 41-46.

Elias, M. F., Dore, G. A., Goodell, A. L., Davey, A., Zilioli, M. K. C., Brennan, S., & Robbins, M. A. (2011). Normative data for elderly adults: The Maine-Syracuse study. Experimental Aging Research, 37, 142-178.

Haslam, A., Hausman, D. B., Johnson, M. A., Davey, A., Poon, L. W., Allen, R. H., & Stabler, S. P. (2011). Prevalence and predictors of anemia in a population-based study of octogenarians and centenarians in Georgia. Journals of Gerontology: Medical Sciences. DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glr151

Johnson, M. A., Hausman, D., Martin, P., Poon, L. W., Sattler, E. L., & Davey, A. (2011). Nutrition and Well-Being. In L. W. Poon & J. Cohen-Mansfield (Eds.) Understanding well-being in the oldest old (pp. 171-185). Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press.

Margrett, J. A., Daughtery, K., Martin, P., MacDonald, M., Davey, A., Woodard, J. L., Miller, L. S., Siegler, I. C., & Poon, L. W. (2011). Affect and loneliness among centenarians and the oldest old: The role of individual and social resources. Aging and Mental Health, 15, 385-396.

Mitchell, M. B., Miller, L. S., Woodard, J. L., Davey, A., Martin, P., Burgess, M., & Poon, L. W. (2011). Predicting observed functional status in centenarians. Gerontologist, 51, 179-189.

Allen, A., Davey, M., & Davey, A. (2010). Being examples to the flock: The role of church leaders and African American families seeking mental health care services. Contemporary Family Therapy, 32, 117-134.

Arnold, J., Dai, J., Nahapetyan, L., Arte, A., Johnson, M. A., Hausman, D. B., Rogers, W. L., Hensley, R., Martin, P., MacDonald, M., Davey, A., Siegler, I. C., Jazwinski, S. M., & Poon, L. W. (2010). Predicting successful aging in a population-based sample of Georgia centenarians. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research.

Cress, M. E., Gondo, Y., Davey, A., Anderson, S., Kim, S.-H., & Poon, L. W. (2010). Assessing physical performance in centenarians: Norms and an extended scale from the Georgia Centenarian Study. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research.

Davey, A., Elias, M. F., Siegler, I. C., Lele, U., Martin, P., Johnson, M. A., Hausman, D. B., & Poon, L. W. (2010). Cognitive function, physical performance, health, and disease: Norms from the Georgia Centenarian Study. Experimental Aging Research, 36, 394-425.

Davey, A., & Savla, J. (2010). Statistical power analysis with missing data: A structural equation modeling approach. Philadelphia: Routledge.

Elias, M. F., Dore, G. A., Davey, A., Robbins, M. A., & Elias, P. K. (2010). From blood pressure to physical disability: The role of cognition. Hypertension, 55, 1360-1365.

Johnson, M. A., Hausman, D. B., Davey, A., Poon, L. W., Allen, R. H., Stabler, S. P., and the Georgia Centenarian Study. (2010). Vitamin B12 deficiency in African American and white octogenarians and centenarians in Georgia. Journal of Nutrition, Health, and Aging, 14, 339-345.

Margrett, J., Martin, P., Woodard, J. L., Miller, L. S., MacDonald, M., Baenziger, J., Siegler, I. C., Davey, A., & Poon, L. W. (2010). Depression among centenarians and the oldest old: Contributions of cognition and personality. Gerontology, 56, 93-99.

Miller, L. S., Mitchell, M. B., Woodard, J. L., Davey, A., Martin, P., & Poon, L. W. (2010). Cognitive performance in centenarians and the oldest old: Norms from the Georgia Centenarian Study. Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition, 17, 575-590.

Davey, A., & Savla, J. (2009). Estimating statistical power with incomplete data. Organizational Research Methods, 12, 320-346.

Davey, A., Savla, J., Janke, M. C., & Anderson, S. (2009). Grandparent-grandchild relationships: From families in contexts to families as contexts. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 69, 309-323.

Davey, A., Tucker, C. J., Fingerman, K. L., & Savla, J. S. (2009). Within-family variability in representations of past relationships with parents. Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 64, 125-136.

Elias, M. F., & Davey, A. (2009). Predicting conversion to mild cognitive impairment: Some error is the price of much truth. Neurology, 73, 1432-1433.

Sandberg, J. G., Miller, R. B., Harper, J. M., Robila, M., & Davey, A. (2009). The impact of marital conflict on health and health care utilization in older couples. Journal of Health Psychology, 14, 9-17.

Sundström, G., Fransson, E., Malmberg, B., & Davey, A. (2009). Loneliness among older Europeans. European Journal on Ageing, 6, 267-275.

Davey, A. (2008). Between the motion and the act: Psychological perspectives on the distribution of obligations. In A. Booth, A. C. Crouter, S. M. Bianchi, & J. A. Seltzer (Eds.), Intergenerational caregiving (pp. 333-340). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

Johnson, M. A., Davey, A., Park, S., Hausman, D. B., & Poon, L. W. (2008). Age, race and season predict vitamin D status in African American and White octogenarians and centenarians. Journal of Nutrition, Health, and Aging, 12, 690-695.

Savla, J., Almeida, D. M., Davey, A., & Zarit, S. H. (2008). Routine assistance to parents: Effects on daily mood and other stressors. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 63, P154-P161.

Savla, J., Davey, A., Sundström, G., Zarit, S. H., & Malmberg, B. (2008). Home help services in Sweden: Responsiveness to changing demographics and needs. European Journal of Ageing, 5, 47-55.

Szinovacz, M. E., & Davey, A. (2008). The division of parent care between spouses. Ageing and Society, 28, 571-597.

Davey, A., Eggebeen, D. J., & Savla, J. (2007). Parental marital transitions and instrumental assistance between generations: A within-family longitudinal analysis. Advances in Life Course Research, 12, 221-242.

Davey, A., Savla, J., Zarit, S. H., Sundström, G., & Malmberg, B. (2007). How equitable is Sweden’s changing care mix? Linking individual and regional characteristics over time. Ageing and Society, 27, 511-532.

Davey, A., & Szinovacz, M. E. (2007). Division of care among adult children. In M. E. Szinovacz & A. Davey (Eds.), Caregiving contexts: Cultural, familial, and societal implications (pp. 133-159). New York: Springer.

Davey, A., & Szinovacz, M. E. (2007). Introduction: Caregiving in context. In M. E. Szinovacz & A. Davey (Eds.), Caregiving contexts: Cultural, familial, and societal implications (pp. 1-6). New York: Springer.

Poon, L. W., Jazwinski, S. M., Green, R. C., Woodard, J. L., Martin, P., Rodgers, W. L., Johnson, M. A., Hausman, D., Arnold, J., Davey, A., Batzer, M. A., Markesbery, W. R., Gearing, M., Siegler, I. C., Reynolds, S., & Dai, J. (2007). Methodological considerations in studying centenarians: Lessons learned from the Georgia Centenarian Studies. In L. W. Poon & T. T. Perls (Eds.), Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics: Biopsychosocial approaches to longevity (pp. 231-264). New York: Springer.

Savla, J., Davey, A., Costa, P. T., Jr., & Whitfield, K. E. (2007). Replicating the NEO-PI-R factor structure in African-American older adults. Personality and Individual Differences, 43, 1279-1288.

Szinovacz, M. E., & Davey, A. (2007). Caregiving contexts: Cultural, familial, and societal implications. New York: Springer.

Szinovacz, M. E., & Davey, A. (2007). Caregiving contexts: Implications for research and policy. In M. E. Szinovacz & A. Davey (Eds.), Caregiving contexts: Cultural, familial, and societal implications (pp. 279-278). New York: Springer.

Szinovacz, M. E., & Davey, A. (2007). Changes in adult-child caregiver networks. Gerontologist, 47, 280-295.

Grants & Contracts

CURRENT

R21 CA 158877 (Co-I) 7/1/2011-6/30/2013
NIH / NCI
A Novel Prosocial Online Support Group For Distressed Breast Cancer Survivors

R01 AG 013180 (Co-PI) 7/15/2001-4/30/2012
NIH / NIA
Marriage, Families, and Retirement

PENR-2010-04643 (Co-I) 7/1/2011-6/30/2016
United States Department of Agriculture
Reducing solid fat and added sugar intakes in low-income preschoolers through environmental and behavioral portion size strategies

K23HL106231 (Mentor) 1/1/2011-11/30-2015
NIH / NHLBI
Preventing postpartum weight retention among low-income, black women

COMPLETED

Brody, G. H., et al. (Methodology Core Leader). (2003-2004). Prevention programs for rural African American families. National Institutes of Health (P20MH068666) ($4,200,000).

Davey, A. (Principal Investigator) (2005-2006). Student Research and Mentoring Awards in Adult Development and Aging. Retirement Research Foundation ($21,900).

Davey, A. (Principal Investigator). (2004-2007). Multilevel analysis of formal and informal care in Sweden (R03AG023301) ($90,000).

Eggebeen, D. J., & Davey, A. (Co-Principal Investigator) (1999-2000). A Life-Course Study of Marital Transitions and Intergenerational Relationships. National Institutes of Health (R03AG17243) ($68,566).

Fisher, J. O., et al. (Co-Investigator). (2008-2011). Determinant Of Young Children's Self-Served Portion Sizes. United States Department of Agriculture (PENR-2008-05011).

Maitland, S. B., et al. (Co-Investigator). (2008-2011). Developmental Transitions and the Impact of Gambling in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood. Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre. ($350,000 CDN).

Poon, L. W., et al. (Core Co-Leader, Data Management and Analysis) (2001-2009). A Population-Based, Multidisciplinary Study of Centenarians. National Institutes of Health (P01AG17553) ($7,500,000).

Sundström, G., Hansen, E. B., Romören, T. I., Castiello, M. S., Weber, A., Grundy, E., & Davey, A. (Co-Investigator) (2006-2008). Likt och olikt: En internationell analys av lokala variationer i äldreomsorgen [Equality and inequality: An international analysis of local variations in old age care]. NordForsk (100,000 NOK).

Szinovacz, M. E., & Davey, A. (Co-Investigator) (2003-2009). Intergenerational Support Structures and Pathways: A Life-Course Perspective (R01AG24045) ($1,000,000).

Tainsh, S. M., Davey, A. (Co-Principal Investigator), & Roman, O. (1992-1993). Development of an instrument to measure occupational stress in the gero-psychiatric setting. Project funded through the Quality of Nursing Worklife Research Unit, Ontario Ministry of Health ($8,192).

Wiebe, J., Maitland, S. B., Hodgins, D., Davey, A., & Gottlieb, B. (Co-Investigator) (2006-2009). Transitions and stability of problem gambling behaviors: Directions for target prevention and intervention strategies. Addictions Foundation of Manitoba ($375,000).