Jan. 18, 2024

Oregon State study finds veterans’ personal views of combat experiences and the support they get upon returning home are stronger predictors of PTSD symptoms than the specific conflict in which they served.

Sept. 21, 2022

Carolyn Aldwin, retired director of the Center for Healthy Aging Research in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences, is on the research team.

Feb. 17, 2022

By 2030, 1 in 5 Americans is projected to be 65 or older, and this generation desires a more holistic approach to aging and caregiving, especially in underserved populations/communities.

Jan. 27, 2022

From psychology to HDFS, doctoral student broadens her lens, examines health and well-being  as we age

Jan. 12, 2022

Researchers found that people who reported more positive self-perceptions of aging were more insulated from the physical effects of stress compared with people who felt more negatively about their own aging.

April 29, 2021

“It’s a mistake to think of older adults as just being sort of victims during COVID,” Carolyn says. “They’re a lot more resilient than we think they are.”

Jan. 21, 2021

If you believe you’re capable of becoming a healthy, engaged person in old age, you are more likely to experience that outcome.

April 2, 2020

“People who always perceived their daily life to be over-the-top stressful were three times more likely to die over the period of study than people who rolled with the punches and didn’t find daily life very stressful."

July 8, 2019

Military veterans exposed to combat were more likely to exhibit signs of depression and anxiety in later life than veterans who had not seen combat.

Feb. 20, 2018

“The adage used to be ‘with age comes wisdom,’ but that’s not really true,” says Carolyn, an expert on psychosocial factors that influence aging. “Generally, the people who had to work to sort things out after a difficult life event are the ones who arrived at new meaning.”

Nov. 10, 2016

Thinking over and over again about conflicts between your job and personal life is likely to damage both your mental and physical health, research from Oregon State University suggests.

Feb. 15, 2014

Researchers at Oregon State University say memory loss is part of the aging process, but in the future it could be slowed down with diet or drugs