Elizabeth M Douvan Collegiate Professor of Psychology, Professor of Psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Research Professor of Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
Biography
Toni C. Antonucci is the Elizabeth M. Douvan Collegiate Professor of Psychology and Program Director and Research Professor in the Life Course Development Program at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan.
Dr. Antonucci’s research focuses on social relations and health across the life span, including the family, life span and life course development, multigenerational relations, adult development and aging, and comparative studies of social relations and health in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Japan. She is particularly interested in how social relations optimize or jeopardize an individual’s ability to face life’s challenges. She received a Research Career Development Award and is currently funded or has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Aging and several private foundations, most recently, the Fetzer Institute and the MacArthur Foundation.
Dr. Antonucci will be the president-elect of International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development in 2017 and of International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics in 2018. She was President of the Gerontological Society of America and the Society for the Study of Human Development and served as editor of the Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Science and Associate Editor of Developmental Psychology. She is currently series editor of the Annual Review of Geriatrics and Gerontology for Springer Publishing Company and is a member of the MacArthur Network on the Aging Society. She is a member of the Executive Board of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Secretary General-Elect of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics and received the Gerontological Society of America’s 2011 Distinguished Career Contribution to Gerontology Award. She has numerous scientific publications, in 2010 she edited (with James S. Jackson) Life Course Perspectives on Late Life Health Inequalities and in 2011 edited (with Karen Fingerman, Cynthia Berg and Jacqui Smith) the Handbook of Life Span Development.
Projects
Funded Research
- A Family Centered Approach to Dementia Caregiving in Cultural Context
- Alzheimer’s Disease Risk and Ethnic Factors: The Case of Arab Americans
- Michigan Center for Contextual Factors ?i?n Alzheimer’s Disease? (MCCFAD?)
- Racial Disparities in Health: The Roles of Stress, Social Relations and the Cardiovascular System
Publications
- Birditt, Kira S.; Sherman, Carey W.; Polenick, Lucia, Courtney A., Becker; Webster, Noah J.; Ajrouch, Kristine J.; Antonucci, Toni C. (2018). So Close and Yet So Irritating: Negative Relations and Implications for Well-being by Age and Closeness. Journals of Gerontology, Series B.
- Jackson, James S.; Antonucci, Toni C.; Gibson, Rose C. (2018). Social Relations, Productive Activities, and Coping with Stress in Late Life. 193-212. In Stephens, Mary A.; Crowther, Janis H.; Hobfoll, Stevan E.; Tennenbaum, Daniel L. (Ed.), Stress And Coping In Later-Life Families.
- Webster, Noah J.; Ajrouch, Kristine J.; Antonucci, Toni C. (2018). Sociodemographic Differences in Humility: The Role of Social Relations. Research in Human Development, 15(1), 50-71.
- Birditt, Kira S.; Cranford, James A.; Manalel, Jasmine A.; Antonucci, Toni C. (2018). Drinking Patterns Among Older Couples: Longitudinal Associations With Negative Marital Quality. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 73(4), 655-665.
- Antonucci, Toni C.; Ajrouch, Kristine J.; Webster, Noah J.; Birditt, Kira S. (2018). Social Networks and Forgiveness: The Role of Trust and Efficacy. Research in Human Development, 15(1), 3-20.
- Ajrouch, Kristine J.; Fuller, H. R.; Akiyama, Hiroko; Antonucci, Toni C. (2018). Convoys of Social Relations in Cross-National Context. The Gerontologist, 58(3), 488-499.
- Webster, Noah J.; Ajrouch, Kristine J.; Wan, Wylie H.; Antonucci, Toni C. (2017). Environmental context and social relationships: A relational perspective on health disparities. In Dick, Anthony S.; Muller, Ulrich (Ed.), Advancing Developmental Science: Philosophy, Theory, and Method. Psychology Press:New York.
- Suanet, Bianca; Antonucci, Toni C. (2017). Cohort Differences in Received Social Support in Later Life: The Role of Network Type. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 72(4), 706-715.
- Antonucci, Toni C.; Ajrouch, Kristine J.; Manalel, Jasmine A. (2017). Social Relations and Technology: Continuity, Context, and Change. Innovation in Aging, 1(3).
- Ajrouch, Kristine J.; Zahodne, Laura B.; Antonucci, Toni C. (2017). Arab American Cognitive Aging: Opportunities for Advancing Research on Alzheimer’s Disease Disparities. Innovation in Aging, 1(3), igx034.
- Ajrouch, Kristine J.; Antonucci, Toni C. (2017). Social Relations and Health: Comparing “Invisible” Arab Americans to Blacks and Whites. Society and Mental Health.
- Birditt, Kira S.; Wan, Wylie H.; Orbuch, Terri L.; Antonucci, Toni C. (2017). The Development of Marital Tension: Implications for Divorce Among Married Couples. Developmental psychology, 53(10), 1995-2006.
- Wan, Wylie H.; Antonucci, Toni C.; Birditt, Kira S.; Smith, Jacqui (2017). Work-Hour Trajectories and Depressive Symptoms Among Midlife and Older Married Couples. Work, Aging and Retirement, 4(1), 108-122.
- Antonucci, Toni C.; Manalel, Jasmine A. (2017). Social Relations and Social Support: Understanding Group and Individual Differences. 8-26. In Wilmoth, Janet M.; Silverstein, Merrill D. (Ed.) Routledge:New York.
- Ajrouch, Kristine J.; Akiyama, Hiroko; Antonucci, Toni C. (2017). Cohort Differences in Social Relations among the Elderly. 43-63. In Wahl, Hans-Werner; Tesch-Romer, Clemens; Hoff, Andreas (Ed.), New Dynamics in Old Age: Individual, Environmental and Societal Perspectives. Taylor & Francis:New York.
- Stafford, Mai; Antonucci, Toni C.; Zaninotto, Paola (2017). Joint Trajectories of Spousal Social Support and Depressive Symptoms in Older Age. Journal of aging and health.
- Park, Sojung; Smith, Jacqui; Dunkle, Ruth E.; Ingersoll-Dayton, Berit; Antonucci, Toni C. (2017). Health and Social-Physical Environment Profiles Among Older Adults Living Alone: Associations With Depressive Symptoms. Journals of Gerontology, Series B.
- Ajrouch, Kristine J.; Antonucci, Toni C.; Webster, Noah J. (2016). Volunteerism: Social Network Dynamics and Education. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 71(2), 309-319.
- Kim, Borin; Park, Sojung; Antonucci, Toni C. (2016). Longitudinal changes in social networks, health and wellbeing among older Koreans. Ageing & Society, 36(9), 1915-1936.
- Antonucci, Toni C.; Berkman, Lisa F.; Borsch-Supan, Axel; Carstensen, Laura L.; Fried, Linda P.; Furstenberg, Frank F.; Goldman, Dana; Jackson, James S.; Kohli, Martin; Olshansky, S. Jay; Rother, John; Rowe, John W.; Zissimopoulos, Julie (2016). Society and the individual at the dawn of the 21st Century. 41-62. In Schaie, K. W.; Willis, S. (Ed.), Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, Eighth Edition. Elsevier, Inc.:London, UK.
- Tighe, Lauren A.; Birditt, Kira S.; Antonucci, Toni C. (2016). Intergenerational Ambivalence in Adolescence and Early Adulthood: Implications for Depressive Symptoms Over Time. Developmental psychology, 52(5), 824-834.
- Fuller-Iglesias, Heather R.; Antonucci, Toni C. (2016). Convoys of social support in Mexico: Examining socio-demographic variation. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 40(4), 324-333.
- Fuller-Iglesias, Heather; Antonucci, Toni C. (2016). Familism, Social Network Characteristics, and Well-being among Older Adults in Mexico. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 31(1), 1-17.
- Fuller-Iglesias, Heather; Webster, Noah J. and Antonucci, Toni C. (2015). The Complex Nature of Family Support Across the Life Span: Implications for Psychological Well-being. Developmental Psychology, 51(3), 277-288.
- Fulmer, Terry; Strasser, Sheryl and Antonucci, Toni C. (2015). Aging from a Psychological Perspective. Textbook of Geriatric Dentistry(Chapter 5), 39-45. In Holm-Pedersen,Poul; Walls,Angus and Ship,Jonathan (Ed.), Textbook of Geriatric Dentistry. John Wiley & Sons
- Ajrouch, Kristine J.; Abdulrahim, S. and Antonucci, Toni C. (2015). Family Relations and Health Over the Life Course. A Lebanese Perspective. Le Journal Medical Libanais.the Lebanese Medical Journal, 63(1), 8-14.
- Birditt, Kira S.; Hartnett, Caroline S.; Fingerman, Karen L.; Zarit, Steven H. and Antonucci, Toni C. (2015). Extending the Intergenerational Stake Hypothesis: Evidence of an Intra-Individual Stake and Implications for Well-being. Journal of Marriage and Family, 77(4), 877-888.
- Antonucci, Toni C.; Ajrouch, Kristine J. and Abdulrahim, S. (2015). Social Relations in Lebanon: Convoys Across the Life Course. The Gerontologist, 22(2), 825-835.
- Sherman, Carey W.; Wan, Wylie H. and Antonucci, Toni C. (2015). Social Convoy Model. The Encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.:Hoboken, NJ.
- Antonucci, Toni C. (2015). Teams do it Better!. Research in Human Development, 12(3-4), 342-349.
- Webster, Noah J.; Antonucci, Toni C.; Yoon, Carolyn; McCullough, Wayne R.; Fin, Debra N. and Hartsell, Debra L. (2014). Older Adults as Consumers: An Examination of Differences by Birth Cohort. The Interdisciplinary Science of Consumption, 281-296. In Preston,Stephanie D.; Kringelbach,Morten L.; Knutsonp,Brian and Whybrow,Peter C. (Ed.), The Interdisciplinary Science of Consumption. MIT Press:Cambridge, MA.
- Abdulrahim, Sawsan; Ajrouch, Kristine J. and Antonucci, Toni C. (2014). Aging in Lebanon: Challenges and Opportunities. The Gerontologist, 55(4), 511-518.
- Antonucci, Toni C.; Ajrouch, Kristine J. and Park, Sojung (2014). Social Capital and GenderCritical Influences on Living Arrangements and Care-Giving in Old Age. 104. In Pachana,Nancy A. and Laidlaw,Ken (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Geropsychology. Oxford University Press
- Antonucci, Toni C. and Webster, Noah J. (2014). Rethinking Cells to Society. Research in Human Development, 11(4), 309-322.
- Antonucci, Toni C.; Ajrouch, Kristine J. and Birditt, Kira S. (2014). The Convoy Model: Explaining Social Relations from a Multidisciplinary Perspective. The Gerontologist, 54(1), 82-92.
- Webster, Noah J.; Antonucci, Toni C.; Ajrouch, Kristine J. and Abdulrahim, Sawsan (2014). Social Networks and Health among Older Adults in Lebanon: The Mediating Role of Support and Trust. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 70(1), 155-166.
- Ajrouch, Kristine J. and Antonucci, Toni C. (2014). Using Convoys of Social Relations to Understand Culture and Forgiveness from an Arab American Perspective. Biopsychosocial Perspectives on Arab Americans(Part 1), 127-146. In Nassar-McMillan,Sylvia C.; Ajrouch,Kristine J. and Hakim-Larson,Julie (Ed.), Biopsychosocial Perspectives on Arab Americans. Springer US:New York.
- Fuller-Iglesias, Heather; Webster, Noah J. and Antonucci, Toni C. (2013). Adult Family Relationships in the Context of Friendship. Research in Human Development, 10(2), 184-203.
- Ajrouch, Kristine J.; Abdulrahim, Sawsan and Antonucci, Toni C. (2013). Stress, Social Relations, and Psychological Health Over the Life Course: A Focus on Lebanon. GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry, 26(1), 15-27.
- Antonucci, Toni C. and Ajrouch, Kristine J. (2013). Chapter 7 using Convoys of Social Relations to Understand Culture and Forgiveness from an Arab American Perspective. In Nassar-McMillan,Sylvia C.; Ajrouch,Kristine J. and Hakim-Larson,Julie (Ed.), Biopsychosocial Perspectives on Arab Americans: Culture, Development, and Health. Springer:New York.
- Park, Sojung and Antonucci, Toni C. (2013). Visible Women: Tales of Age, Gender and In/Visibility, by Christine Bell. Journal of Women & Aging, 25(2), 199-200.
- Sherman, Carey W.; Webster, Noah J. and Antonucci, Toni C. (2013). Dementia Caregiving in the Context of Late-Life Remarriage: Support Networks, Relationship Quality, and Well-being. Journal of Marriage and Family, 75(5), 1149-1163.
- Webster, Noah J.; Ajrouch, Kristine J. and Antonucci, Toni C. (2013). Living Healthier, Living Longer: The Benefits of Residing in Community. Generations, 37(4), 28-32.
- Abdulrahim, Sawsan; Ajrouch, Kristine J.; Jammal, Alicia and Antonucci, Toni C. (2012). Survey Methods and Aging Research in an Arab Sociocultural Context—A Case Study from Beirut, Lebanon. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 67(6), 775-782.
- Olshansky, S. J.; Antonucci, Toni C.; Berkman, L.; Binstock, R. H.; Boersch-Supan, A.; Cacioppo, J. T.; Carnes, B. A.; Carstensen, L. L.; Fried, L. P.; Goldman, D. P.; Jackson, J.; Kohli, M.; Rother, J.; Zheng, Y. and Rowe, J. (2012). Differences in Life Expectancy due to Race and Educational Differences are Widening, and Many may Not Catch Up.. Health Affairs, 31(8), 1803-1813.
- Antonucci, Toni C.; Ashton-Miller, James A.; Brant, Jennifer; Falk, Emily B.; Halter, Jeffrey B.; Hamdemir, Levent; Konrath, Sara H.; Lee, Joyce M.; McCullough, Wayne R.; Persad, Carol C.; Seydel, Roland; Smith, Jacqui and Webster, Noah J. (2012). The Right to Move: A Multidisciplinary Lifespan Conceptual Framework. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research, 2012, 873937.
- Antonucci, Toni C.; Wong, Kristin M. and Trinh, Sarah (2012). The Role of the Family Across the Lifespan. 49-65. The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Couples and Family Relationships. Wiley-Blackwell:Oxford, UK.
- Ryan, Lindsay H.; Smith, Jacqui and Antonucci, Toni C. (2012). Cohort Differences in the Availability of Informal Caregivers: Are the Boomers at Risk?. The Gerontologist, 52(2), 177-188.
- Williams, Terrinieka T.; Mance, GiShawn; Caldwell, Cleopatra H. and Antonucci, Toni C. (2012). The Role of Prenatal Stress and Maternal Emotional Support on the Postpartum Depressive Symptoms of African American Adolescent Fathers. Journal of Black Psychology, 38(4), 455-470.
- Birditt, Kira S. and Antonucci, Toni C. (2012). Enacted Support during Stressful Life Events in Middle and Older Adulthood: An Examination of the Interpersonal Context.. Psychology and Aging, 27(3), 728-741.
- Birditt, Kira S. and Antonucci, Toni C. (2012). Till Death do Us Part: Contexts and Implications of Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage Across Adulthood. Research in Human Development, 9(2), 103-105.
- Antonucci, Toni C.; Birditt, Kira S. and Ajrouch, Kristine J. (2011). Convoys of Social Relations: Past, Present, and Future. In Fingerman,Karen L.; Berg,C. A.; Smith,Jacqui and Antonucci,Toni C. (Ed.), Handbook of Lifespan Development. Springer:New York.
- Fingerman, Karen L.; Berg, C. A.; Smith, Jacqui and Antonucci, Toni C. (2011). Handbook of Lifespan Development. New York:Springer.
- Carter, R.; Caldwell, Cleopatra H.; Matusko, N.; Antonucci, Toni C. and Jackson, J. S. (2011). Ethnicity, Perceived Pubertal Timing, Externalizing Behaviors, and Depressive Symptoms among Black Adolescent Girls. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40(10), 1394-1406.
- Calzo, Jerel and Antonucci, Toni C. (2011). Retrospective Recall of Sexual Orientation Identity Development among Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Adults.. Developmental Psychology, 47(6), 1658-1673.
- Antonucci, Toni C.; Birditt, Kira S.; Sherman, Carey W. and Trinh, Sarah (2011). Stability and Change in the Intergenerational Family: A Convoy Approach. Ageing & Society, 31(7), 1084-1106.
- Antonucci, Toni C.; Fiori, Katherine L.; Birditt, Kira S. and Jackey, L. (2010). Convoys of Social Relations: Integrating Life-Span and Life-Course Perspectives. In Freund,A. F.; Lamb,M. L. and Lerner,Richard M. (Ed.), Handbook of Life-Span Development. John Wiley and Sons:New York.
- Fuller-Iglesias, Heather; Antonucci, Toni C. and Jackson, James S. (2010). Theoretical Perspectives on Life Span and Life Course Development. 29. In Antonucci,Toni C. and Jackson,James S. (Ed.), Life-Course Perspectives on Late Life Health Inequalities. Springer:New York.
- Antonucci, Toni C. and Jackson, James S. (2010). Life-Course Perspectives on Late Life Health Inequalities. 29. Annual Review of Gerontology & Geriatrics. New York:Springer.
- Ryan, Lindsay H. and Smith, Jacqui (2010). Cognition and Health Disparities Over the Life Course: Longevity as an Example. 29. In Antonucci,Toni C. and Jackson,James S. (Ed.), Life-Course Perspectives on Late Life Health Inequalities. Springer:New York.
- Singer, Eleanor L.; Couper, Mick P.; Raghunathan, Trivellore E.; Antonucci, Toni C.; Burmeister, M. and Van Hoewyk, John (2010). The Effect of Question Framing and Response Options on the Relationship between Racial Attitudes and Beliefs about Genes as Causes of Behavior. Public Opinion Quarterly, 74(3), 460-476.
- Antonucci, Toni C.; Blieszner, Rosemary and Denmark, F. (2010). Psychological Perspectives on Older Women. In Landrine,Hope and Russo,N. F. (Ed.), Handbook of Diversity in Feminist Psychology. Springer:New York.
- Antonucci, Toni C.; Birditt, Kira S. and Webster, Noah J. (2010). Social Relations and Mortality. Journal of Health Psychology, 15(5), 649-659.
- Antonucci, Toni C. and Wong, K. M. (2010). Public Health and the Aging Family. Public Health Reviews, 32(2), 512-531.
- Antonucci, Toni C.; Birditt, Kira S. and Akiyama, Hiroko (2009). Convoys of Social Relations: An Interdisciplinary Approach. In Bengtson,Vern; silverstein,M.; Putney,N. and Gans,D. (Ed.), Handbook of Theories of Aging. Springer Publishing Company:New York.
- Clarke, Philippa J. and Smith, Jacqui (2009). Cross National Disparities in Disabilities. 29, 251. In Antonucci,Toni C. and Jackson,James S. (Ed.), Annual Review of Gerontology & Geriatrics: Life Course Perspectives on Late Life Health Inequalities. Springer:New York.
- Antonucci, Toni C.; Fuller-Iglesias, Heather and Sellars, Besangie (2009). Midlife. In Markides,Kyriakos (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Health and Aging. Sage:Thousand Oaks,CA.
- Birditt, Kira S.; Jackey, L. and Antonucci, Toni C. (2009). Longitudinal Patterns of Negative Relationship Quality Across Adulthood. The Journals of Gerontology, 64B(1), 55-64.
- Antonucci, Toni C. (2008). Aging Families in Global Context. Research in Human Development, 5(1), 60-63.
- Birditt, Kira S. and Antonucci, Toni C. (2008). Life Sustaining Irritations? Relationship Quality and Mortality in the Context of Chronic Illness. Social Science & Medicine, 67(8), 1291-1299.
- Singer, Eleanor L.; Couper, Mick P.; Raghunathan, Trivellore E.; Van Hoewyk, John and Antonucci, Toni C. (2008). Trends in U.S. Attitudes Toward Genetic Testing, 1990-2004. Public Opinion Quarterly, 72(3), 446-448.
- Jackson, James S.; Antonucci, Toni C.; Brown, Edna E.; Daatland, S. O. and Sellars, Besangie (2008). Race and Ethnic Influences on Normative Beliefs and Attitudes: Toward Provision of Family Care. 317. In Booth,Alan; Coulter,A. C.; Bianchi,S. and Seltzer,J. A. (Ed.), Intergenerational Caregiving. Urban Institute Press:Washington D.C..
- Sherman, Carey W.; Rosenblatt, D. E. and Antonucci, Toni C. (2008). Elder Abuse and Mistreatment: A Life Span and Cultural Context. Indian Journal of Gerentology, 22(3&4), 319-339.
- Fiori, Katherine L.; Antonucci, Toni C. and Akiyama, Hiroko (2008). Profiles of Social Relations among Older Adults: A Cross-Cultural Approach. Ageing and Society, 28(2), 203-231.
- Fuller-Iglesias, Heather; Sellars, Besangie and Antonucci, Toni C. (2008). Resilience in Old Age: Social Relations as a Protective Factor. Research in Human Development, 5(3), 181-193.
- Brown, Edna E.; Caldwell, Cleopatra H. and Antonucci, Toni C. (2008). Religiosity as a Moderator of Family Conflict and Depressive Symptoms among African American and White Young Grandmothers. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 18(4), 397-412.