Linda J. Waite
Professor
B.A. Michigan State University, 1969
M.A. University of Michigan, 1970
Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1976
Office: NORC 363
Phone: 773-256-6333
Email: l-waite@uchicago.edu
CV: Curriculum Vita
Linda Waite is the Lucy Flower Professor in Urban Sociology.
Waite's current research interests include social demography, aging, the family, health, working families, the link between biology, psychology and the social world.
Waite's current research projects include studies on the Social Life, Health, and Illness at Older Ages (Co-Principal Investigator); Contemporary Families and Experiences of Work (Co-Principal Investigator); The Social Environment, Loneliness, Stress and Health (Co-Principal Investigators); Loneliness, Stress and Health in Aging (Investigator).
Centers:
Director, Center on Aging at N.O.R.C.; Co-Director, Alfred P. Sloan Center on Parents, Children and Work; Co-Director, MD/PhD Program in Medicine, the Social Sciences, and Aging; Member, Scientific Advisory Board, eHarmony Labs.
Research Interests
Gender, Family and Feminist Theory; Health and Medicine; and Populations
Selected Publications
"The Aging of the Second Demographic Transition," (with Mary Elizabeth Hughes). In Social Structures: The Impact of Demographic Changes on the Well-Being of Older Persons. ed. K.W. Schaie. (forthcoming).
"Loneliness as a Specific Risk Factor for Depressive Symptoms: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analyses," (with John T. Cacioppo, Mary Elizabeth Hughes, Louise C. Hawkley and Ronald A. Thisted. In Psychology and Aging (forthcoming).
"How Do Family and Work Affect Health and Well-Being?: Marriage, Divorce and Paid Employment," (with Ross M. Stolzenberg). In Work, Family, Health, and Well-Being, ed. S. Bianchi. Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (forthcoming).
"The Impact of Childhood and Adult SES on Physical, Mental, and Cognitive Well-Being in Later Life," Journal of Gerontology: Social Science, (forthcoming in 2005).
"Husbands' and Wives' Time Spent on Housework: A Comparison of Measures," Journal of Marriage and the Family (forthcoming in 2005).
"Timely and Timeless: Working Parents and Their Children," in Work, Family, Health, and Well-Being (forthcoming in 2005).
"Marriage and Family." Forthcoming in D. Poston and M. Micklin, (Eds.) Handbook of Population. Kluwer Academic/Plenum (forthcoming in 2005).
"Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood: The Social Science Case and Thoughts About a Religious Case." The Modern Family in Interdisciplinary Perspective. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press (forthcoming in 2005).
Being Together, Working Apart: Dual-Career Families and the Work-Life Balance, Cambridge University Press, 2005 (with Barbara Schneider).
Aging, Health, and Public Policy: Demographic and Economic Perspectives. Supplement to Population and Development Review vol. 30. New York: Population Council, 2005.
"A Short Scale for Measuring Loneliness in Large Surveys: Results from Two Population-Based Studies," in Research on Aging 26(6):655-672, 2004.
"The American Family as a Context for Healthy Ageing," in Families in an Aging Societies: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
"Stress, Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety, and Cortisol Patterns in Working Parents," Stress and Health 20:53-63, 2004.
"Divorce and Health," in Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 2004
"Synthesis of Scientific Disciplines in Pursuit of Health: The Interactive Biopyschosocial Model." Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 46(3):S74-S86, 2003
"Children and Housework: Some Unanswered Questions," in Social Studies of Children and Youth, vol. 9. Stamford Conn: JAI Press Inc./ Ablex Publishing Corp, 2003
"Religion and Marriage: A Comparative Analysis of the Ties That Bind," Population and Development Review, 2003
"Emotional Satisfaction and Physical Pleasure in Sexual Unions: Time Horizon, Sexual Behavior and Sexual Exclusivity," Journal of Marriage and the Family, 2001
"The Negative Effects of Cohabitation," The Responsive Community, 2000
