Patricia Thomas

Associate Professor

Purdue University

United States

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Patricia Thomas is an Associate Professor at Purdue University in the United States. Her research focuses on cognitive function in older adults, with recent articles examining disparities in life course origins, social relationships, and the impact of parental affection on cognitive health. She also investigates community belonging, religious involvement, and factors associated with functional capacity and longevity in diverse populations.

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Sustained Purpose in Life is Associated With Slower Cognitive Decline in Older Adults: A Longitudinal Analysis With a Diverse National Sample

Disparities in the Life Course Origins of Dual Functionality

Are Relationship Patterns Between Parents and Adult Children Associated With ADL Disability Risk in Later Life?

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Community Belonging and its Impact on Cognitive Function in Older Adults

Educational Inequalities in Dual-Function Life Expectancy

Religious Involvement and Cognitive Function Among White, Black, and Hispanic Older Adults

Social connectedness, functional capacity, and longevity: A focus on positive relations with others

Early-Life Parental Affection, Social Relationships in Adulthood, and Later-Life Cognitive Function

Dual Functionality in Later Life

Racial–Ethnic Disparities in Dual-Function Life Expectancy

Subjective Memory Decline Predicts Incident Cognitive Impairment Among White—But Not Black or Hispanic—Older Adults

A Time of Healing: Can Social Engagement After Bereavement Reduce Trajectories of Depression After the Death of a Child?

Matters of the Heart: Childhood Maltreatment, Religious Transitions, and Cardiovascular-Related Problems over the Life Course

Is Marital Quality Related to Physical Activity Across the Life Course for Men and Women?

Childhood Stressors, Relationship Quality, and Cognitive Health in Later Life

Exacerbating Inequalities: Social Networks, Racial/Ethnic Disparities, and the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States

Lost Touch? Implications of Physical Touch for Physical Health

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Kenneth Ferraro

Elizabeth Richards

Monica Farrelly

Shawn Bauldry

Lisa L Barnes

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