Vern L. Bengtson

20.1k citations
118 papers · 12.2k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 55
Topics
Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (44 papers)Health disparities and outcomes (24 papers)Aging and Gerontology Research (24 papers)

In The Last Decade

Vern L. Bengtson

114 papers receiving 10.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Vern L. Bengtson
Comparison fields: 5 of 154
  • Sociology and Political Science 8.2k
  • Demography 5.3k
  • Health 3.7k
  • Social Psychology 2.0k
  • General Health Professions 1.7k
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All Works

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The Intergenerational-Stake Phenomenon over 20 Years
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Aging in East and West : families, states, and the elderly
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Are Theories of Aging Important? Models and Explanations in Gerontology at the Turn of the Century
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15 185
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17 97
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Negative Attributes of Old Age and Positive Potential in Old Age 1976
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The social psychology of aging
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Measures for Relational Propositions.
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About Vern L. Bengtson

Vern L. Bengtson is a scholar working on Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Health and Demography, having authored 118 papers that have together received 12.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (44 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (24 papers) and Aging and Gerontology Research (24 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology (1.5k citations), Demography (5.3k citations) and Health (3.7k citations). Vern L. Bengtson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Israel and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Merril Silverstein, Robert E. Roberts, Alan C. Acock, Roseann Giarrusso, James A. Peterson, Tonya M. Parrott, James J. Dowd, Charlotte Chorn Dunham, Norella M. Putney and Joseph A. Kuypers. Their work appears in journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Sociological Review.

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