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Frances Margaret Yang, PH.D.

 
Title
Instructor in Medicine
Institution
Hebrew Rehab Center For the Aged
Department
Medicine
Address
Hebrew Rehab Center For the Aged
1200 Centre St
Roslindale, MA 02131
Telephone
617/363-8270
Fax
617/363-8936
Email
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Publications
1. Yang FM, Silverstein M, Marenco A. The effect of affective ties with grandparents on the self-esteem of grandchildren across 26-years. The Gerontologist. 2000; 40(1):195.
2. Yang FM, Silverstein M, Chang MC. Linking levels of depression and physical health for older Taiwanese parents: Are there benefits to living in a multigenerational household?. The Gerontologist. 2001; 41(1):267.
3. Gans D, Silverstein M, Yang FM. When does parental disability trigger social support from adult children? The moderating role of filial norms. In symposium entitled: "Current perspectives on social support exchange. The Gerontologist. 2002; 42(1):309.
4. Yang FM, Silverstein M. Coresidence. DJ Ekerdt. Encyclopedia in Aging. 2002; 40.
5. Yang FM. State pharmacy assistance programs as policy innovations in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. The Gerontologist. 2002; 42(1):43.
6. Yang, FM. State pharmacy assistance programs as policy innovations. Southwest J on Aging. 2002; 18:20-23.
7. Yang FM, Silverstein M, Lin HS. . Typology of international social support exchanges between older Taiwanese parents and their adult children. The Gerontologist. 2003; 43(1):127.
8. Levkoff SE, Yang FM, Liptzin B. Delirium: The Importance of Subsyndromal States. Primary Psych. 2004; 11(11):40-44.
9. Silverstein M, Yang FM. Elderly Chinese in Pacific Rim Countries: Social Support and Integration. Contemporary Geron. 2004; 9:2.
10. Yang FM, Silverstein M, Lin HS. Filial expectations and social support exchanges between older Taiwanese parents and their adult children. The Gerontologist. 2004; 44(1):269.
11. Yang FM. Filial expectations and social support exchanges between older Taiwanese parents and their adult children [dissertation]. 2004.
12. Yang FM, Levkoff SE. Ageism and Minority Populations: Strength in Frailty. Generations. 2005; 19(3):42-48.
13. Yang FM, Levkoff SE. The Identifying Subsyndromal Effects of Depression Among Older People in the Primary Care Research in Substance Abuse and Mental Health for the Elderly (PRISM-E) Study. The Gerontologist. 2005; 45(2):238.
14. Jones RN, Crane PK, Yang FM, Teresi JA, Mungas D. . Constant Bias and Anchor Items in DIF Detection. A paper within the Language & Culture in Neuropsychological Performance: The Measurement Statistics and Research Methods Informal Interest Group symposium presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting in Dallas, Texas. The Gerontologist. 2006; 46(1):223-224.
15. Jones RN, Yang FM, Rockett C. Linking different versions of the CES-D Depression Scale using an IRT-Based Structural Equation Model New Directions in Psychological Measurement With Model-Based Approaches. The Gerontologist. 2006; 46(1):175.
16. Silverstein M, Gans, D, Yang, FM. Filial Support to Aging Parents: The Role of Norms and Needs. Journal of Family Issues. 2006; 27 (8):1-18.
17. Yang FM, Jones RN. Measurement differences in depression: Health-related and socio-cultural effects in older Americans. The Gerontologist. 2006; 46(1):501.
18. Yang FM, Levkoff SE. Minority aging populations. Richard Schulz. The Encyclopedia of Aging. 2006; 786.
19. Yang FM, Mungas D, Teresi JA, Jones RN, Yang C, Heslin K, et al. . Language and object naming ability: An investigation of differential item functioning among older Hispanics. A paper within the Language & Culture in Neuropsychological Performance: The Measurement Statistics and Research Methods Informal Interest Group symposium presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting in Dallas, Texas, November 18, 2006. The Gerontologist. 2006; 46(1):223-224.
20. Jones RN, Yang FM, Zhang Y, Kiely DK, Marcantonio ER, Inouye SK. Does educational attainment contribute to risk for delirium? A potential role for cognitive reserve. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2006 Dec; 61(12):1307-11.
21. Ayotte BJ, Yang FM, & Jones RN. Physical Health and Depression: A Dyadic Study of Chronic Illness and Depressive Symptomatology in Older Adult Couples. The Gerontologist. 2007; 47(1):164-165.
22. Inouye SK, Zhang Y, Jones RN, Kiely DK, Yang FM, Marcantonio ER. Risk factors for delirium at discharge: development and validation of a predictive model. Arch Intern Med. 2007; 167 (13):1406-13 .
23. Yang FM, Inouye S, Fearing M, Kiely D, Marcantonio E, & Jones RN. Participation in activity and risk for incident delirium. The Gerontologist. 2007; 47(1):115.
24. Yang FM, Jones RN. Correcting for methodological artifacts in the assessment of depression in the Health and Retirement Study. Paper presented in the "Latent growth curve modeling in aging research: Applications to stress, depression, and cognitive research in older diverse populations" Symposium sponsored by Measurement, Statistics, and Research Design Informal Interest Group. The Gerontologist. 2007; 47(1):480-481.
25. Yang FM, Jones RN. Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D) item response bias found with Mantel-Haenszel method was successfully replicated using latent variable modeling. J Clin Epidemiol. 2007 Nov; 60(11):1195-200.
26. Inouye SK, Zhang Y, Jones RN, Kiely DK, Yang F, Marcantonio ER. Risk factors for delirium at discharge: development and validation of a predictive model. Arch Intern Med. 2007 Jul 9; 167(13):1406-13.
27. Yang FM, Jones RN, Newsom J . Latent Growth Curve Modeling in Aging Research: Applications to Stress, Depression, and Cognitive Research in Older Diverse Populations Symposium, sponsored by Measurement, Statistics, and Research Design Informal Interest Group. The Gerontologist. 2007; 47(1):480-481.
28. Yang FM, Cazorla-Lancaster Y, Jones RN. Within-group differences in depression among older Hispanics living in the United States. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2008 Jan; 63(1):P27-32.
29. Yang FM, Heslin KC, Mehta KM, Yang CW, Jones RN, Ocepek-Welikson K, Kleinman M., Morales L, Hays RD, Stewart AL, Mungas D, Teresi JA. Comparisons of item response theory-based methods for examining differential item functioning by language of assessment: Evaluating object naming test among older Hispanics. Psychology and Aging. 2008; under review.
30. Yang FM, Jones RN. Measurement Differences in Depression: Chronic health-related and sociodemographic effects in older Americans. Psychosomatic Medicine. 2008; in press.
31. Yang FM, Marcantonio ER, Inouye SK, Kiely DK, Rudolph J, Fearing MA,& Jones RN. Phenomenological Subtypes of Delirium: Patterns, Prevalence, and Prognosis. Psychosomatics. 2008; in press.
32. Yang, FM . Center for Minority Aging and Health Research. 2008.
33. Yang FM, Inouye SK, Fearing MA, Kiely DK, Marcantonio ER, Jones RN. Participation in Activity and Risk for Incident Delirium. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Jun 7.
 
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