Center on Population Health and Aging
Biosketch - Alan Booth
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POSITION TITLE: Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Human Development, and Demography
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Marital instability; biology and social behavior; family stress.
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Nonresident Father Involvement and Child Well-Being (2003-2009) Family Formation in an Era of Family Change (2004-2008) |
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| PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE:
1958-1959 Assistant to the Director, Office of Continuing Education, Antioch College 1961-1963 Supervisor, Communications Program, Department of Extension, University of British Columbia 1963-1966 Research Associate, Office of Adult Education, Research University of Nebraska 1966-1969 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Director, Bureau of Sociological Research, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 1969-1971 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Director, Bureau of Sociological Research, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 1971-1972 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 1972-1974 Senior Research Officer, Ministry of State for Urban Affairs, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 1974-1977 Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 1977-1980 Professor and Chairperson, Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 1980-1984 Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 1985-1988 Professor, Department of Sociology and Co-Director, Bureau of Sociological Research, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 1988-1991 College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Co-Director, Bureau of Sociological Research, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 1991-2000 Professor of Sociology, Human Development, and Demography; Senior Scientist, Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University 2000-present Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Human Development, and Demography; Senior Scientist, Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University |
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| HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FELLOWSHIPS:
1985-1991 Editor, Journal of Marriage and the Family 1989-1990 President, Midwest Sociological Society 1991 Chair, American Sociological Association, Family Section 1995 Pennsylvania State Faculty Scholar Award for Outstanding Achievement 2002 Distinguished Career Award, American Sociological Association Family Section |
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: Booth, A. , D.R. Johnson and J.N. Edwards (1983). "Measuring Marital Instability." Journal of Marriage and the Family 45:387-394. |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. , D.R. Johnson , L.K. White and J.N. Edwards (1984). "Women, Outside Employment, and Marital Instability." American Journal of Sociology 90:567-583. |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. and D.R. Johnson (1985). "Tracking Respondents in a Telephone Interview Panel Selected by Random Digit Dialing." Sociological Methods and Research 14(1):53-64. |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. and J.N. Edwards (1985). "Age at Marriage and Marital Instability." Journal of Marriage and the Family 47:67-75. |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. , D.R. Johnson , L.K. White and J.N. Edwards (1985). "Predicting Divorce and Permanent Separation." Journal of Family Issues 6(3):331-346. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| White, L.K. and A. Booth (1985). "The Quality and Stability of Remarriages: The Role of Stepchildren." American Sociological Review 50:689-698. |Journal Home Page| White, L.K. and A. Booth (1985). "The Transition to Parenthood and Marital Quality." Journal of Family Issues 6(4):435-449. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. , D.R. Johnson , L.K. White and J.N. Edwards (1986). "Divorce and Marital Instability Over the Life Course." Journal of Family Issues 7(4):421-442. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Johnson, D.R. , L.K. White , J.N. Edwards and A. Booth (1986). "Dimensions of Marital Quality: Toward Methodological and Conceptual Refinement." Journal of Family Issues 7:31-49. |Journal Home Page| White, L.K. , A. Booth and J.N. Edwards (1986). "Children and Marital Happiness: Why the Negative Correlation?." Journal of Family Issues 7:131-147. |Journal Home Page| Edwards, J.N. , D.R. Johnson and A. Booth (1987). "Coming Apart: A Prognostic Instrument of Marital Breakup." Family Relations 36:168-170. |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. and D.R. Johnson (1988). "Premarital Cohabitation and Marital Success." Journal of Family Issues 9:255-272. |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. and J.N. Edwards (1989). "Transmission of Marital and Family Quality Over the Generations: The Effect of Parental Divorce and Unhappiness." Journal of Divorce 13:41-58. |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. , G. Shelley , A. Mazur , G. Tharp and R. Kittok (1989). "Testosterone, and Winning and Losing in Human Competition." Hormones and Behavior 23(4):556-571. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Johnson, D.R. and A. Booth (1990). "Rural Economic Decline and Marital Quality: A Panel Study of Farm Marriages." Family Relations 39(2):159-165. |Journal Home Page| Amato, P.R. and A. Booth (1991). "The Consequences of Divorce for Attitudes Toward Divorce and Gender Roles." Journal of Family Issues 12:306-322. |Journal Home Page| Amato, P.R. and A. Booth (1991). "Consequences of Parental Divorce and Marital Unhappiness for Adult Well-Being." Social Forces 69:895-914. |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. and P.R. Amato (1991). "Divorce and Psychological Stress." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 32(4):396-407. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. , J.N. Edwards and D.R. Johnson (1991). "Social Integration and Divorce." Social Forces 70(1):207-224. |Journal Home Page| White, L.K. and A. Booth (1991). "Divorce Over the Life Course: The Role of Marital Happiness." Journal of Family Issues 12:5-21. |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. and J.N. Edwards (1992). "Starting Over: Why Remarriages Are More Unstable." Journal of Family Issues 13(2):179-194. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. and P.R. Amato (1992). "Divorce, Residential Change and Stress." Journal of Divorce and Remarriage 18(1-2):205-213. |Journal Home Page| Johnson, D.R. , T. Amoloza and A. Booth (1992). "Stability and Developmental Change in Marital Quality: A Three-Wave Panel Analysis." Journal of Marriage and the Family 54:582-594. |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. and D.W. Osgood (1993). "The Influence on Testosterone on Deviance in Adulthood: Assessing and Explaining the Relationship." Criminology 31:93-117. |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. and J.M. Dabbs (1993). "Testosterone and Men's Marriages." Social Forces 72:463-477. |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. and D.R. Johnson (1994). "Declining Health and Marital Quality." Journal of Marriage and the Family 56:218-223. |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. and J.F. Dunn (Eds.) (1994). Stepfamilies: Who Benefits? Who Does Not?. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates. Booth, A. and P.R. Amato (1994). "Parental Gender Role Nontraditionalism and Offspring Outcomes." Journal of Marriage and the Family 56:865-877. |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. and P.R. Amato (1994). "Parental Marital Quality, Parental Divorce, and Relations With Parents." Journal of Marriage and the Family 56:21-34. |Journal Home Page| Edwards, J.N. and A. Booth (1994). "Sexuality, Marriage, and Well-Being: The Middle Years." In Rossi, A.S. (Ed.) , Sexuality Across the Life Course. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (pp. 233-259) Gimbel, C. and A. Booth (1994). "Why Does Military Combat Experience Adversely Affect Marital Relations?." Journal of Marriage and the Family 56:691-703. |Journal Home Page| Amato, P.R. and A. Booth (1995). "Changes in Gender Role Attitudes and Perceived Marital Quality." American Sociological Review 60(1):58-66. |Journal Home Page| Amato, P.R. , L.S. Loomis and A. Booth (1995). "Parental Divorce, Marital Conflict, and Offspring Well-Being during Early Adulthood." Social Forces 73(3):895-915. |Journal Home Page| Amato, P.R. , S. Rezac and A. Booth (1995). "Helping Between Parents and Young Adult Offspring: The Role of Parental Marital Quality, Divorce, and Remarriage." Journal of Marriage & the Family 57(2):363-374. |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. and J.F. Dunn (Eds.) (1995). Family-School Links: How do They Affect Educational Outcomes?. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates. Booth, A. , D.R. Johnson , A. Branaman and A. Sica (1995). "Belief and Behavior: Does Religion Matter in Today's Marriage?." Journal of Marriage and the Family 57(3):661. |Journal Home Page| Loomis, L.S. and A. Booth (1995). "Multigenerational Caregiving and Well-Being: The Myth of the Beleaguered Sandwich Generation." Journal of Family Issues 16(2):131-148. |Journal Home Page| Amato, P.R. and A. Booth (1996). "A Prospective Study of Divorce and Parent-Child Relationships." Journal of Marriage & the Family 58(2):356-365. |Journal Home Page| Brown, S.L. and A. Booth (1996). "Cohabitation Versus Marriage: A Comparison of Relationship Quality." Journal of Marriage & the Family 58(3):668-678. |Journal Home Page| Gimbel, C. and A. Booth (1996). "Who Fought in Vietnam?." Social Forces 74(4):1137-1157. |Journal Home Page| Myers, S.M. and A. Booth (1996). "Men's Retirement and Marital Quality." Journal of Family Issues 17(3):336-357. |Journal Home Page| Amato, P.R. and A. Booth (1997). A Generation at Risk: Growing up in an Era of Family Upheaval. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Booth, A. , A.C. Crouter and N.S. Landale (Eds.) (1997). Immigration and the Family: Research and Policy on US Immigrants. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Booth, A. and A. Mazur (1998). "Old Issues and New Perspectives in Testosterone Research." Behavioral and Brain Sciences 21:386-397. |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. and A.C. Crouter (Eds.) (1998). Men in Families: When Do They Get Involved? What Difference Does It Make?. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Johnson, D.R. and A. Booth (1998). "Marital Quality: A Product of the Dyadic Environment or Individual Factors?." Social Forces 76(3):883-904. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Mazur, A. and A. Booth (1998). "Testosterone and Dominance in Men." Behavioral and Brain Sciences 21(3):353-363. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. (1999). "Causes and Consequences of Divorce: Reflections on Recent Research." In Thompson, R.A. and P.R. Amato (Eds.) , The Postdivorce Family: Children, Parenting, and Society. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Booth, A. , A.C. Crouter and M.J. Shanahan (Eds.) (1999). Transitions to Adulthood in a Changing Economy. Westport, CT: Praeger. Booth, A. , D.R. Johnson and D.A. Granger (1999). "Testosterone and Men's Depression: The Role of Social Behavior." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 40(2):130-140. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. , D.R. Johnson and D.A. Granger (1999). "Testosterone and Men's Health." Journal of Behavioral Medicine 22(1):1-19. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Granger, D.A. , E.B. Schwartz , A. Booth and M. Arentz (1999). "Salivary Testosterone Determination in Studies of Child Health and Development." Hormones & Behavior 35(1):18-27. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Granger, D.A. , E.B. Schwartz , A. Booth , M.J. Curran and D. Zakaria (1999). "Assessing Dehydroepiandrosterone in Saliva: A Simple Radioimmunoassay for Use in Studies of Children, Adolescents, and Adults." Psychoneuroendocrinology 24(5):567-579. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Mazur, A. and A. Booth (1999). "The Biosociology of Testosterone in Men." In Franks, D.D. and T.S. Smith (Eds.) , Mind, Brain, and Society: Toward a Neurosociology of Emotion, Vol. 5. Social Perspectives on Emotion. Stamford, CT: Jai Press. Myers, S.M. and A. Booth (1999). "Marital Strains and Marital Quality: The Role of High and Low Locus of Control." Journal of Marriage & the Family 61(2):423-436. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. , K. Carver and D.A. Granger (2000). "Biosocial Perspectives on the Family." Journal of Marriage & the Family 62:1018-1034. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Granger, D.A. , A. Booth and D.R. Johnson (2000). "Human Aggression and Enumerative Measures of Immunity." Psychosomatic Medicine 62(4):583-590. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Knoester, C. and A. Booth (2000). "Barriers to Divorce: When Are They Effective? When Are They Not?." Journal of Family Issues 21:78-99. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Shirtcliff, E.A. , D.A. Granger , E.B. Schwartz , M.J. Curran , A. Booth and W.H. Overman (2000). "Assessing Estradiol in Biobehavioral Studies Using Saliva and Blood Spots: Simple Radioimmunoassay Protocols, Reliability, and Comparative Validity." Hormones & Behavior 38(2):137-147. |Full Text| |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Amato, P.R. and A. Booth (2001). "The Legacy of Parents' Marital Discord: Consequences for Children's Marital Quality." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 81(4):627-638. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. and A.C. Crouter (Eds.) (2001). Does It Take A Village? Community Effects on Children, Adolescents, and Families. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Booth, A. and P.R. Amato (2001). "Parental Predivorce Relations and Offspring Postdivorce Well-Being." Journal of Marriage and the Family 63(1):197-212. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. , A.C. Crouter and M. Clements (Eds.) (2001). Couples in Conflict. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Bateup, H.S. , A. Booth , E.A. Shirtcliff and D.A. Granger (2002). "Testosterone, Cortisol, and Women's Competition." Evolution and Human Behavior 23(3):181-192. |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. and A.C. Crouter (Eds.) (2002). Just Living Together: Implications of Cohabitation for Children, Families, and Social Policy. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. |Abstract| Brown, S.L. and A. Booth (2002). "Bending the Time Bind: Rejoinder to Hochschild and Goodman." Social Science Quarterly 83(4):941-946. |Journal Home Page| Brown, S.L. and A. Booth (2002). "Stress at Home, Peace at Work: A Test of the Time Bind Hypothesis." Social Science Quarterly 83(4):905-920. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Mazur, A. , U. Mueller , W. Krause and A. Booth (2002). "Causes of Sexual Decline in Aging Married Men: Germany and America." International Journal of Impotence Research 14(2):101-106. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Myers, S.M. and A. Booth (2002). "Forerunners of Change in Nontraditional Gender Ideology." Social Psychology Quarterly 65(1):18-37. |Journal Home Page| Amato, P.R. , D.R. Johnson , A. Booth and S. Rogers (2003). "Continuity and Change in Marital Quality between 1980 and 2000." Journal of Marriage and Family 65(1):1-22. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. , D.R. Johnson , D.A. Granger , A.C. Crouter and S.M. McHale (2003). "Testosterone and Child and Adolescent Adjustment: The Moderating Role of Parent-Child Relationships." Developmental Psychology 39(1):85-98. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Cohan, C.L. , A. Booth and D.A. Granger (2003). "Gender Moderates the Relationship between Testosterone and Marital Interaction." Journal of Family Psychology 17(1):29-40. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Crouter, A.C. and A. Booth (Eds.) (2003). Children's Influence on Family Dynamics: The Neglected Side of Family Relationships. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. |Abstract| Crouter, A.C. and A. Booth (Eds.) (2004). Work-Family Challenges for Low-Income Parents and Their Children. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. |Abstract| Granger, D.A. , E.A. Shirtcliff , A. Booth , K.T. Kivlighan and E.B. Schwartz (2004). "The "Trouble" with Salivary Testosterone." Psychoneuroendocrinology 29:1229-1240. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| McHale, S.M. , L. Shanahan , K.A. Updegraff , A.C. Crouter and A. Booth (2004). "Developmental and Individual Differences in Girls' Sex-Typed Activities in Middle Childhood and Adolescence." Child Development 75(5):1575-1593. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Schaie, K.W. , N.M. Krause and A. Booth (Eds.) (2004). Religious Influences on Health and Well-Being in the Elderly. New York: Springer Publishing Company. Booth, A. and A.C. Crouter (Eds.) (2005). The New Population Problem: Why Families in Developed Countries Are Shrinking and What It Means. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. |Abstract| Booth, A. , D.R. Johnson and D.A. Granger (2005). "Testosterone, Marital Quality, and Role Overload." Journal of Marriage and Family 67(2):483-498. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Hawkins, D.N. and A. Booth (2005). "Unhappily Ever After: Effects of Long-Term, Low-Quality Marriages on Well-Being." Social Forces 84(1):451-471. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Kivlighan, K.T. , D.A. Granger and A. Booth (2005). "Gender Differences in Testosterone and Cortisol Response to Competition." Psychoneuroendocrinology 30(1):58-71. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Shirtcliff, E.A. , D.A. Granger , A. Booth and D.R. Johnson (2005). "Low Salivary Cortisol Levels and Externalizing Behavior Problems in Youth." Development and Psychopathology 17(1):167-184. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. (2006). "Proposals for Research on the Consequences of Divorce for Children." In Fine, M.A. and J.H. Harvey (Eds.) , Handbook of Divorce and Relationship Dissolution. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers. (pp. 619-627) Booth, A. , D.A. Granger , A. Mazur and K.T. Kivlighan (2006). "Testosterone and Social Behavior." Social Forces 85(1):167-192. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Crouter, A.C. and A. Booth (Eds.) (2006). Romance and Sex in Adolescence And Emerging Adulthood: Risks and Opportunities. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. |Abstract| Moorman, S.M. , A. Booth and K.L. Fingerman (2006). "Women's Romantic Relationships after Widowhood." Journal of Family Issues 27(9):1281-1304. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Updegraff, K.A. , A. Booth and S.M. Thayer (2006). "Role of Family Relationship Quality and Testosterone Levels in Adolescents' Peer Experiences: A Biosocial Analysis." Journal of Family Psychology 20(1):21-29. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Amato, P.R. , A. Booth , D.R. Johnson and S. Rogers (2007). Alone Together: How Marriage In America is Changing. Harvard University Press. |Abstract| Booth, A. and A.C. Crouter (Eds.) (2007). Disparities in School Readiness: How Families Contribute to Transitions into School. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. |Abstract| Scott, M.E. , A. Booth , V. King and D.R. Johnson (2007). "Postdivorce Father-Adolescent Closeness." Journal of Marriage and Family 69(5):1194-1209. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Amato, P.R. , N.S. Landale , T. Habasevich , A. Booth , D.J. Eggebeen , R. Schoen and S.M. McHale (2008). "Precursors of Young Women's Family Formation Pathways." Journal of Marriage and Family 70(5):1271-1286. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. , A.C. Crouter , S. Bianchi and J. Seltzer (Eds.) (2008). Intergenerational Caregiving. Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press. |Abstract| Booth, A. , D.A. Granger and E.A. Shirtcliff (2008). "Gender- and Age-Related Differences in the Association between Social Relationship Quality and Trait Levels of Salivary Cortisol." Journal of Research on Adolescence 18(2):239-260. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. , E. Rustenbach and S.M. McHale (2008). "Early Family Transitions and Depressive Symptom Changes from Adolescence to Early Adulthood." Journal of Marriage and Family 70(1):3-14. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Yorgason, J.B. , A. Booth and D.R. Johnson (2008). "Health, Disability, and Marital Quality: Is the Association Different for Younger Versus Older Cohorts?." Research on Aging 30(6):623-648. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Crouter, A.C. and A. Booth (Eds.) (2009). Work-Life Policies. Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press. |Abstract| McHale, S.M. , J. Kim , A.M. Dotterer , A.C. Crouter and A. Booth (2009). "The Development of Gendered Interests and Personality Qualities from Middle Childhood through Adolescence: A Biosocial Analysis." Child Development 80(2):482-495. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Stamps Mitchell, K.C. , A. Booth and V. King (2009). "Adolescents with Nonresident Fathers: Are Daughters More Disadvantaged Than Sons?." Journal of Marriage and Family 71(3):650-662. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Booth, A. , M.E. Scott and V. King (In Press). "Father Residence and Adolescent Problem Behavior: Are Youth Always Better Off in Two-Parent Families?." Journal of Family Issues. NIHMSID: NIHMS98869?? |Journal Home Page| Landale, N.S. , S.M. McHale and A. Booth (In Press). Development of Hispanic Children in Immigrant Families: Challenges and Prospects. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute. |
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