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Jinkuk Hong

Jinkuk Hong

Associate Researcher, Waisman Center
University of Wisconsin-Madison
jhong@waisman.wisc.edu

Hong’s main research interests include psychosocial consequences of non-normative parenting and caregiving, and the relationship between social support and psychological well-being among older adults. He has been working on the projects investigating how having a child with disabilities such as autism, Schizophrenia, or mental retardation in the family affects life course paths of family members and their psychological well-being. In addition, currently, he explores how and to what extends mild intellectual deficits has an effect on life course paths of individuals. The second line of his research focuses on the impacts of social support and social network on well-being. He has examined how the scope of social support network and emotional supports affect the psychological well-being of parents of an adult child with disabilities. Specifically, he is interested in how social support buffers the detrimental effects of caregiving stressors on psychological outcomes.



Representative Publications
Hong, J., Seltzer, M.M., Greenberg, J.S., & Ha, J.H. (In Review)The effects of the onset of childhood developmental disorders on parents' mental and physical health. Journal of Family Psychology.

Hong, J., Seltzer, M.M., Smith, L.E., Greenberg, J.S., Almeida, D.M., & Coe, C. (In Review)Cortisol dysregulation in mothers of adolescents and adults with autism: The influence of longitudinal and concurrent measures of behavior problems. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders.

Seltzer, M. M., Abbeduto, L., Greenberg, J. S., Hong, J., Almeida, D. M., & Witt, W. (In Press)Biomarkers in the study of families of individuals with developmental disabilities. International Review of Research on Mental Retardation.

Seltzer, M.M., Almeida, D.M., Greenberg, J.S., Salva, J.S., Srawski, R.S., Hong, J., & Lounds, J. (2009). Daily stress and dysregulation of salivary cortisol in parents of children with disabilities: A report from the MIDUS Study. Journal of Health & Social Behavior, 50, 1-15.

Seltzer, M. M., Almeida, D. M., Greenberg, J., Savla, J., Stawski, R. S., Hong, J., & Taylor, J. L. (2009). Psychosocial and biological markers of daily lives of midlife parents of children with disabilities. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 50(1), 1-15.

Seltzer, M. M., Greenberg, J. S., Hong, J., Smith, L. E., Almeida, D. M., Coe, C., et al. (2009). Maternal cortisol levels and behavior problems in adolescents and adults with ASD. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. DOI 10.1007/s10803-009-0887-0. 2009 Nov 5. [Epub ahead of print].

Smith, L. E., Hong, J., Seltzer, M. M., Greenberg, J., Almeida, D. M., & Bishop, S. (2009). Daily experiences among mothers of adolescents and adults with ASD. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, DOI 1.1007/s10803-10009-10844-y [Epub ahead of print].

Ha, J.H., Hong, J., Seltzer, M.M., & Greenberg, J.S. (2008). Age and gender differences in the well-being of midlife and aging parents with children with mental health problems or development disorders: Report of a national study. Journal of Health & Social Behavior, 49(3), 301-316.

Seltzer, M. M., Floyd, F. J., Greenberg, J. S., Lounds, J., Lindstrom, M., & Hong, J. (2005). Life Course Impacts of Mild Intellectual Deficits. American Journal of Mental Retardation, 110: 451-468.

Essex, E. , & Hong, J. (2005). Older Caregiving Parents: Division of Household Labor, Marital Satisfaction, and Caregiver Burden. Family Relation, 54: 448-460.

Seltzer, M. M., Greenberg, J. S., Floyd, F. J., & Hong, J. (2004). Accommodative coping and well-being of midlife parents of children with mental health problems or developmental disabilities. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 74: 187-195.

Orsmond, G. I., Seltzer, M. M., Krauss, M. W., and Hong, J. (2003). Behavior problems in adults with mental retardation and maternal well-being: Examination of the direction of effects. American Journal of Mental Retardation, 108: 257-271.

Seltzer, M. M., Krauss M. W. , Hong, J., & Orsmond, G. I. (2001). Continuity or Discontinuity of Family Involvement Following Residential Transitions of Adults Who Have Mental Retardation. Mental Retardation, 39: 181-194.

Hong, J., Seltzer, M. M., & Krauss, M. W. (2001). Change in social support and psychological well-being: A longitudinal study of aging mothers of adult children with mental retardation. Family Relations, 50:154-163.

Seltzer, M. M., Greenberg, J. S., Floyd, F. J., Pettee, Y., & Hong, J. (2001). Life course impacts of parenting a child with disability. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 106: 265-286.

Han, G, & Hong, J. (2000). Intergenerational social support exchange and psychological well-being of the elderly parents. Family and Culture, 12: 55-80. [in Korean]. Seoul, South Korea.

Hong, J., & Seltzer, M. M. (1995). The psychological consequences of multiple roles: The nonnormative case. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 36: 386-398.