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Margie E LachmanProfessor, Department of Psychology |
Margie E. Lachman , Ph.D. is Professor and Chair of Psychology and Director of the Lifespan Developmental Psychology Lab at Brandeis University. She is co-director of the NIH-funded pre and postdoctoral training program, Cognitive Aging in a Social Context. She was editor of the Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences (2000-2003), and has edited two volumes on midlife development. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, Division 20 and the Gerontological Society of America. Dr. Lachman’s research is in the area of life-span development, with a particular focus on how the sense of control is related to memory, physical activity and health. With funding from NIA, her current work examines changes in personality (e.g., perceived control, attributional style) and memory in adulthood and old age. She is also conducting research focused on physical exercise, with a particular emphasis on the links between self-efficacy, control beliefs, and physical activity. She has published numerous chapters and journal articles on these topics. Dr. Lachman was a member of the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Midlife Development and is currently collaborating on a 10-year longitudinal follow-up of the original MacArthur midlife sample with the University of Wisconsin Aging Institute. She has conducted intervention studies designed to enhance the sense of control over memory and physical exercise, and one of the programs designed to increase control over falling won the Archstone Award for Excellence in Program Innovation from the American Public Health Association. Dr. Lachman has served as an advisor to organizations such as the AARP and the Boston Museum of Science for the traveling exhibit on the Secrets of Aging. She has presented her research on programs such as the CBS evening news and the NBC Today show. In 2003, she received the Distinguished Research Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association, Division on Adult Development and Aging.
Representative Publications
Cotter, K.A., & Lachman, M.E. (In Review)No strain, no gain: Psychosocial predictors of physical activity across the adult lifespan. Journal of Physical Activity & Health.
Gerstorf, D., Rocke, C., & Lachman, M.E. (In Review)Antecedent-consequent relations of perceived control to health and social support: Nine-year longitudinal evidence for between-domain associations across adulthood. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Science.
Rosnick, C.B., & Lachman, M.E. (In Review)The relationship of life events to the cognitive functioning of young, middle-aged, and older adults. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences.
Stawski, R.S., Almeida, D.M., Lachman, M.E., Tun, P.A., & Rosnick, D.B. (In Review)Cognitive resources are associated with greater exposure and diminished emotional reactivity to daily stressors: Findings from the National Study of Daily Experiences. Psychology & Aging.
Lachman, M. E., Lyons, H., & Staudinger, U. M. (In Press)Sense of control and perceived trajectories of subjective well-being in American and German adults. .
Cotter, K.A., & Lachman, M.E. (In Press)Psychosocial and behavioral contributors to health: Age-related increases in physical disability are reduced by physical fitness. Psychology & Health.
Lachman, M. E., & Agrigoroaei, S. (In Press)Optimizing health: A lifespan approach. In P. Rothstein & D. Schull (Eds.), Longevity and libraries: Unexpected Voices: American Library Association.
Lachman, M. E., Agrigoroaei, S., Murphy, C., & Tun, P. A. (In Press)Frequent cognitive activity compensates for education differences in episodic memory. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
Cotter, K. A., & Lachman, M. E. (In Press)Psychosocial and behavioral contributors to health: Age-related increases in physical disability are reduced by physical fitness. Psychology & Health.
Agrigoroaei, S., & Lachman, M. E. (In Press)Personal control and aging: How beliefs and expectations matter. In J. C. Cavanaugh & C. D. Cavanaugh (Eds.), Aging in America: Psychological, Physical, and Social Issues. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.
Wrosch, C., Heckhausen, J., & Lachman, M. E. (In Press)Goal management across adulthood and old age: The adaptive value of primary and secondary control. In D. Mroczek & T. Little (Eds.), Handbook of personality development: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Lachman, M.E., Rocke, C., & Rosnick, C. (2009). The rise and fall of control beliefs in adulthood: Trajectories of stability and change over ten years. In H.B. Bosworth & C. Hertzog (Eds.), Aging and cognition: Research methodologies and empirical advances. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Lachman, M.E., & Tun, P.A. (2008). Cognitive testing in large-scale surveys: Assessment by telephone. In S. Hofer & D. Alwin (Eds.). Handbook on Cognitive Aging: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (pp. 506-522). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication.
Tun, P.A., & Lachman, M.E. (2008). Age differences in reaction time and attention in a national telephone sample of adults: Education, sex, and task complexity matter. Developmental Psychology, 44(5), 1421-1429.
Lachman, M.E., Rocke, C., Rosnick, C., & Ryff, C.D. (2008). Realism and illusion in Americans' temporal views of their life satisfaction: Age differences in reconstructing the past and anticipating the future. Psychological Science, 19(9), 889-897.
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Tun, P.A., & Lachman, M.E. (2008). Age differences in reaction time and attention in a national telephone sample of adults: Education, sex, and task complexity matter. Developmental Psychology, 44(I.5), 1421-1429.
Rocke, C., & Lachman, M.E. (2008). Perceived trajectories of life satisfaction across past, present, and future: Profiles and correlates of subjective change in young, middle-aged, and older adults. Psychology & Aging, 23(4), 833-847.
Neupert, S. D., Miller, L. S., & Lachman, M. E. (2006). Physiological reactivity to cognitive stressors: Variations by age and socioeconomic status. International Journal of Aging & Human Development, 62(3), 221-235..
Lachman, M. E. (2006). Perceived control over aging-related declines: Adaptive beliefs and behaviors. Current Directions in Psychological Science. 15(6), 282-286..
Neupert, S.D., Miller, L.S., & Lachman, M.E. (2006). Individual differences in physiological reactivity to cognitive stressors: Variations by age and socioeconomic status. International Journal of Aging & Human Development, 62, 221-235.
Tun, P.A., & Lachman, M.E. (2006). Telephone assessment of cognitive function in adulthood: The Brief Test of Adult Cognition by Telephone (BTACT). Age and Ageing, doi:0.1093/ageing/af1095, 629-632.
Wrosch, C., Heckhausen, J., & Lachman, M.E. (2006). Goal management across adulthood and old age: The adaptive value of primary and secondary control. In D. Mroczek & T. Little (Eds.), Handbook of personality development. Psychology Press.
Lachman, M. E. (2005). Aging under control? Psychological Science Agenda, 19(1), published on line.
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Lachman, M. E., & Firth, K. M. P. (2004). The adaptive value of feeling in control in midlife. In O. G. Brim, C. D. Ryff & R. C. Kessler (Eds.), How healthy are we?: A national study of well-being in midlife (pp. 320-349). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
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Markus, H. R., Plaut, V. C., & Lachman, M. E. (2004). Well-being in America: Core features and regional patterns. In O. G. Brim, C. D. Ryff & R. C. Kessler (Eds.), How healthy are we?: A national study of well-being at midlife (pp. 614-650). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
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Lachman, M. E. (2004). Development in midlife. Annual Review of Psychology. 55, 305-331.
Tun, P.A., & Lachman, M.E.L. (2004). Test of Adult Cognition by Telephone (TACT). Technical Report, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
Plaut, V. C., Markus, H. R., & Lachman, M. E. (2002). Place matters: Consensual features and regional variation in American well-being and self. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83(1), 160-184.
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Andreoletti, C., Zebrowitz, L. A., & Lachman, M. E. (2001). Physical appearance and control beliefs in young, middle-aged, and older adults. Personality & Social Psychology Review, 27(8), 969-981.
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Prenda, K. M., & Lachman, M. E. (2001). Planning for the future: A life management strategy for increasing control and life satisfaction in adulthood. Psychology & Aging, 16(2), 206-216.
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Lachman, M.E. (2001). Handbook of midlife development. (Ed.). NY: John Wiley.
Soederberg Miller, L. M., & Lachman, M. E. (2000). Cognitive performance and the role of control beliefs in midlife. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 7(2), 69-85.
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Maier, E. H., & Lachman, M. E. (2000). Consequences of early parental loss and separation for health and well-being in midlife. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 24(2), 183-189.
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Walen, H. R., & Lachman, M. E. (2000). Social support and strain from partner, family, and friends: Costs and benefits for men and women in adulthood. Journal of Social & Personal Relationships, 17(1), 5-30.
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Wrosch, C., Heckhausen, J., & Lachman, M. E. (2000). Primary and secondary control strategies for managing health and financial stress across adulthood. Psychology & Aging, 15(3), 387-399.
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Soederberg Miller, L. M., & Lachman, M. E. (1999). The sense of control and cognitive aging: Toward a model of mediational processes. In T. M. Hess & F. Blanchard-Fields (Eds.), Social cognition and Aging. New York: Academic Press.
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Lachman, M. E., & Weaver, S. L. (1998). The sense of control as a moderator of social class differences in health and well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74(3), 763-773.
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Lachman, M. E., & Weaver, S. L. (1998). Sociodemographic variations in the sense of control by domain: Findings from the MacArthur studies of midlife. Psychology and Aging, 13(4), 553-562.
Lachman, M.E., & James, J. (1997). Multiple paths of midlife development. (Editors). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.