Vern Bengtson Ph.D.
AARP University Professor of Gerontology,
Professor of Sociology, and
Director of the Division of Social and Behavioral Services Research, Aging families, grandparenthood, social-change theories of aging.

Research and Grants

Multidisciplinary Research Training in Gerontology
Principal Investigator: Vern L. Bengtson
Agency: National Institute on Aging
The major goal is to train predoctoral and postdoctoral students for research careers in the field of aging. Training is provided in fields of biology, neurosciences, psychology, sociology, and gerontology.

“Longitudinal Study of Generations and Mental Health."
Principal Investigator: Vern L. Bengtson
Agency: National Institute on Aging
The major goal of this research is to examine how intergenerational relationships influence well-being in the context of lifecourse transitions from early to middle to late adulthood.

"Multidisciplinary Research Training in Gerontology."
Principal Investigator: Vern L. Bengtson
Agency: National Institute on Aging,
The major goal is to train predoctoral and postdoctoral students for research careers in the field of aging. Training is provided in fields of biology, neurosciences, psychology, sociology, and gerontology.

“Generation X and Their Elders”
Principal Investigator: Vern L. Bengtson (Co-investigators: Roseann Giarrusso and Timothy Biblarz)
Agency: The Spencer Foundation
The major goal is to investigate the mechanisms by which older generations transmit educational and occupational aspirations to younger generations and how this transmission influences the economic, and educational attainment of the younger generations as well as their psychological well-being.

Research and Training Grants as Principal Investigator

1. "A Longitudinal Study of Generations and Mental Health."

2. "Multidisciplinary Research Training in Gerontology." National Institute on Aging.

3. “ Southern California Studies.” Irvine Foundation.

4. "Generation X and Their Elders: Intergenerational Influences on Educational and Occupational Attainment Over Four Generations." The Spencer Foundation.

5. "Continuities and Discontinuities in Adulthood and Aging: Contributions in Honor of Bernice Neugarten." Retirement Research Foundation

6. "A Longitudinal Study of Generations and Mental Health." National Institute on Aging.

7. "Multidisciplinary Research Training in Gerontology." National Institute on Aging.

8. "A Longitudinal Study of Generations." National Institute on Aging.

9. "Research Training in Gerontology." National Institute on Aging.

10. "Longitudinal Study of Aging Parents." National Institute on Aging.

11. "Longitudinal Study of Generations and Mental Health." National Institute of Mental Health.

12. "Research Training in Gerontology." National Institute on Aging.

13. "Aging parents: Dimensions of inter-generational solidarity." National Institute on Aging.

14. "Mental health and inter-generational solidarity." National Institute of Mental Health.

15. "Socio-cultural contexts of aging: Implications for public policy." National Science Foundation.

16. "New roles for the aged." United Parcel Service's 1907 (now UPS) Foundation.

17. "Generational differences: Correlate and consequences." National Institute of Mental Health.

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