Roseann Giarrusso, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor of Gerontology and Sociology.
Family & intergenerational relations.

Roseann Giarrusso, Ph.D., is a Research Associate Professor of Gerontology and Sociology at the University of Southern California and the Project Director of the Longitudinal Study of Four Generation Families. Dr. Giarrusso received her doctorate at UCLA. Her research interests include intergenerational family relations, social psychology, and sociology of aging and the life-course.

Dr. Giarrusso is also a reviewer for the Journals of Gerontology: Psychological and Social Sciences, the Journal of Family Issues: Psychology and Aging, the Psychological Reports, the Journal of Applied Gerontology, Research on Aging, The Gerontologist, Contemporary Gerontology, and Sex Roles. She is also a member of the Program Organizing Committee of the Behavioral and Social Sciences Section of the Gerontological Society of America.

Her most recent publications include an examination of the stresses and rewards of grandparents raising grandchildren, and an investigation of how changes in the occupation and performance of family roles are associated with changes in self-esteem across the life cycle.

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