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Selected Publications

 

Attributions and Aging Journal Articles

Blanchard-Fields, F. (1994). Age differences in causal attributions from an adult developmental perspective. Journals of Gerontology, 49, P43-P51.

Blanchard-Fields, F., & Norris, L. (1994). Causal attributions form adolescence through adulthood: Age differences, ego level, and generalized response style. Aging and Cognition, 1, 67-86.

Blanchard-Fields, F. (1996). Causal attributions across the adult life span: The influence of social schemas, life context, and domain specificity. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 10, 137-146.

Chen, Y., & Blanchard-Fields, F. (1997). Age differences in stages of attributional processing. Psychology & Aging, 12, 694-703.

Blanchard-Fields, F., Chen, Y., Schocke, M., & Hertzog, C. (1998). Evidence for content-specificity of causal attributions across the adult life span. Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition, 5, 241-263.

Blanchard-Fields, F., Baldi, R., & Stein, R. (1999). Age relevance and context effects on attributions across adult lifespan. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 23, 665-683.

Chen, Y., & Blanchard-Fields, F. (2000). Unwanted thought: Age differences in the correction of social judgments. Psychology & Aging, 15, 475-482.

Blanchard-Fields, F., & Horhota, M. (2005). Age differences in the correspondence bias: When a plausible explanation matters. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 60B, P259-P267.

Mienaltowski, A., & Blanchard-Fields, F. (2005). The differential effects of mood on age differences in the correspondence bias. Psychology and Aging, 20, 589-600.

Blanchard-Fields, F., & Beatty, C. (2005). Age differences in blame attributions: The role of relationship outcome ambiguity and personal identification. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 60B, P19-P26.

Blanchard-Fields, F. (2005). Introduction to the special section on emotion-cognition interactions and the aging mind. Psychology and Aging, 20, Special issue: Emotion-Cognition Interactions and the Aging Mind, 539-541.

Blanchard-Fields, F., & Horhota, M. (2006). How can the study of aging inform research on social cognition? Social Cognition, 24, 207-217.

Horhota, M., & Blanchard-Fields, F. (2006). Do beliefs and attributional complexity influence age differences in the correspondence bias? Social Cognition, 24, 310-337.

Stereotypes and Aging

Stein, R., & Blanchard-Fields, F. (2000, April). The effects of age stereotype priming on the memory performance of older adults. Paper presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Blanchard-Fields, F., Hertzog, C., Stein, R., & Pak, R. (2001). Beyond a stereotyped view of older adults' traditional family values. Psychology & Aging, 16, 483-496.

Social Cognition and Aging Chapters

Blanchard-Fields, F. (1996). Social cognitive development in adulthood and aging. In F. Blanchard-Fields & T. M. Hess (Eds.), Perspectives on cognitive change in adulthood and aging (pp. 454-487). New York: McGraw-Hill.

Blanchard-Fields, F. (1998). The role of emotion in social cognition across the life span. In K. W. Schaie & M. P. Lawton (Eds.), Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics: Vol. 17. Emphasis on emotion and adult development (pp. 238-265). New York: Springer.

Blanchard-Fields, F., & Hess, T. M. (1999). The social cognitive perspective and the study of aging. In F. Blanchard-Fields & T. M. Hess (Eds.), Social cognition and aging (pp. 1-14). San Diego: Academic Press.

Blanchard-Fields, F., & Cooper, C. (2004). Social cognition and social relationships. In F. R. Lang & K. L. Fingerman (Eds.), Growing together: Personal relationships across the lifespan (pp. 268-289). New York, NY, US: Cambridge University Press.

Blanchard-Fields, F. & Heckman, A. (in press). Social cognition and aging. In D. Park & N. Schwarz (Eds.), Cognitive aging: A primer (2nd ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Psychology Press.

Everyday Problem Solving Journal Articles

Blanchard-Fields, F. (1986). Reasoning on social dilemmas varying in emotional saliency: An adult developmental perspective. Psychology & Aging, 1, 325-333.

Irion, J. C., & Blanchard-Fields, F. (1987). A cross-sectional comparison of adaptive coping in adulthood. Journals of Gerontology, 42, 502-504.

Blanchard-Fields, F., & Robinson, S. L. (1987). Age differences in the relation between controllability and coping. Journals of Gerontology, 42, 497-501.

Blanchard-Fields, F., & Irion, J. C. (1987). Coping strategies from the perspective of two developmental markers: Age and social reasoning. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 149, 141-151.

Blanchard-Fields, F., Irion, J. C., & Coon, R. C. (1988). The influence of divorce on coping in adolescence. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 17, 135-145.

Blanchard-Fields, F., & Irion, J. C. (1988). The relation between locus of control and coping in two contexts: Age as a moderator variable. Psychology and Aging, 3, 197-203.

Blanchard-Fields, F., Sulsky, L., & Robinson-Whelen, S. (1991). Moderating effects of age and context on the relationship between gender, sex role differences, and coping. Sex Roles, 25, 645-660.

Sistler, A. B., & Blanchard-Fields, F. (1993). Being in control: A note on differences between caregiving and noncaregiving spouses. Journal of Psychology, 127, 537-542.

Blanchard-Fields, F., Jahnke, H. C., & Camp, C. (1995). Age differences in problem-solving style: The role of emotional salience. Psychology & Aging, 10, 223-247.

Blanchard-Fields, F., Chen, Y., & Norris, L. (1997). Everyday problem solving across the lifespan: Influence of domain specificity and cognitive appraisal. Psychology & Aging, 12, 684-693.

Blanchard-Fields, F., Chen, Y., & Hebert, C. (1997). Interrole conflict as a function of life stage, gender, and gender-related personality attributes. Sex Roles, 37, 155-174.

Watson, T. L., & Blanchard-Fields, F. (1998). Thinking with your head and your heart: Age differences in everyday problem-solving strategy preferences. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 5, 225-240.

Blanchard-Fields, F., Stein, R., & Watson, T. L. (2004). Age differences in emotion-regulation strategies in handling everyday problems. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 59B, P261-P269.

Blanchard-Fields, F. (2007). Everyday problem solving and emotion: An adult developmental perspective. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 16, 26-31.

Blanchard-Fields, F., Mienaltowski, A., & Seay, R. B. (2007). Age differences in everyday problem-solving effectiveness: Older adults select more effective strategies for interpersonal problems. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Science, 62B, P61-64.

Coats, A. H., & Blanchard-Fields, F. (in press). Emotion regulation in interpersonal problems: The role of cognitive-emotional complexity, emotion regulation goals, and expressivity. Psychology and Aging.