Beach, Scott
Director/Survey Research Program, University Center for Social and Urban Research (UCSUR); (Secondary appointment in Dept. of Psychology)
PhD, University of Pittsburgh
Social Program
Contact
121 University Place
412-624-7785
Fax: 412-624-4810
scottb@pitt.edu
http://www.ucsur.pitt.edu/surveyresearch.htm
Research Interests: Survey methodology, research design, statistics, aging and caregiver stress, elder abuse, technology for aging and disabled populations, coping with victimization
Accepting Graduate Students: No
Selected Publications
- Schulz, R., Beach S.R., Hebert, R., Martire, L.M., Monin, J.K, Tompkins, C.A., & Albert, S.M. (2009). Spousal suffering and partner's depression and cardiovascular disease: The Cardiovascular Health Study. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 17(3), 246-254.
- Beach, S.R., Schulz, R., Williamson, G.M., Miller, L.S., Weiner, M.F., & Lance, C.E. (2005). Risk factors for potentially harmful caregiver behavior. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 53, 255-261.
- Greenberg, M. S., & Beach, S. R. (2004). Property crime victims’ decision to notify the police: Social, cognitive, and affective determinants. Law and Human Behavior, 28, 177-186.
- Beach, S. R., Schulz, R., Yee, J. L., & Jackson, S. (2000). Negative and positive health effects of caring for a disabled spouse: Longitudinal findings from the Caregiver Health Effects Study. Psychology and Aging, 15, 259-271.
- Schulz, R., & Beach, S. (1999). Caregiving as a risk factor for mortality. The Caregiver Health Effects Study. Journal of the American Medical Association, 282(23), 2215-2219.