Tina Savla, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Human Development
E-Mail jsavla@vt.edu
Mailing Address 237A Wallace Hall (0416)
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone 540-231-2348
Fax 540-231-7157
Office Hours By appointment
Curriculum Vitae
Primary Academic Interest
- Intergenerational Relationships and Family Caregiving
- Everyday Life Stressors and its Effects on Physical and Psychological Health and Well-Being
- Pain Management Using Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
Selected Publications
Seltzer, M. M., Almeida, D. M., Greenberg, J. S., Savla, J., Stawski, R. S., Hong, J. & Lounds, J. J. (accepted). Psychosocial and biological markers of daily lives of midlife parents of children with disabilities. Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
Roberto, K., Ermann, L. S., & Savla, J. (accepted). Older women’s assessment and management of chronic pain in their daily lives. Journal of Pain Management.
Savla, J., Davey, A., Sundström, G., Zarit, S. H., & Malmberg, B. (2008). Home and Community based services in Sweden: Responsiveness to changing demographics and needs. European Journal of Gerontology.
Savla, J., Almeida, D. M., Davey, A., Zarit, S. H. (2008). Daily routine assistance to older parents and everyday hassles. Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 63, S154-S161.
Davey, A., & Savla, J. (2007). Teacher’s corner: Estimating statistical power with missing data. Organizational Research Methods. http://orm.sagepub.com/cgi/rapidpdf/1094428107300366v2.
Savla, J., Davey, A., Costa, P. T., & Whitfield, K. (2007). Replicating the five-factor model with African-American older adults. Personality and Individual Differences, 43, 1279-1288.
Davey, A., Savla, J., Sundström, G., Zarit, S. H., & Malmberg, B. (2007). How equitable is Sweden’s changing care mix? Linking individual and regional characteristics over time. Ageing and Society, 27, 511-532.
Davey, A., Savla, J., & Luo, Z. (2005). Issues in assessing model fit with missing data. Structural Equation Modeling, 12, 578-597.
Savla, J. S., & Davey, A. (2004). From a distance: Experiences of long-distance Indian caregivers. Indian Journal of Gerontology, 18, 509-521. [Special issue on Intergenerational Issues and Challenges.]
Selected Presentations
Savla, J., & Zarit, S. H. (2007, Nov). Perspectives on adult day services for people with dementia and their caregivers. Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco.
Savla, J., Zarit, S. H., Almeida, D. (2007, Nov). Dysregulation of the daily cortisol rhythm in adult children providing routine assistance to older parents. Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco.
Savla, J., Almeida, D. M., Banks, R. S., Molenaar, P., & Rovine, M. (2006, Nov). Differential patterns of diurnal rhythm of cortisol by age, gender and stressor characteristics. Gerontological Society of America, Dallas, TX.
Savla, J., & Davey, A. (2005, Aug). Interaction effects of type (MCAR and MAR) and amount of missing data on statistical power of a growth curve model. American Psychological Association, Division 5: Evaluation, Measurement and Statistics.