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

 

Primary Academic Interest

• Intergenerational Relationships and Family Caregiving
• Everyday Living and Stress, Health, and Well-Being
• Pain Management Using Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)

 

Selected Publications

Savla, J., Almeida, D. M., Davey, A., Zarit, S. H. (accepted).   Daily routine assistance to older parents and everyday hassles.  Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences.

Davey, A., & Savla, J. (2007). Teacher’s Corner: Estimating statistical power with missing data.  Organizational Research Methods.

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., Sundström, G., Zarit, S. H., & Malmberg, B. (2006, Nov).  Home and Community based services in Sweden: Responsiveness to changing demographics and needs.  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

 

 

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