Jerome Short, Ph.D.

Current research.

September 2011 to August 2012. Older Adults' mental health promotion. I will be conducting and evaluating a psychological fitness intervention with residents at Greenspring Village in Springfield, VA. I am comparing older adults with college students on predictors of mental health and responses to an intervention.

Current dissertation and second-year research projects conducted by my advisees: Mother's psychological adjustment to children's ADHD (Lucy Buchholz); Roommate relationships as predictors of college student's psychological adjustment (Sarah Erb); Comparison of younger and older adults on optimism, social support, and mental health (Diane Wagner), and Online psychological fitness intervention for college students (Kyla Machell).

Recent completed dissertation research conducted by my advisees: African-Americans' help-seeking (Karen Bagley); Asian-Americans help-seeking (Stephanie Wong); Asian-Americans' substance use (Susan Han); Secular and religious coping by young adults with eating disorders (Lauren Christensen); and Secular and religious coping by mothers of children with cancer (Sarah Hall).