Publications

Cohn-Schwartz, E.* & Ayalon., L. (2020). COVID-19 protective behaviors: The role of living arrangements and localities. Journal of Applied Gerontology

Vitman., A. & Ayalon., L. (2020). The relationship between satisfaction with the accessibility of the living environment and depressive symptoms in people 65 and older. Journal of Environmental Psychology

Koren, C., & Ayalon., L. (2020). Envy and Jealousy of Living Apart Together (LAT) Relationships in Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC): Perspectives of staff and residents. British Journal of Social Work

Roy., S*& Ayalon., L. (2020). “Goodness and kindness”: Long distance caregiving through volunteers during the COVID-19 lockdown in India. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences.

Allen., L.* & Ayalon., L. (2020). “It’s Pure Panic”: The portrayal of residential care in American newspapers during COVID-19. The Gerontologist

Kottel, H.*, Cohn-Schwartz, E.* & Ayalon., L. (2020) Self-perceptions of aging and everyday ICT engagement: A test of reciprocal associations. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences

Cohn-Schwartz, E.* & Ayalon., L. (2020) Societal views of older adults as vulnerable and a burden to society during the COVID-19 outbreak: Results from an Israeli nationally representative sample. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences

Levkovich, I., Gewirtz-Meydan, A., & Ayalon, L. (2020). Communicating with older adults about sexual issues: How are these issues handled by physicians with and without training in human sexuality? Health and Social Care in the Community.

Xi, W*., Xu, W*., Zhang, X., Ayalon, L. (2020). A thematic analysis of Weibo topics (chinese twitter hashtags) regarding older adults during the COVID-19 outbreak. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences.

Ben-Harush, A*., Ayalon, L., Shinan-Altman., S. (2020). Turning community elder care into a profession: Insights from developers, employers, supervisors and trainees. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Ayalon, L., Zisberg, A., Cohn-Schwartz, E., Cohen-Mansfield, J., Perel-Levin, S., Bar Asher-Sigal, E. (2020). Long term care settings in the times of the COVID-19: Challenges and future directions. International Psychogeriatrics

Ayalon, L., Chasteen, A., Diehl, M., Levy, B., Neupert, S. D., Rothermund, K., … & Wahl, H. W. (2020). Aging in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Avoiding Ageism and Fostering Intergenerational Solidarity. The Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences.

Ayalon, L. (2020). There is nothing new under the sun: Ageism and intergenerational tension in the age of the COVID-19 outbreak. International Psychogeriatrics, 1-11.

Cohn-Schwartz., E.*, Segal-Karpas, D. & Ayalon, L. (2020). Longitudinal dyadic effects of aging self-perceptions on health.  Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences

Ayalon, L. (2020). Life in a world for all ages: From a utopic idea to reality. Journal of Elder Policy

Ayalon, L., Lev, S., Lev, G. (2020). What can we learn from the past about the future of gerontology: Using natural language processing to examine the field of gerontology. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences

Levis et al. for the DEPRESSED collaboration (2020). Accuracy of the PHQ-2 Alone and in Combination with the PHQ-9 for Screening to Detect Major Depression: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA

Ayalon, L. & Cohn-Schwartz, E.*(2020). The reciprocal temporal associations of subjective age and social relations in adult day care centers over a one-year period. International Journal of Behavioral Development

Vitman, A.* & Ayalon, L. (2020). Older adults’ mental maps of their spatial environment: Exploring differences in attachment to the environment between participants in adult day care centers in rural and urban environments. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

Fridman, S.,* Schindler, M. & Ayalon, L. (2020). No magic solutions: Social workers’ perceptions concerning the guardianship of older adults. Gerontologia

Levkovich, I., Gewirtz-Meydan, A., & Ayalon, L. (2020). Communicating with older adults about sexual issues: How are these issues handled by physicians with and without training in human sexuality? Health and Social Care in the Community.

Xi, W*., Xu, W*., Zhang, X., Ayalon, L. (2020). A thematic analysis of Weibo topics (chinese twitter hashtags) regarding older adults during the COVID-19 outbreak. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences

Ben-Harush, A*., Ayalon, L., Shinan-Altman., S. (2020). Turning community elder care into a profession: Insights from developers, employers, supervisors and trainees. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Ayalon, L., Zisberg, A., Cohn-Schwartz, E., Cohen-Mansfield, J., Perel-Levin, S., Bar Asher-Sigal, E. (2020). Long term care settings in the times of the COVID-19: Challenges and future directions. International Psychogeriatrics

Ayalon, L., Chasteen, A., Diehl, M., Levy, B., Neupert, S. D., Rothermund, K., … & Wahl, H. W. (2020). Aging in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Avoiding Ageism and Fostering Intergenerational Solidarity. The Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences.

Ayalon, L. (2020). There is nothing new under the sun: Ageism and intergenerational tension in the age of the COVID-19 outbreak. International Psychogeriatrics, 1-11.

Cohn-Schwartz., E.*, Segal-Karpas, D. & Ayalon, L. (2020). Longitudinal dyadic effects of aging self-perceptions on health.  Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences

Ayalon, L. (2020). Life in a world for all ages: From a utopic idea to reality. Journal of Elder Policy

Levis et al. for the DEPRESSED collaboration (2020). Accuracy of the PHQ-2 Alone and in Combination with the PHQ-9 for Screening to Detect Major Depression: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA

Ayalon, L., Lev, S., Lev, G. (2020). What can we learn from the past about the future of gerontology: Using natural language processing to examine the field of gerontology. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences

Levis, B., for the DEPRESSED collaboration. (2020) Patient Health Questionnaire-9 scores do not accurately estimate depression prevalence: individual participant data meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology