Recent Publications

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2022

• Gilligan, M., Suitor, J. J., & Pillemer, K. (2022). Patterns and processes of intergenerational estrangement: A qualitative study of mother–adult child relationships across time. Research on Aging, 44(5-6), 436-447. 

• Suitor, J. J., Gilligan, M., Kincaid, R., Hou, Y., Stepniak, C., & Peng, S. (2022). How widowhood and gender shape the impact of maternal favoritism on adult children’s psychological well-being. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 77(1), 224-236. 

• Stepniak, C., Suitor, J. J., & Gilligan, M. (2022). Mothers’ functional limitations and relationship quality with adult children: Exploring the moderating roles of race and gender. Research on Aging, 44(5-6), 414-425. 

• Kincaid, R., Rurka, M., Suitor, J. J., Gilligan, M., Pillemer, K., Mohebbi, L., & Mundell, N. (2022). Prodigal children: Why older mothers favor their once-deviant adult children. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 77(7), 1325-1335. 

2021

• Rurka, M., Jill Suitor, J., & Gilligan, M. (2021). The Caregiver Identity in Context: Consequences of Identity Threat From Siblings. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 76(8), 1593-1604. 

• Peng, S., Suitor, J. J., & Gilligan, M. (2021). Maternal differential treatment and psychological well-being: The mediating role of marital tension and sibling tension?. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 76(2), 370-379. 

2020

• Gilligan, M., Suitor, J. J., Rurka, M., & Silverstein, M. (2020). Multigenerational social support in the face of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Journal of Family Theory & Review, 12(4), 431-447. 

• Stocker, C. M., Gilligan, M., Klopack, E. T., Conger, K. J., Lanthier, R. P., Neppl, T. K., ... & Wickrama, K. A. S. (2020). Sibling relationships in older adulthood: Links with loneliness and well-being. Journal of Family Psychology, 34(2), 175. 

• Gilligan, M., Stocker, C. M., & Jewsbury Conger, K. (2020). Sibling relationships in adulthood: Research findings and new frontiers. Journal of Family Theory & Review, 12(3), 305-320. 

• Johnson Nicholson, M. C., Martin, P., Gilligan, M., Cutrona, C. E., Russell, D. W., Schofield, T. J., & Poon, L. W. (2020). The impact of distal influences and proximal resources on the mental health of African American older adults: Findings from the Georgia Centenarian Study. Innovation in Aging, 4(5), igaa046. 

• Suitor, J. J., Gilligan, M., Rurka, M., & Hou, Y. (2020). Roles of egos’ and siblings’ perceptions of maternal favoritism in adult children’s depressive symptoms: A within-family network approach. Network Science, 8(2), 271-289.