Courses Taught:
Social Gerentology, Introduction to Psychology, Clinical Psychology of Aging
Research Interests:
Professor Carpenter conducts research on the clinical psychology of aging. His research focuses on family relationships in late life, with a particular emphasis on collaborative family decision-making and brief family interventions. Other research activities focus on older patient-physician interactions, ethical issues in dementia care, and promoting the well being of older adults in long-term care settings.
Selected Publications:
Carpenter, B. D. (2003). Practice tests for Durand and Barlow’s Essentials of Abnormal Psychology (3rd ed.) Pacific Grove, CA: Thomson Wadsworth.
Hyer, L., Carpenter, B., Bishmann, D., & Wu, H. (2005). Depression in long-term care. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 12, 280-299.
Carpenter, B. D. (In press.) Quantitative and qualitative aspects of sentences from the Mini-Mental
State Examination: Personal disclosure in an unexpected place. Journal of Mental Health and Aging.
Carpenter, B. D., Edwards, D. F., Pickard, J. G., Palmer, J. L., Morrow-Howell, N., Neufeld, P. S., Perkinson, M. A., Stark, S., & Morris, J. C. (In press.) Anticipating relocation: Concerns about moving among NORC residents. Journal of Gerontological Social Work.
Balsis, S., Carpenter, B. D., & Storandt, M. (2005). Personality change precedes clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Journals of Gerontology, 60B, P98-P101. |
