Peter Martin
Professor and Director, Gerontology Program

Education:
Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, 1985
Dr. phil., Univeristy of Bonn, West Germany, 1985
Dipl. psych., Univeristy of Bonn, West Germany, 1982
B.A., Wartburg College, 1979

Office: 1096 LeBaron
Phone: (515) 294-5186
Email: pxmartin@iastate.edu

Lab Website: http://www.hdfs.hs.iastate.edu/centers/gerontology/index.php

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests:

  • Gerontological Society of America
  • National Council on Family Relations
  • American Psychological Association
  • International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development
  • Society for the Study of Human Development

 

Recent Funded Grants:

  • Martin, Peter - NSF. CPATH I. “Experimenting with an open platform for the new interdisciplinary study on gerotechnology” (Co-PI with C. Chang, J. Wong, S. Mitra, & M. Shelley). Funding obtained for FY 2011.

Selected Publications:

  • Miller, L. S. Mitchell, M. B., Woodard, J. L., Davey, A., Martin, P., & Poon, L. W. and for the Georgia Centenarian Study (2010). Cognitive performance in the oldest old: Norms from the Georgia Centenarian Study. Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition. First published on: 02 June 2010 (iFirst).

  • Margrett, J. A., Daugherty, K., Martin, P., & MacDonald, M., Davey, A., Woodard, J. L., Miller, L., S., Siegler, I. C., & Poon, L. W. (in press). Affect and loneliness among centenarians and the oldest old: The role of individual and social resources. Aging and Mental Health.

  • Poon, L. W., Martin, P., Bishop, A., Cho, J., da Rosa, G., Desphpande, N., Hensley, R., MacDonald, M., Margrett, J., Randall, K., Woodard, J., & Miller, L. S. (in press). Understanding centenarians’ psychosocial dynamics and their contributions to health and quality of life. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research, Special Issue (D. C. Willcox, B. Willcox, & C. Franceschi, Guest Editors).

  • Martin, P., MacDonald, M., Margrett, J., & Poon, L. W. (2010). Resilience and longevity: Expert survivorship of centenarians. In P. Fry & C. Keyes (Eds.), New frontiers in resilient aging: Life-strengths and well-being in late life (pp. 213-238). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

  • Martin, P., Baenziger, J., MacDonald, M., Siegler, I., & Poon, L. W. (2009). Engaged lifestyle, personality, and mental status among centenarians. Adult Development, 16, 199-208

  • MacDonald, M., Martin, P., Margrett, J., & Poon, L. W. (2009). Correspondence of perceptions about centenarians’ mental health. Aging and Mental Health, 13, 827-837.

  • Martin, P., Kliegel, M., Rott, C. Poon, L. W., & Johnson, M. A. (2008). Age differences and changes of coping behavior in three age groups: Findings from the Georgia Centenarian Study. International Journal of Aging & Human Development, 66, 97-114.

  • Martin, P. (2007). Personality and coping among centenarians. In L. W. Poon & T. T. Perls (Eds.), Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, vol. 27: Biopsychosocial approaches to longevity (pp. 89-106). New York: Springer.

  • Martin, P., da Rosa, G., Siegler, I., Davey, A., MacDonald, M., Poon, L. W. et al. (2006). Personality and longevity: Findings from the Georgia Centenarian Study. Age, 28, 343-352.

  • Martin, P., & da Rosa, G. (2006). Age differences in depressive symptoms and morale among the oldest old. Global Ageing, 4, 42-51.

  • Bishop, A. J., Martin, P., & Poon, L. W. (2006). Happiness and congruence in older adulthood: A structural model of life satisfaction. Aging & Mental Health, 10, 1-9.

  • Martin, P., Bishop, A., Poon, L. W., & Johnson, M. A. (2006). The influence of personality and health behaviors on fatigue in late and very late life. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 61B, P161-P166.

  • Jang, Y, Poon, L. W. & Martin, P. (2004). Individual differences in the effects of disease and disability on depressive symptoms: The role of age and subjective health. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 59, 127-139.

  • Martin, P. (2002). Individual and social resources predicting well-being and functioning in later years: Conceptual models, research, and practice. Ageing International, 27, 3-29.

  • Martin, P., & Martin, M. (2002). Proximal and distal influences on development: The model of developmental adaptation. Developmental Review, 22, 78-96.

  • Martin, P., Long, M. V., & Poon, L. W. (2002). Age changes and differences in personality traits and states of the old and very old. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 57B, P144-P152.