Linda M. Chatters
Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, and Faculty Associate, Research Center for Group Dynamics, ISR
Linda M. Chatters is a professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health and professor in the School of Social Work. She is a faculty associate with the Program for Research on Black Americans at the Institute for Social Research and the Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture and Health. The focus of Dr. Chatters' research is the study of adult development and aging in relation to the mental and physical health status and functioning of older persons in a variety of social contexts (i.e., the family, church, and community). She is also interested in religious involvement among African Americans and the independent effects of religious, personal, and social status factors on personal well-being. Dr. Chatters' research is supported by grants from the National Institute on Aging. Dr. Chatters is a Fellow, Behavioral and Social Sciences Section of The Gerontological Society of America and has been designated by Thomson-ISI as a Highly Cited Researcher in the Category of General Social Sciences.
Dr. Chatters co-edited Family Life in Black America (1997) and Aging in Black America (1993) and is co-author of the book, Religion in the Lives of African Americans: Social, Psychological and Health Perspectives (2004). Other areas of research/scholarly interest: family social support networks and intergenerational family relationships, the impact of social support and negative interaction impact on well-being and psychological distress. Recent articles include "Use of complementary and alternative medicines for mental and substance use disorders: A comparison of African Americans, Black Caribbeans, and non-Hispanic Whites" in Psychiatric Services; "Use of clergy services among individual seeking treatment for alcohol use problems" in The American Journal on Addictions; "Demographic correlates of psychological well-being and distress among older African Americans and Caribbean Black adults" in Best Practices in Mental Health: An International Journal; and "Emotional support, negative interaction and DSM IV lifetime disorders among older African Americans: Findings from the National Survey of American Life (NSAL) in International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
Research Interests/Focus
Religious involvement and well-being, social support networks of adult/elderly African Americans, intergenerational family relations, families and health.Contact Information
Education
| Year | Degree | School | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | PhD | Psychology | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| 1977 | Certificate | Specialist in Aging | Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan - Wayne State University |
| 1975 | AB | Psychology | University of California, Berkeley |
Himle, J. A., Taylor, R. J., Nguyen, A. W., Williams, M. T., Lincoln, K. D., Taylor, H. O., & Chatters, L. M. (2017). Family and friendship networks and obsessive-compulsive disorder among African Americans and Black Caribbeans. The Behavior Therapist, 40(30), 99.
Taylor, R. J., Chatters, L. M., Lincoln, K. D., & Woodward, A. T. (2017). Church-based exchanges of informal social support among African Americans. Race and Social Problems, 9(1), 53-62.
Nguyen, A. W., Taylor, R. J., Chatters, L. M., Taylor, H. O., Lincoln, K. D., & Mitchell, U. A. (2017). Extended family and friendship support and suicidality among African Americans. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 52, 299-309.
Mouzon, D. M., Taylor, R. J., Woodward, A. T., & Chatters, L. M. (2017). Everyday racial discrimination, everyday non-racial discrimination, and physical health among African Americans. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 26(1-2), 68-80.
Nguyen, A. W., Chatters, L. M., Taylor, R. J., Levine, D. S., & Himle, J. A., Vogel, P. A., & Himle, J. A. (2017). Family, friends, and 12-Month PTSD among African Americans. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 51, 1149-1157.
Nguyen, A. W., Chatters, L. M., & Taylor, R. J. (2016). African American extended family and churchâbased social network typologies. Family Relations, 65(5), 701-715.
Nguyen, A. W., Taylor, R. J., & Chatters, L. M. (2016). Church-based social support among Caribbean Blacks in the United States. Review of Religious Research, 58(3), 385-406.
Taylor, R. J., Taylor, H. O., & Chatters, L. M. (2016). Social isolation from extended family members and friends among African-Americans: Findings from a national survey. Journal of Family Social Work, 19, 443-461.
Taylor, R. J., Mouzon, D. M., Nguyen, A. W., & Chatters, L. M. (2016). Reciprocal family, friendship and church support networks of African Americans: Findings from the National Survey of American Life. Race and Social Problems, 8(4), 326-339.
Nguyen, A. W., Chatters, L. M., Taylor, R. J., & Mouzon, D. M. (2016). Social support from family and friends and subjective well-being of older African Americans. Journal of Happiness Studies, 17(3), 959-979.
Mouzon, D. M., Taylor, R. J., Nguyen, A. W., & Chatters, L. M. (2016). Serious psychological distress among African Americans: Findings from the National Survey of American Life. Journal of Community Psychology, 44(6), 765-780.
Yoon, H., Chatters, L., Kao, T. S, Saint-Arnault, D., & Northouse, L. (2016). Factors affecting quality of life for Korean American cancer survivors. Oncology Nursing Forum, 43(3), E132-E142.
Brown, R. K., Taylor, R. J., & Chatters, L. M. (2015). Race/Ethnic and social-demographic correlates of religious non-involvement in America: Findings from three national surverys. Journal of Black Studies, 46, 335-362.
Levine, D. S., Taylor, R. J., Nyugen, A., Chatters, L. M., & Himle, J. A. (2015). Family and friendship informal support networks and social anxiety disorder among African Americans and black Caribbeans. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 50, 1121-1133.
Lincoln, K. D., Chatters, L. M., & Taylor, R. J. (2013). Church-based negative interactions among older African Americans, Caribbean blacks and non-Hispanic whites. In M. Silverstein & R. Giarrusso (Eds.), Kinship and Cohort in an Aging Society: From Generation to Generation. Johns Hopkins University Press.
Taylor, R. J., Hernandez, E., Nicklett, E., Taylor H. O., & Chatters, L. M. (2013). Informal social support networks of African American, Hispanic, Asian American, and Native American older adults. In K. E. Whitfield and T. A. Baker (Eds.), Handbook of Minority Aging 417-434. New York, NY: Springer.
Chatters, L. M., Nguyen, A. W., & Taylor, R. J. (2013). Religion and spirituality among older African Americans, Asians, and Hispanics. In K. E. Whitfield and T. A. Baker (Eds.), Handbook of Minority Aging. New York: Springer.
Lincoln, K. D., Chatters, L. M., & Taylor, R. J. (2010). Church-based negative interaction among older African Americans, Caribbean Blacks and non-Hispanic Whites. In M. Silverstein & R. Giarrusso (Eds.), From Generation to Generation: Continuity and Discontinuity in Aging Families. Johns Hopkins Press.