Faculty Directory

Ludlow, L.; O’Keefe, T.; Braun, H.; Anghel, E.; Szendeya, O.; Matz, C.; & Howell, B. (in press). An enhancement to the theory and measurement of purpose. Practical Assessment, Research, and Evaluation, 27(4).

Anghel, E.; Ludlow, L.; Szendey, O.; Matz, C.; O'Keefe, T.; & Braun, H. (2021). Measuring purpose in life in college students: An assessment of invariance properties by college year and undergraduate school. International Journal of Educational Methodology, 7(4), 603-614.

Carr, D.; Matz, C.; Taylor, M.; & Gonzales, E. (2021). Retirement Transitions in the US: Patterns and pathways from full-time work. Public Policy & Aging Report.

Matz, C. & Brown, M. (in press). The choices of (low-income) aging workers on the margins: Expanding the narrative. Fideler, E. F., (Ed.) Handbook on Aging and Work. Rowman & Littlefield.

Yang, J. & Matz, C. (2020). A latent deprivation perspective: Mechanisms linking volunteering to mental health in later life. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development. doi: 10.1177/0091415020959767

Gonzales, E.; Matz, C.; & Morrow-Howell, N. (2020). Introduction to special issue: Productive aging. Clinical Social Work Journal, 48, 153-155.

Matz, C., Sabbath, E. & James, J. (2020). An integrative conceptual framework of engagement in socially-productive activity in later life: Implications for clinical and mezzo social work practice. Clinical Social Work Journal [special issue on productive aging], 48, 156–168.

Ludlow, L.H., Anghel, E., Szenday, O., O’Keefe, T., Howell, B., Matz, C., & Braun H. (2020). The Boston College Living a Life of Meaning and Purpose (BC-LAMP) Portfolio: An application of Rasch/Guttman Scenario methodology. Journal of Applied Measurement, 21(2).

Matz-Costa, C., Howard, E., Sceppa, C., Dias-Valdes, A., & Lachman, M. (2019). Peer-based strategies to support physical activity interventions for older adults: A typology, conceptual framework, and practice guidelines. The Gerontologist, 59(6), 1007-1016. doi: 10.1093/geront/gny092

Matz-Costa, C., Berzin, S., Pitt-Catsouphes, M., & Halvorsen, C. (2019). Perceptions of the meaningfulness of work among older social purpose workers: An Ecological Momentary Assessment study. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 38(8), 1121–1146. DOI: 10.1177/0733464817727109

Ludlow, L., Matz-Costa, C., & Klein, K. (2019). Enhancement and validation of the Productive Engagement Portfolio-Scenario (PEP-S8) Scales. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 52(1), 15-37.

Calvo, R., Carr, D., & Matz-Costa, M. (2019). Expanding the “Happiness Paradox”: Racial/ethnic disparities in life satisfaction among older immigrants in the United States. Journal of Aging and Health, 31(2), 231-255.

Wang, Y., & Matz-Costa, C. (2019). Gender differences in the effect of social resources and subjective social status on the retirement satisfaction and health of retirees. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 62(1), 86-107. DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2018.1474156   

Matz-Costa, C., Lubben, J. E., Lachman, M., Lee, H. N., & Choi, Y. J. (2018). A pilot randomized trial of an intervention to enhance the health-promoting effects of older adults' activity portfolios: The Engaged4Life Program. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 61(8), 792-816.

Wang, Y., Matz-Costa, C., Miller, J., Carr, D., & Kohlbacher, F. (2018). Uses and gratifications sought from mobile phones and loneliness among Japanese midlife and older adults: A mediation analysis. Innovation in Aging, 2(3), 1-13.

Carr, D., Kail, B.K., Matz-Costa, C., & Shavit, Y. (2018). Does becoming a volunteer attenuate loneliness among recently widowed older adults? The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 73(3), 501-510. DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbx092