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Elliot Friedman

Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 1978

Publications

117

Citations

5,389

Est. group size

~4

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

49

Publishing since 1978

Research summary
AI-generated

Elliot Friedman's work examines how psychological and social factors—such as relationships with others, stress, and well-being—relate to physical health outcomes like sleep, disability, and multimorbidity (having multiple chronic conditions) as people age. Much of the research uses large survey datasets to track how social support and psychological states influence health and functional decline over time. Note that some listed publications (e.g., on gut microbiota, arbitration law) appear unrelated to this core theme and may reflect a shared name with other researchers rather than a single body of work.

Psychological well-being and agingSocial relationships and healthSleep and health outcomesMultimorbidity and disability in older adultsStress and biopsychosocial health

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade, peaking around 2018-2019 and again in 2023, with a generally moderate and somewhat slowing pace in the most recent years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.8/year recently
172018: 7 publications182019: 9 publications9192020: 3 publications202021: 4 publications212022: 5 publications222023: 7 publications232024: 4 publications242025: 2 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Innovation in Aging×10
  • Applied Psychology Health and Well-Being×3
  • Sleep Health×2
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series B×2
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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