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J. Jill Suitor

Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1981
Intergenerational Family Dynamics and CaregivingFamily Dynamics and RelationshipsFamily Support in IllnessHealth disparities and outcomesAging and Gerontology Research

Publications

176

Citations

5,937

Est. group size

~6

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

46

Publishing since 1981

Research summary
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J. Jill Suitor studies family relationships in later life, focusing on how parents and adult children interact, provide care, and influence each other's psychological well-being as they age. Her work often examines favoritism among siblings, caregiving arrangements, and how factors like cognitive impairment, gender, and race/ethnicity shape family dynamics and health outcomes. This research typically draws on large-scale survey data of aging families in the United States.

Intergenerational family relationshipsCaregiving for aging parentsParental favoritism and sibling dynamicsAging and well-beingFamily support and health outcomes

Publication output was fairly steady at 8-11 papers per year through 2022 but has declined somewhat in 2023-2025, with the 5-year average dropping to about 6.4 publications per year.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.4/year recently
2017: 11 publications11172018: 11 publications11182019: 9 publications192020: 6 publications202021: 9 publications212022: 11 publications11222023: 8 publications232024: 8 publications242025: 4 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Innovation in Aging×36
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series B×14
  • The Gerontologist×5
  • Journal of Marriage and the Family×4
  • Research on Aging×4
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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