TRI-Lab
We are The University of Akron's Transitions, Resilience, and Identity Lab.
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Current Projects
We are currently seeking participants ages 30 and up whose first language is English to take a virtual survey on identity salience. The survey takes participants an average of 30 minutes to complete. You can access the survey here.Participation in the TRI-Lab's transgender aging experiences survey is now closed. Thank you to all who participated.If you would like to be contacted when future research takes place, please consider signing up for our mailing list.
Lab Publications
Bisconti, T. L., Vale, M. T., & Trunko, A. (revise and resubmit). Health and well-being in queer older adults: Overcoming a lifetime of stigma. In M. Lachman, & A. Sprio (Eds.), S. Charles, S. Neupert (Associate Eds), American Psychological Association handbook of adult development and aging. American Psychological Association.Frey, K. T., & Bisconti, T. L. (in press). Older, entitled, & extremely out-of-touch: Does “OK, Boomer” signify the emergence of a new older adult stereotype? Journal of Applied Gerontology. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648231154044Sublett, J. F., & Bisconti, T. L. (in press). Metamemory and self-compassion as protective factors in the relationship between benevolent ageism and environmental mastery. Journal of Applied Gerontology. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648231163847Sublett, J.F., Vale, M. T., & Bisconti, T. L. (2021). Expanding benevolent ageism: Replicating attitudes of overaccommodation to older men. Experimental Aging Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/0361073X.2021.1968666Vale, M. T., & Bisconti T. L. (2021). Minority stress and relationship well–being in sexual minorities: The varying role of outness on relationship and sexual satisfaction. International Journal of Sexual Health. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/19317611.2021.1909684Vale, M. T., & Bisconti T. L. & (2020). Age differences in sexual minority stress and the importance of friendship in later life. Clinical Gerontologist. https://doi.org/10.1080/07317115.2020.1836107Vale, M., Bisconti, T. L., & Sublett, J. F. (2019). Benevolent ageism: Attitudes of overaccommodative behavior towards older women. Journal of Social Psychology, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2019.1695567Bisconti, T. L. (April, 2019). Can you really simulate aging, and more importantly, should you? Teaching Tips from Adult Development and Aging News, American Psychological Association. https://www.apadivisions.org/division-20/publications/newsletters/adult-development/2019/04/empathy-elderly
Meet the Lab
Toni Bisconti,
Ph.D. (she/her)
Faculty Supervisor
Dr. Bisconti’s research interests include topics such as ageism, minority stress in older adults, experiences of discrimination, and diversity-related education. Her work has appeared in leading journals such as the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Basic and Applied Social Psychology, Psychology and Aging, and the Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences.
Danny Michaud, B.A. (he/him)
Lab Manager
Danny is a fourth year PhD student and the TRI-Lab's lab manager. His research interests include transgender older adults, ageism, future time perspective, and intergenerational contact. He is currently collecting data for a study on ageism within the transgender community and community belongingness among older transgender adults.
Aimee Trunko,
M.A.
Aimee is a fifth year PhD student. Her research interests include transgender older adults, late life gender transition, and social support. She is currently writing up results from a study of depressive symptomatology and late life transitions in older transgender adults. She is drafting further work on this population for her doctoral dissertation.
Adara Turek,
B.A. (she/her)
Adara is a third year PhD student. Her research interests are older bisexual women, minority stress, biphobia, and relationship strain. She is currently drafting research on perceptions of older bisexual women's sexualities based on partner gender.