Jinkuk Hong Associate Researcher, Waisman Center Phone: (608)261-1512 E-mail: jhong@waisman.wisc.edu

Education

• 1996, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 1992, MA., University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 1985, BA., Seoul National University, South Korea 
  
  

Research Interests

Hong’s main research interests include psychosocial consequences of non-normative parenting and caregiving, and the relationship between social support and psychological well-being among older adults.  He has been working on the projects investigating how having a child with disabilities such as autism, Schizophrenia, or mental retardation in the family affects life course paths of family members and their psychological well-being.  In addition, currently, he explores how and to what extends mild intellectual deficits has an effect on life course paths of individuals.  The second line of his research focuses on the impacts of social support and social network on well-being.  He has examined how the scope of social support network and emotional supports affect the psychological well-being of parents of an adult child with disabilities.  Specifically, he is interested in how social support buffers the detrimental effects of caregiving stressors on psychological outcomes. 

Selected Publications

Seltzer, M. M., Floyd, F. J., Greenberg, J. S., Lounds, J.,  Lindstrom, M., & Hong, J. (2005). Life Course Impacts of Mild Intellectual Deficits. American Journal of Mental Retardation, 110: 451-468.        

Essex, E. , & Hong, J. (2005). Older Caregiving Parents: Division of Household Labor, Marital Satisfaction, and Caregiver Burden. Family Relation, 54: 448-460.

Seltzer, M. M., Greenberg, J. S., Floyd, F. J., & Hong, J. (2004). Accommodative coping and well-being of midlife parents of children with mental health problems or developmental disabilities. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 74: 187-195.

Orsmond, G. I., Seltzer, M. M., Krauss, M. W., and Hong, J. (2003). Behavior problems in adults with mental retardation and maternal well-being: Examination of the direction of effects. American Journal of Mental Retardation, 108: 257-271.

Seltzer, M. M., Krauss M. W. , Hong, J., & Orsmond, G. I. (2001). Continuity or Discontinuity of Family Involvement Following Residential Transitions of Adults Who Have Mental Retardation. Mental Retardation, 39: 181-194.

Hong, J., Seltzer, M. M., & Krauss, M. W. (2001). Change in social support and psychological well-being: A longitudinal study of aging mothers of adult children with mental retardation. Family Relations, 50:154-163.

Seltzer, M. M., Greenberg, J. S., Floyd, F. J., Pettee, Y., & Hong, J. (2001). Life course impacts of parenting a child with disability. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 106: 265-286.

Han, G, & Hong, J. (2000). Intergenerational social support exchange and psychological well-being of the elderly parents. Family and Culture, 12: 55-80. [in Korean]. Seoul, South Korea.

Hong, J., & Seltzer, M. M. (1995). The psychological consequences of multiple roles: The nonnormative case. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 36: 386-398.