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Publications of Scott M. Lynch    :chronological  alphabetical  combined  bibtex listing:

Books

  1. Lynch, SM; Bartlett, B, Bayesian Statistics in Sociology: Past, Present, and Future, vol. 45 (July, 2019), pp. 47-68 [doi]  [abs]
  2. Lynch, Scott M. and J. Scott Brown, Handling Missing Data in Social Research (pending), Under contract with Chapman & Hall
  3. Lynch, SM, Using Statistics in Social Research (September, 2013), pp. 252 pages, Springer Science & Business Media, ISBN 9781461485735  [abs]
  4. Lynch, SM, Using statistics in social research: A concise approach (August, 2013), pp. 1-229, Springer New York, ISBN 9781461485728 [doi]  [abs]
  5. Lynch, SM, Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics and Estimation for Social Scientists (June, 2007), pp. 387 pages, Springer Science & Business Media, ISBN 9780387712659  [abs]

Peer Reviewed Articles & Book Chapters

  1. Dupre, ME; Dhingra, R; Xu, H; Hammill, BG; Lynch, SM; West, JS; Green, MD; Curtis, LH; Peterson, ED, Racial and ethnic disparities in longitudinal trajectories of hospitalizations in patients diagnosed with heart failure., Am Heart J, vol. 287 (September, 2025), pp. 32-40 [doi]  [abs]
  2. Dupre, ME; Dhingra, R; Xu, H; Lynch, SM; Yang, Q; Ford, C; Green, MD; Xian, Y; Navar, AM; Peterson, ED, Racial and ethnic disparities in longitudinal trajectories of cardiovascular risk factors in U.S. middle-aged and older adults., PLoS One, vol. 20 no. 2 (2025), pp. e0318419 [doi]  [abs]
  3. Dhingra, R; Xu, H; Hammill, BG; Lynch, SM; West, JS; Green, MD; Peterson, ED; Curtis, LH; Dupre, ME, Association Between Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Risks of Early and Recurrent Admissions Among Patients With Newly Diagnosed Heart Failure., Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes, vol. 17 no. 12 (December, 2024), pp. e011141 [doi]  [abs]
  4. Ledford, A; Luning, CR; Dixon, DP; Miles, P; Lynch, SM, The role of mindfulness and resilience in Navy SEAL training., Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association, vol. 36 no. 3 (May, 2024), pp. 286-300 [doi]  [abs]
  5. Kamis, C; Lynch, S; Copeland, WE, Associations Between Configurations of Childhood Adversity and Adult Mental Health Disorder Outcomes., Soc Ment Health, vol. 14 no. 1 (March, 2024), pp. 23-38 [doi]  [abs]
  6. Bumpus, JP; Harris, AL; Lynch, SM, Academic culture beyond the individual: Group-level norms and college enrollment., Social science research, vol. 117 (January, 2024), pp. 102944 [doi]  [abs]
  7. Petry, SE; Thompson, AD; Hauser, ER; Lynch, SM; Boyle, SH; Upchurch, J; Press, A; Sims, KJ; Williams, CD; Gifford, EJ, Characterizing Deficit Accumulation Among Gulf War Era Veterans., J Frailty Aging, vol. 13 no. 3 (2024), pp. 300-306, SERDI [doi]  [abs]
  8. Lynch, SM, Playing professional American football does not increase longevity., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 120 no. 49 (December, 2023), pp. e2317215120 [doi]
  9. Lynch, SM; Kamis, C, Methods for studying life course health inequalities, in Handbook of Health Inequalities Across the Life Course (April, 2023), pp. 75-92, ISBN 9781800888159
  10. Ledford, AK; Beckner, ME; Conkright, WR; Raver, C; Dixon, DP; Miles, P; Martin, B; Nindl, BC; Lynch, SM, Psychological and physiological changes during basic, underwater, demolition/SEAL training., Physiology & behavior, vol. 257 (December, 2022), pp. 113970 [doi]  [abs]
  11. Lynch, SM; Zang, E, Bayesian Multistate Life Table Methods for Large and Complex State Spaces: Development and Illustration of a New Method., Sociological methodology, vol. 52 no. 2 (August, 2022), pp. 254-286 [doi]  [abs]
  12. Zang, E; Lynch, SM; Liu, C; Lu, N; Banas, J, Racial/Ethnic and Educational Disparities in the Impact of Diabetes on Population Health Among the U.S.-Born Population., The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol. 77 no. 8 (August, 2022), pp. 1519-1528 [doi]  [abs]
  13. Steele, LG; Bostic, A; Lynch, SM; Abdelaaty, L, Measuring Ethnic Diversity., Annual review of sociology, vol. 48 no. 1 (July, 2022), pp. 43-63 [doi]  [abs]
  14. West, JS; Lynch, SM, Demographic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Life Expectancy With Hearing Impairment in the United States., J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, vol. 76 no. 5 (April, 2021), pp. 944-955 [doi]  [abs]
  15. Read, JG; Lynch, SM; West, JS, Disaggregating Heterogeneity among Non-Hispanic Whites: Evidence and Implications for U.S. Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities., Popul Res Policy Rev, vol. 40 no. 1 (February, 2021), pp. 9-31 [doi]  [abs]
  16. Zang, E; Lynch, SM; West, J, Regional differences in the impact of diabetes on population health in the USA., J Epidemiol Community Health, vol. 75 no. 1 (January, 2021), pp. 56-61 [doi]  [abs]
  17. Bardo, AR; Lynch, SM, Cognitively Intact and Happy Life Expectancy in the United States., The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol. 76 no. 2 (January, 2021), pp. 242-251 [doi]  [abs]
  18. Lynch, SM; Land, KC; Yang, YC; Yi, Z, 28 Mathematical Demography, in Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research (January, 2019), pp. 747-774 [doi]  [abs]
  19. Ledford, AK; Lynch, SM, Comparing Theories of Resource Distribution: The Case of Iran, Socius, vol. 5 (January, 2019) [doi]  [abs]
  20. Dupre, ME; Xu, H; Granger, BB; Lynch, SM; Nelson, A; Churchill, E; Willis, JM; Curtis, LH; Peterson, ED, Access to routine care and risks for 30-day readmission in patients with cardiovascular disease., Am Heart J, vol. 196 (February, 2018), pp. 9-17 [doi]  [abs]
  21. Taylor, MG; Lynch, SM; Ureña, S, Race Differences in ADL Disability Decline 1984-2004: Evidence From the National Long-Term Care Survey., Journal of aging and health, vol. 30 no. 2 (February, 2018), pp. 167-189 [doi]  [abs]
  22. Berchick, ER; Lynch, SM, Regional Variation in the Predictive Validity of Self-Rated Health for Mortality., SSM - population health, vol. 3 (December, 2017), pp. 275-282 [doi]  [abs]
  23. Dupre, ME; Nelson, A; Lynch, SM; Granger, BB; Xu, H; Churchill, E; Willis, JM; Curtis, LH; Peterson, ED, Socioeconomic, Psychosocial and Behavioral Characteristics of Patients Hospitalized With Cardiovascular Disease., Am J Med Sci, vol. 354 no. 6 (December, 2017), pp. 565-572 [doi]  [abs]
  24. Dupre, ME; Nelson, A; Lynch, SM; Granger, BB; Xu, H; Willis, JM; Curtis, LH; Peterson, ED, Identifying Nonclinical Factors Associated With 30-Day Readmission in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease: Protocol for an Observational Study., JMIR Res Protoc, vol. 6 no. 6 (June, 2017), pp. e118 [doi]  [abs]
  25. Bardo, AR; Lynch, SM; Land, KC, The Importance of the Baby Boom Cohort and the Great Recession in Understanding Age, Period, and Cohort Patterns in Happiness., Social psychological and personality science, vol. 8 no. 3 (April, 2017), pp. 341-350 [doi]  [abs]
  26. Lynch, SM; Taylor, MG, Trajectory Models for Aging Research, in Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences Eighth Edition (January, 2016), pp. 23-51, Elsevier, ISBN 9780124172357 [doi]  [abs]
  27. Lynch, SM, Commentary on "Disability Trajectories at the End of Life: A Countdown Model" The Problems With Time-to-Death as a Predictor of Disability., The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol. 70 no. 5 (September, 2015), pp. 753-756, ISSN 1079-5014 [doi]
  28. Lynch, SM, Bayesian Theory, History, Applications, and Contemporary Directions, in International Encyclopedia of the Social Behavioral Sciences Second Edition, edited by James D. Wright (March, 2015), pp. 378-382, Elsevier, ISBN 9780080970868 [doi]  [abs]
  29. Vasunilashorn, S; Lynch, SM; Glei, DA; Weinstein, M; Goldman, N, Exposure to stressors and trajectories of perceived stress among older adults., The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol. 70 no. 2 (March, 2015), pp. 329-337, ISSN 1079-5014 [doi]  [abs]
  30. Brown, JS; Lynch, SM, A demographer’s view: Population structures tell a story about lifecourses, in Population Ageing from A Lifecourse Perspective Critical and International Approaches (January, 2015), pp. 13-27, ISBN 9781447310716
  31. Olson, WH; Ma, Y-W; Crivera, C; Schein, J; Lefebvre, P; Laliberté, F; Dea, K; Germain, G; Lynch, SM, Economic outcomes with prasugrel versus clopidogrel in acute coronary syndrome patients: observations from prasugrel users and matched clopidogrel users., Journal of medical economics, vol. 18 no. 12 (January, 2015), pp. 1074-1084 [doi]  [abs]
  32. Lynch, SM; Taylor, MG, Trajectory Models for Aging Research, in Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Eighth Edition (January, 2015), pp. 23-51, ISBN 9780124172852 [doi]  [abs]
  33. Olson, WH; Ma, Y-W; Laliberté, F; Lefebvre, P; Crivera, C; Schein, JR; Fields, LE; Dea, K; Germain, G; Lynch, SM, Prasugrel vs. clopidogrel in acute coronary syndrome patients treated with prasugrel., Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics, vol. 39 no. 6 (December, 2014), pp. 663-672, ISSN 0269-4727 [doi]  [abs]
  34. Lynch, Scott M. and Miles G. Taylor, Trajectory Methods in Life Course Research, in Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences (8th ed), edited by Linda K. George and Kenneth Ferraro (Forthcoming), Elsevier
  35. Lynch, Scott M., Income Inequality and Heterogeneity in Mortality Patterns, in Global Aging: Comparative Perspectives on Aging and the Life Course, edited by SR Kunkel, JS Brown, and F Whittington (Forthcoming), Springer
  36. Brown, J. Scott, and Scott M. Lynch, A Demographer's View: Population Structures Tell a Story About Life Courses, in Lifecourse Perspectives on Ageing Populations: A Critical and International Approach, edited by Komp, K. and Johansson, S. (Forthcoming), Bristol: The Policy Press
  37. Lynch, SM; Kugelmass, H, Types of stressors, in the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Behavior, and Society, edited by Cockerham, WC; Dingwall, R; Quah, S (2014), Blackwell
  38. Olson, WH; Crivera, C; Ma, Y-W; Panish, J; Mao, L; Lynch, SM, Bayesian data analysis in observational comparative effectiveness research: rationale and examples., Journal of comparative effectiveness research, vol. 2 no. 6 (November, 2013), pp. 563-571, ISSN 2042-6305 [doi]  [abs]
  39. Lynch, SM; Steele, L, The Pursuit of Happiness in China: Individualism, Collectivism, and Subjective Well-Being During China's Economic and Social Transformation, Social Indicators Research, vol. 114 no. 2 (2013), pp. 441-451, Springer Verlag (Germany), ISSN 1573-0921 [doi]  [abs]
  40. Owens, J; Lynch, SM, Black and Hispanic Immigrants' Resilience against Negative-ability Racial Stereotypes at Selective Colleges and Universities in the United States, Sociology of Education, vol. 85 no. 4 (2012), pp. 303-325, SAGE Publications, ISSN 0038-0407 [doi]  [abs]
  41. Taylor, Miles G. and Scott M. Lynch, Cohort Di erences and Chronic Disease Pro les of Di erential Disability Trajectories, Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences, vol. 66B no. 6 (2011), pp. 729-738
  42. Taylor, MG; Lynch, SM, Cohort differences and chronic disease profiles of differential disability trajectories., The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol. 66 no. 6 (November, 2011), pp. 729-738 [doi]  [abs]
  43. Lynch, SM, How Many Lags of X?, in Taxing the Poor: Doing Damage to the Truly Disadvantaged, edited by Newman, K; O'Brien, R (2011), pp. 163-174, University of California Press
  44. Lynch, SM; Brown, JS, Demographic Approaches and Their Potential Applications in Third Age Research, in Gerontology in the Era of the Third Age: Implications and Next Steps, edited by Carr, DC; Komp, K (2011), pp. 89-106, Springer
  45. Lynch, SM; Taylor, M, Cohort Differences in Chronic Disease Profiles of Differential Disability Trajectories, Journals of Gerontology: Series B, vol. 66 no. 6 (2011), pp. 729-738, Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy B - Oxford Open Option D, ISSN 1758-5368 [doi]  [abs]
  46. Haller, W; Portes, A; Lynch, SM, Dreams Fulfilled, Dreams Shattered: Determinants of Segmented Assimilation in the Second Generation, Social Forces, vol. 89 no. 3 (2011), pp. 733-762, Oxford University Press (OUP), ISSN 0037-7732 [41290085], [doi]  [abs]
  47. Haller, W; Portes, A; Lynch, SM, On the Dangers of Rosy Lenses: Reply to Alba, Kasinitz and Waters, Social Forces, vol. 89 no. 3 (2011), pp. 775-781, Johns Hopkins University Press, ISSN 0037-7732 [41290087], [doi]  [abs]
  48. Lynch, SM; Brown, JS, Obtaining multistate life table distributions for highly refined subpopulations from cross-sectional data: A Bayesian extension of Sullivan's method., Demography, vol. 47 no. 4 (November, 2010), pp. 1053-1077, ISSN 0070-3370 [doi]  [abs]
  49. Lynch, SM; Scott Brown, J, Stratification and Inequality over the Life Course, in Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, edited by Binstock, RH; George, LK (2010), pp. 105-117, Elsevier, ISBN 9780123808806 [doi]  [abs]
  50. Lynch, SM; Scott Brown, J; Taylor, MG, The Demography of Disability, in International Handbook of Population Aging, edited by Uhlenberg, P (2009), pp. 567-582, Springer-Verlag
  51. Lynch, SM, Race, Socioeconomic Status and Health Across the Life Course: Introduction to the Special Issue, Research on Aging, vol. 30 no. 2 (2008), pp. 127-136, SAGE Publications (UK and US), ISSN 1552-7573 [doi]
  52. Kimbro, RT; Lynch, SM; McLanahan, S, The Influence of Acculturation on Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration for Mexican-Americans, Population Research and Policy Review, vol. 27 no. 2 (2008), pp. 183-199, Springer Nature, ISSN 0167-5923 [doi]  [abs]
  53. Lynch, CR; Khandekar, S; Lynch, SM; DiSario, JA, Sublingual L-hyoscyamine for duodenal antimotility during ERCP: a prospective randomized double-blinded study, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, vol. 66 no. 4 (October, 2007), pp. 748-752, Elsevier BV, ISSN 0016-5107 [doi]
  54. Lynch, SM; Scott Brown, J, Race, Ethnicity, and Aging, in Encyclopedia of Health and Aging, edited by Markides, K (2007), pp. 204-208, Sage
  55. Agarwala, R; Lynch, SM, Refining the Measurement of Women's Autonomy: An International Application of a Multi-Dimensional Construct, Social Forces, vol. 84 no. 4 (2006), pp. 2077-2098, Oxford University Press (OUP), ISSN 0037-7732 [3844490], [doi]  [abs]
  56. Lynch, SM, Explaining Life Course and Cohort Variation in the Relationship between Education and Health: The Role of Income, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, vol. 47 no. 4 (2006), pp. 324-338, ISSN 0022-1465 [doi]  [abs]
  57. Lynch, SM; Brown, JS, A new approach to estimating life tables with covariates and constructing interval estimates of life table quantities, Sociological Methodology, vol. 35 no. 1 (January, 2005), pp. 177-225, SAGE Publications [doi]  [abs]
  58. Lynch, SM, Bayesian Statistics, in Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, edited by Kempf-Leonard, K (2005), pp. 135-144, Elsevier, Inc, ISBN 9780123693983 [doi]
  59. Zajacova, A; Lynch, SM; Espenshade, TJ, Self-Efficacy, Stress, and Academic Success in College, Research in Higher Education, vol. 46 no. 6 (2005), pp. 677-706, Springer Nature, ISSN 0361-0365 [doi]  [abs]
  60. Lynch, SM; Brown, JS, A New Approach to Estimating Life Tables with Covariates and Constructing Interval Estimates of Life Table Quantities, Sociological Methodology, vol. 35 no. ArticleType: research-article / Full pub (2005), pp. 189-237, ISSN 0081-1750 [4148847], [doi]  [abs]
  61. Cornman, JC; Lynch, SM; Goldman, N; Weinstein, M; Lin, H-S, Stability and change in the perceived social support of older Taiwanese adults., The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol. 59 no. 6 (November, 2004), pp. S350-S357, ISSN 1079-5014 [doi]  [abs]
  62. Taylor, MG; Lynch, SM, Trajectories of impairment, social support, and depressive symptoms in later life., The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol. 59 no. 4 (July, 2004), pp. S238-S246, ISSN 1079-5014 [doi]  [abs]
  63. Mustillo, S; Wilson, J; Lynch, SM, Legacy volunteering: A test of two theories of intergenerational transmission, Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 66 no. 2 (May, 2004), pp. 530-541, WILEY, ISSN 0022-2445 [doi]  [abs]
  64. Lynch, SM; Western, B, Bayesian Posterior Predictive Checks for Complex Models, Sociological Methods and Research, vol. 32 no. 3 (February, 2004), pp. 301-335, SAGE Publications, ISSN 0049-1241 [doi]  [abs]
  65. Lynch, SM, Bayesian Statistics, in Encyclopedia of Social Measurement Three Volume Set, vol. 1 (January, 2004), pp. V1-V1-144, ISBN 9780123693983 [doi]
  66. Lynch, SM; Scott Brown, J, Race, Aging, and Health: The History and Future of the Double Jeopardy Hypothesis, Contemporary Gerontology, vol. 10 no. 3 (2004), pp. 105-109
  67. Lynch, SM; Brown, JS; Harmsen, KG, Black-white differences in mortality compression and deceleration and the mortality crossover reconsidered, Research on Aging, vol. 25 no. 5 (September, 2003), pp. 456-483, SAGE Publications, ISSN 0164-0275 [doi]  [abs]
  68. George, LK; Lynch, SM, Race differences in depressive symptoms: a dynamic perspective on stress exposure and vulnerability., Journal of health and social behavior, vol. 44 no. 3 (September, 2003), pp. 353-369, ISSN 0022-1465  [abs]
  69. Lynch, SM; Brown, JS; Harmsen, KG, The Effect of altering ADL thresholds on active life expectancy estimates for older persons., The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol. 58 no. 3 (May, 2003), pp. S171-S178, ISSN 1079-5014 [doi]  [abs]
  70. Lynch, SM, Cohort and Life-Course Patterns in the Relationship between Education and Health: A Hierarchical Approach, Demography, vol. 40 no. 2 (2003), pp. 309-331, ISSN 0070-3370 [3180803], [doi]  [abs]
  71. Lynch, SM; George, LK, Interlocking trajectories of loss-related events and depressive symptoms among elders., The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol. 57 no. 2 (March, 2002), pp. S117-S125, ISSN 1079-5014 [doi]  [abs]
  72. Lynch, SM; Magold, WD; Bean, LG; Adams, DJ; Schwab, WA, Who Goes, Who Stays: An Assessment of the Effects of a Freshman Mentoring and Unit Registration Program on College Persistence, Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory and Practice, vol. 4 no. 2 (2002), pp. 107-134, ISSN 1541-4167
  73. Morgan, SP; Lynch, SM, Success and future of demography: the role of data and methods., Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 954 (December, 2001), pp. 35-51, ISSN 0077-8923 [doi]  [abs]
  74. Brown, JS; Lynch, SM; Harmsen, KG, Effect of measurement of disability on active life expectancy estimayes: Does measurement matter?, GERONTOLOGIST, vol. 41 (October, 2001), pp. 116-116, GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY AMER, ISSN 0016-9013 [Gateway.cgi]
  75. Lynch, SM, Where biodemographic theory and demographic data meet: a review of the Quest for Immortality (by Olshansky and Carnes). Essay review., Social biology, vol. 48 no. 3-4 (September, 2001), pp. 329-332 [doi]
  76. Lynch, SM; Brown, JS, Reconsidering mortality compression and deceleration: an alterative model of mortality rates., Demography, vol. 38 no. 1 (February, 2001), pp. 79-95, ISSN 0070-3370 [doi]  [abs]
  77. Lynch, SM; Philip Morgan, S, Demography's Success and Its Future: The Role of Data and Methods, in Population Health and Aging: Strengthening the Dialogue Between Epidemiology and Demography., edited by Weinstein, M; Hermalin, AI; Stoto, MA, vol. 954 (2001), pp. 35-51
  78. Lynch, SM, Measurement and prediction of aging anxiety, Research on Aging, vol. 22 no. 5 (January, 2000), pp. 533-558, SAGE Publications, ISSN 0164-0275 [doi]  [abs]
  79. Barrett, AE; Lynch, SM, Caregiving networks of elderly persons: variation by marital status., The Gerontologist, vol. 39 no. 6 (December, 1999), pp. 695-704, ISSN 0016-9013 [doi]  [abs]

Book Chapters

  1. Kaye, SM; Bell, MG; Bell, RE; Fredrickson, ED; Leblanc, BP; Lee, KC; Lynch, S; Sabbagh, SA, Energy confinement scaling in the low aspect ratio National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX), Nuclear Fusion, vol. 46 no. 10 (October, 2006), pp. 848-857, IOP Publishing [doi]  [abs]
  2. Kaye, SM; Valovic, M; Chudnovskiy, A; Cordey, JG; McDonald, D; Meakins, A; Thomsen, K; Akers, R; Bracco, G; Brickley, C; Bush, C; Cote, A; DeBoo, JC; Greenwald, M; Hoang, GT; Hogweij, D; Imbeaux, F; Kamada, Y; Kardaun, OJWF; Kus, A; Lebedev, S; Leonov, V; Lynch, S; Martin, Y; Miura, Y; Ongena, J; Pacher, G; Petty, CC; Romanelli, M; Ryter, F; Shinohara, K; Snipes, J; Stober, J; Takizuka, T; Tsuzuki, K; Urano, H, The role of aspect ratio and beta in H-mode confinement scalings, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, vol. 48 no. 5 A (May, 2006), pp. A429-A438, IOP Publishing [doi]  [abs]

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