2016
“There's a Difference—I Own This”: Negotiating Social and Financial Services under Threat of Mortgage Foreclosure
Baker A, Keene DE. “There's a Difference—I Own This”: Negotiating Social and Financial Services under Threat of Mortgage Foreclosure. Social Work 2016, 61: 321-330. PMID: 29664259, DOI: 10.1093/sw/sww049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocial workersSocial work agenciesSocial service institutionsAsymmetrical power relationshipsCommunities of colorSocial service needsRisk of foreclosurePercent of homeownersNational housing marketThreat of defaultSense of matteringWork agenciesLegal aidDepth interviewsPower relationshipsForeclosure crisisHousing marketService institutionsHousehold budgetingGreat RecessionMortgage foreclosuresFinancial servicesService needsHomeownersForeclosure
2015
"When you're in a crisis like that, you don't want people to know": mortgage strain, stigma, and mental health.
Keene DE, Cowan SK, Baker AC. "When you're in a crisis like that, you don't want people to know": mortgage strain, stigma, and mental health. American Journal Of Public Health 2015, 105: 1008-12. PMID: 25790383, PMCID: PMC4386521, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2014.302400.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBlack or African AmericanFemaleHousingHumansMaleMental HealthMiddle AgedSocial IsolationSocial StigmaStress, PsychologicalUnited StatesUrban PopulationConceptsMental healthStressful life eventsMeaning of homeownershipExperiences of stigmatizationPoor mental healthConcealable stigmaMobile African AmericansEmotional distressLife eventsParticipants' depressionSocial supportNortheastern US citySocial isolationSemistructured interviewsStigmatizationStigmaHealth consequencesParticipantsDepressionAmerican homeownersShameAnxietyDistressReactivity to a Spouse’s Interpersonal Suffering in Late Life Marriage
Mitchell HR, Levy BR, Keene DE, Monin JK. Reactivity to a Spouse’s Interpersonal Suffering in Late Life Marriage. Journal Of Aging And Health 2015, 27: 939-961. PMID: 25659746, PMCID: PMC4520739, DOI: 10.1177/0898264315569456.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInterpersonal sufferingPartners' sufferingBereavement-related distressOlder adult spousesWord Count softwareSpouses of individualsSystolic BP reactivityLate-life marriageSocial wordsInterpersonal contentLinguistic InquiryContent variablesExploratory qualitative analysisOlder husbandsDistressSpousesBP reactivityQualitative resultsSufferingQualitative analysis
2005
"Weathering" and age patterns of allostatic load scores among blacks and whites in the United States.
Geronimus AT, Hicken M, Keene D, Bound J. "Weathering" and age patterns of allostatic load scores among blacks and whites in the United States. American Journal Of Public Health 2005, 96: 826-33. PMID: 16380565, PMCID: PMC1470581, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2004.060749.Peer-Reviewed Original Research