Fiona Alpass

Academic career

After a 1994 PhD titled 'The effects of organisational change in the military: a comparison of work related perceptions and experiences in military and non-military environments ' at Massey University, Alpass started working at Massey and rose to full professor in 2013.[2]

Alpass has had a number of externally funded research projects,[2] and a longitudinal aging studying run jointly with Christine Stephens, also at Massey.[3][4][5]

Selected works
  • Alpass, Fiona M., and Stephen Neville. "Loneliness, health and depression in older males." Aging & mental health 7, no. 3 (2003): 212–216.
  • Stephens, Christine, Fiona Alpass, Andy Towers, and Brendan Stevenson. "The effects of types of social networks, perceived social support, and loneliness on the health of older people: Accounting for the social context." Journal of aging and health 23, no. 6 (2011): 887–911.
  • Noone, Jack H., Christine Stephens, and Fiona M. Alpass. "Preretirement planning and well-being in later life: A prospective study." Research on Aging 31, no. 3 (2009): 295–317.
  • Noone, Jack, Fiona Alpass, and Christine Stephens. "Do men and women differ in their retirement planning? Testing a theoretical model of gendered pathways to retirement preparation." Research on Aging 32, no. 6 (2010): 715–738.
  • Alpass, Fiona, Andy Towers, Christine Stephens, Eljon Fitzgerald, Brendan Stevenson, and Judith Davey. "Independence, Well‐being, and Social Participation in an Aging Population." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1114, no. 1 (2007): 241–250.

References
  1. "Prof Fiona Alpass – Professor of Psychology – Massey University". Massey.ac.nz. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Promotions for 33 Massey academics – Massey University". Massey.ac.nz. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. "Stories – Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand". Mentalhealth.org.nz. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  4. "The 'don't stop' attitude". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  5. "Why you'll never be able to retire". The New Zealand Herald. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2018.


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