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Dr Cara Booker Research Fellow and Graduate Director, University of Essex

Cbooker
Email
cbooker@essex.ac.uk
Telephone
01206 873026
Office
2N2.4.24
Curriculum vitae

Graduate Studies

  • Cara is Director, and Janice Webb is Administrator of Graduate Studies
  • Please follow this link to find out about PhD study at ISER

Research Interests

  • Psychosocial determinants and risk factors of health across the life-course
  • Social inequalities in health-related behaviours and wellbeing among adolescents
  • Social media interaction and adolescent and young adult wellbeing
  • Emerging inequalitiees
  • Parental relationships and child wellbeing

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    Publications

    Displaying publications 1 - 15 of 20 in total

    1. Impacts of long-standing illness and chronic illness on working hours and household income in a longitudinal UK study

      Cara L. Booker, Leanne Andrews, Gillian Green, et al.

      1. Disability
      2. Demography
      3. Labour Market
      4. Households
      5. Welfare Benefits
      6. Income Dynamics
      7. Health
      8. Life Course Analysis
      9. Caregiving

    2. The mental health impact of COVID-19 and lockdown-related stressors among adults in the UK

      Tarani Chandola, Meena Kumari, Cara L. Booker, et al.

      1. Psychology
      2. Households
      3. Public Policy
      4. Well Being
      5. Health
      6. Covid 19

    3. The mental health impact of COVID-19 and pandemic related stressors among adults in the UK

      Tarani Chandola, Meena Kumari, Cara L. Booker, et al.

      1. Psychology
      2. Households
      3. Public Policy
      4. Well Being
      5. Health
      6. Covid 19

    4. Are flexible work arrangements associated with lower levels of chronic stress-related biomarkers? A study of 6025 employees in the UK Household Longitudinal Study

      Tarani Chandola, Cara L. Booker, Meena Kumari, et al.

      1. Sociology Of Labour
      2. Labour Market
      3. Well Being
      4. Health
      5. Caregiving
      6. Biology

    5. Social media use and adolescent mental health: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study

      Yvonne Kelly, Afshin Zilanawala, Cara L. Booker, et al.

      1. Information And Communication Technologies
      2. Psychology
      3. Time Use
      4. Young People
      5. Well Being
      6. Health
      7. Social Behaviour

    6. Gender differences in the associations between age trends of social media interaction and well-being among 10-15 year olds in the UK

      Cara L. Booker, Yvonne J. Kelly, and Amanda Sacker

      1. Information And Communication Technologies
      2. Social Networks
      3. Psychology
      4. Time Use
      5. Young People
      6. Well Being
      7. Health
      8. Life Course Analysis
      9. Social Behaviour

    7. Sexual orientation health inequality: evidence from Understanding Society, the UK Longitudinal Household Study

      Cara L. Booker, Gerulf Rieger, and Jennifer B. Unger

      1. Drug/Alcohol Abuse
      2. Disability
      3. Psychology
      4. Well Being
      5. Health

    8. De-standardization and gender convergence in work–family life courses in Great Britain: a multi-channel sequence analysis

      Anne McMunn, Rebecca Lacey, Diana Worts, et al.

      1. Social Change
      2. Life Course Analysis

    9. Work-family life courses and markers of stress and inflammation in mid-life: evidence from the National Child Development Study

      Rebecca E. Lacey, Amanda Sacker, Meena Kumari, et al.

      1. Medicine
      2. Health
      3. Life Course Analysis
      4. Biology

    10. Cumulative disadvantage, employment–marriage, and health inequalities among American and British mothers

      Peggy McDonough, Diana Worts, Cara L. Booker, et al.

      1. Labour Market
      2. Family Formation And Dissolution
      3. Health
      4. Life Course Analysis

    11. Media use, sports participation, and well-being in adolescence: cross-sectional findings from the UK Household Longitudinal Study

      Cara L. Booker, Alexandra J. Skew, Yvonne J. Kelly, et al.

      1. Information And Communication Technologies
      2. Young People
      3. Well Being
      4. Health
      5. Sport

    12. Understanding alcohol consumption in a family content -conference paper abstract-

      Cara L. Booker

      1. Drug/Alcohol Abuse
      2. Young People
      3. Health

    13. In sickness and in health? Comorbidity in older couples -conference paper abstract-

      Cara L. Booker and Stephen Pudney

      1. Older People
      2. Health
      3. Life Course Analysis

    14. Well-being in adolescence - an association with health-related behaviors: findings from Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study

      Cara L. Booker, Alexandra J. Skew, Amanda Sacker, et al.

      1. Drug/Alcohol Abuse
      2. Young People
      3. Well Being
      4. Health

    15. Labour force sequences, unemployment spells and their effect on subjective well-being set points

      Cara L. Booker and Amanda Sacker

      1. Labour Market
      2. Unemployment
      3. Well Being

    Media

    Displaying media publications 16 - 30 of 41 in total

    1. Social media negatively affects teen girls more than boys

    2. Too much social media at age 10 may make for unhappy teen girls

    3. Calling time on a life of likes could be key to girls’ happiness

    4. Social media use at age 10 could reduce wellbeing of adolescent girls

    5. Out of work again? The psychological impacts of repeated unemployment

    6. Phones 'need health warnings'

    7. Smartphones should come with warnings, says report

    8. Tech companies urged to protect the young from dangers of excessive screen time

    9. Tech companies urged to protect young from dangers of excessive screen time

    10. Caring for the elderly

    11. Drink rethink

    12. Junk food and fizzy drinks cause children to be TWICE as unhappy as their healthier counterparts

    13. Suffolk: obesity related health conditions soar

    14. A healthy teenager is a happy teenager

    15. Teens junking healthy lifestyle kiss happiness away

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