Biography
Jeremy B. Yorgason is a Professor and Associate Director in the School of Family Life at Brigham Young University. He received his PhD from Virginia Tech in Human Development with an emphasis in marriage and family therapy. He also completed a graduate gerontology certificate at Kansas State University, and was an NIMH Post-doctoral Fellow at the Gerontology Center of Penn State University, with an emphasis in mental health and aging. His research interests are in the area of later life family relationships, with a specific focus on health and marriage. Much of his research efforts focus on couple relationships in context of the effects of daily health stressors and managing chronic illnesses. He is the lead PI for the Couple Relationships and Transitions Experiences study (CREATE), which explores how recently married couples manage minor and major life transitions. Dr. Yorgason is also conducting a study of young couples managing type 1 diabetes.
Research Interests
How couples manage illness, family relationships in later life, dyadic and longitudinal data analysis, and grandparent/grandchild relationshipsTeaching Interests
Adult development and aging, family adaptation and resilience, family relationships across the life course, and structural equation modelingMemberships
- American Diabetes Association (2018 - Present)
- International Association for Relationship Research (2012 - Present)
- Gerontological Society of America (2002 - Present)
- American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (1998 - Present)
- National Council on Family Relations (1996 - Present)
Professional Citizenship
- Editorial Review Board Member, Family Relations (2013 - Present)
- Officer, National Council on Family Relations (2020 - 2022)
- Committee/Council Chair, National Council on Family Relations (2015 - 2016)