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Clinical and Research Interests

• Family and Aging
• Family caregiving to old relatives
• Adult sibling relationships
• Qualitative methods
• Gender and aging
• Men's relationships

Courses Taught: Undergraduate

• General Psychology
• Developmental Psychology
• Adult Development and Aging
• Psychology of Gender
• Sex and Science
• New Student Experience for Incoming Psychology Majors
• Topical Seminars: Adult Sibling Relationships; Advanced
• Research Seminar; Adult Attachment
• Research Experience I
  Topics: Attachment in Sibling and Other Relationships; Aging and the Family; What is Family?; Benefits of Sibling Adversity; Autonomy, Support, and the Transition to College; Men's Relationships; Family Caregivers of Older Relatives and the Nature of their Care
• Research Experience II
  Topics: Social Relationships and Well-being; Further Study into the Meaning of Family
  Mindfulness and its Benefits

Courses Taught: Graduate

• Life-Span Psychology
• Dissertation supervision
• Psychology of Aging

Selected Publications / Presentations

Bedford, V. H. (1989). A comparison of thematic apperceptions of sibling affiliation, conflict, and Separation at two periods of adulthood. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 28, 5365.

Bedford, V. H. (1989). Sibling ambivalence in adulthood. Journal of Family Issues, 10, 211-224.

Bedford, V. H. (1989). Sibling research in historical perspective: The discovery of a forgotten relationship. The American Behavioral Scientist, 33, 6-18.

Bedford, V. H. (1989). Understanding the value of siblings in old age: A proposed model. The American Behavioral Scientist, 33, 33- 44.

Bedford, V. H., & Gold, D. T. (Eds.) (1989). Siblings in old age: A forgotten relationship. Special issue of The American Behavioral Scientist, 33.

Bedford, V. H. (1990). Predictors of variation in positive and negative affect toward adult siblings. Special Issue of Family Perspectives on Aging, 24, 245-262.

Bedford, V. H. (1990). Violated expectations: Collaboration among mathematicians, Creativity Research Journal, 3, 334-335.

Bedford, V. H. (1992). Memories of parental favoritism and the quality of parent-child ties in adulthood. Journal of Gerontology, 47, S149-S155.

Bedford, V. H. (1995). Sibling relationships in middle adulthood and old age. In R. Blieszner & V. H. Bedford (Eds.), Handbook on aging and the family (pp. 201-222). Westport, CN: Greenwood.

Blieszner, R., & Bedford, V. H. (Eds.) (1995). Handbook on aging and the family. Westport, CN: Greenwood.

Bedford, V. H., & Avioli, P. S. (1996). Affect and Sibling Relationships in Adulthood. In C. Malatesta-Magai and S. McFadden (Eds.), Handbook of emotion, adult development, and aging (pp. 423-539). New York: Academic Press.

Bedford, V. H. (1996). Sibling interdependence in adulthood and old age. In T. Brubaker (Ed.) Vision 2010: Families and Aging, vol. 3, no. 2, (pp. 18-19). MN: National Conference on Family Relations

Bedford, V. H. (1996). Relationships Between Adult Siblings. In A. E. Auhagen & M. von Salisch, (Eds.) The diversity of human relationships (120-140). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Bedford, V. H. (1998). Sibling relationship troubles and well-being in middle and old age. Family Relations, 47, 369-376.

Bedford, V. H. as “expert” contributor to Williams, W. M., & Ceci, S. J. (1998). Escaping the advice trap: 59 tough relationship problems solved by the experts. Kansas City: Andrews McMeel.

Bedford, V. H., & Blieszner, R. (2000). Older adults and their families. In D. H. Demo, K. R. Allen, and M. A. Fine (Eds.), Handbook of family diversity. New York: Oxford University Press.

Bedford, V. H. (2000). Positive consequences of sibling conflict in childhood and adulthood. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 51, 53-67.

Bedford, V. H., & Blieszner, R.(2000). Personal relationships in later life families. In R. M. Milardo & S. Duck (Eds.), Families as personal relationships. New York: Wiley.

Bedford, V. H., & Avioli, P. S. (2001). Variations on sibling intimacy in old age. Generations, 25, 34-40.

Bedford, V. H. (2002). Entry: Sibling Relationships. In D. J. Ekerdt, David J., R. A. Applebaum, K. C. Holden, S. G. Post, K. Rockwood, R. Schulz, R. L. Sprott, & P. Uhlenberg, (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Aging. New York: Macmillan Reference USA.

Bedford, V. H. (2003). Men and Women in Old Age: Incorporating Aging into Psychology of Gender Courses. In S. K. Whitbourne, & J. C. Cavanaugh (Eds.). The aging dimension in undergraduate psychology courses: A practical guide for teaching. American Psychological Association.

Bedford, V. H., & Volling, B. (2004). A dynamic ecological systems perspective on emotion regulation development within the sibling relationship context. In F. Lang and K. Fingerman (Eds.), Growing together: Personal relationships across the lifespan. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Bedford, V. H. (2005). Theorizing about sibling relationships when parents become frail. In A. Acock, K. Allen, V. Bengtson, D. Klein, and P. Dilworth-Anderson (Eds.), Sourcebook of Family Theory and Research. Sage Press.

[The following due to appear in May, 2006]
Bedford, V. H., & Turner, B. F. (Eds.). (2006). Men in relationships: Life course n perspectives. New York: Springer.

Bedford, V. H., & Turner, B. F. (2006). Introduction; On the intersection between Men's Personal Relationships and the life course. In V. H. Bedford & B. F. Turner (Eds.), Men in relationships: Life course perspectives. New York: Springer.

Bedford, V. H., & Avioli, P. S. (2006). "Shooting the bull": Cohort comparisons of fraternal intimacy in mid-life and old age. In V. H. Bedford & B. F. Turner (Eds.), Men in relationships: Life course perspectives. New York: Springer.