PhD candidate, Ji Hyang Cheon, was selected as a recipient for the Dissertation Grant Award by the School of School Work’s PhD Program Committee.
The Award provides vital support to candidates pursuing their dissertation research. Cheon will identify the push factors affecting the moving of older adults, investigate whether these factors indirectly affect mental health via moving, and examine whether indicators of social support moderate the relationship between moving and the mental health of older adults by using the National Health and Aging Trend Study (NHATS) dataset.