A5088906805- Health disparities and outcomes
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Aging and Gerontology Research
- Sleep and related disorders
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Personality Traits and Psychology
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Physical Activity and Health
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- BRCA gene mutations in cancer
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Customer Service Quality and Loyalty
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
Pennsylvania State University
2017-2023
University of Missouri
2010-2015
Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University
2015
Coriell Institute For Medical Research
2015
Nan Kai University of Technology
2009
Nankai University
2008
Recent correlational evidence implicates gratitude in personal and relational growth, for both members of ongoing relationships. From these observations, it would be tempting to prescribe interpersonal exercises improve In this experiment, couples were randomly assigned express over a month, or relationally-active control condition. Results showed modest effects condition on well-being. However, those whose partners perceived as being particularly responsive when expressing at the initial...
Musculoskeletal disorders such as knee osteoarthritis (OA) are the primary cause of chronic pain in older adults. Recommended self-management strategies for OA include staying physically active face pain, but many patients avoid activities they capable doing. The overall purpose this study was to examine extent which daily catastrophizing, a maladaptive coping strategy, could influence patients' physical activity and sedentary behavior. current used data from 143 who completed electronic...
ABSTRACT Past research on the link between personal characteristics and marital satisfaction has taken either an individual or a dyadic approach. The approach examines how self and/or partner are associated with satisfaction, whereas focuses couple such as similarity. current was designed to integrate both approaches. A modified Actor‐Partner Interdependence Model ( Kashy & Kenny, 2000 ) proposed test simultaneously contributions of characteristics, two types similarity level measured by...
Prevailing research has suggested that social relationships get better with age, but this evidence been largely based on studies lengthy reporting intervals. Using an ecological momentary assessment approach, the present study examined age differences in several characteristics of interactions as reported near-real time: frequency, quality, and partner type. Participants (N = 173) ages 20-79 years their at 5 random times throughout day for 1 week. Results revealed was associated higher...
Current literature suggests that neuroticism is positively associated with maladaptive life choices, likelihood of disease, and mortality. However, recent research has identified circumstances under which positive outcomes. The current project examined whether "healthy neuroticism", defined as the interaction conscientiousness, was following health behaviors: smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity. Using a pre-registered multi-study coordinated integrative data analysis (IDA)...
The lack of social contact or good relationships has been linked with cognitive decline and higher risk for Alzheimer's disease related dementias. One important but unexamined question is how daily interactions relate to older adults' function in life. present study examined changes fluctuations performance on mobile tests from day day. Using an ecological momentary assessments approach, 312 adults (aged 70 90 years) completed surveys five times a 16 consecutive days using smartphones....
Loneliness has been linked to poor mental and physical health outcomes. Past research suggests that inflammation is a potential pathway linking loneliness health, but little known about how assessed in daily life links with inflammation, or linkages between among older adults specifically. As part of larger investigation, we examined the cross-sectional associations panel both basal LPS-stimulated inflammatory markers. Participants were 222 socioeconomically racially diverse (aged 70-90...
Loneliness has been linked to poor mental and physical health outcomes in later life. Little is known about how daily social interactions relate older adults' everyday experiences of loneliness. This study examined the dynamic associations between momentary feelings loneliness lives. We further whether individual differences trait neuroticism influenced extent which were related moment-to-moment changes loneliness.Participants 317 community-dwelling adults (aged 70-90 years) who reported...
Abstract Background Individuals’ emotional responses to stressors in everyday life are associated with long-term physical and mental health. Among many possible risk factors, the stressor-related may play an important role future development of depressive symptoms. Purpose The current study examined how individuals’ positive negative predicted their subsequent changes symptoms over 18 months. Methods Using ecological momentary assessment approach, participants (n = 176) reported stressor...
Early investigations of the neuroticism by conscientiousness interaction with regards to health have been promising, but date, there no systematic this that account for various personality measurement instruments, varying populations, or aspects health. The current study - second three uses a coordinated analysis approach test impact on prevalence and incidence chronic conditions. Using 15 pre-existing longitudinal studies (N > 49,375), we found did not moderate relationship between having...
Abstract Objectives Detecting subtle behavioral changes in everyday life as early signs of cognitive decline and impairment is important for effective intervention against Alzheimer’s disease. This study examined whether features daily social interactions captured by ecological momentary assessments could serve more sensitive markers to distinguish older adults with mild (MCI) from those without MCI, compared conventional global measures relationships. Method Participants were 311...
We investigated whether spousal caregivers' greater perception of being appreciated by their partner for help was associated with better mental health and higher role overload related to poorer health. further evaluated perceived gratitude buffered the association between health.We examined 306 caregivers older adults chronic illness or disability, drawn from 2011 National Health Aging Trends Study Caregiving. defined as psychological well-being less distress (i.e., fewer depressive anxiety...
There is currently great interest in using genetic risk estimates for common disease personalized healthcare. Here we assess melanoma risk-related preventive behavioral change the context of Coriell Personalized Medicine Collaborative (CPMC). As part on-going reporting activities within project, participants received a assessment including information related to their own self-reported family history and variant showing moderate effect size (1.7, 3.0 respectively heterozygous homozygous...
Individual differences in the Big Five personality traits have emerged as predictors of health and longevity. Although there are robust protective effects for higher levels conscientiousness, results mixed other traits. In particular, neuroticism significantly predicted an increased risk mortality, no-risk at all, even a reduced dying. The current study hypothesizes that one potential reason discrepancy these findings is interactions among key largely been ignored. Thus, we focus on testing...
Abstract Genetic literacy is essential for the effective integration of genomic information into healthcare; yet few recent studies have been conducted to assess current state this knowledge base. Participants in Coriell Personalized Medicine Collaborative (CPMC), a prospective study assessing impact personalized genetic risk reports complex diseases and drug response on behavior health outcomes, completed questionnaires other surveys through an online portal. To association between...
The purpose of this study was to examine the within-day and cross-day prospective effects knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients' self-efficacy engage in physical activity despite pain on their subsequent assessed objectively natural environment.Over 22 days, 135 older adults with OA reported morning for being physically active throughout day using a handheld computer wore an accelerometer measure moderate steps.Morning had significant positive effect steps moderate-intensity that day, above...
Objective: The present study examined how the different attributes of daily social interactions (quality and quantity) were associated with physical health, these associations vary age. Method: Using an ecological momentary assessment approach, participants from adulthood lifespan sample (n = 172; aged 20-79 years) reported their five times daily, symptoms symptom severity at end each day, for one week. Main outcome measures: Number severity. Results: There was a within-person main effect...
Sedentary behavior (SB), which has been linked with numerous adverse health outcomes, is prevalent among adults osteoarthritis (OA). The associations between SB and daily physical psychological outcomes for OA patients, however, have received little attention. Using accelerometer self-report data, the current study examined how amount of time patients spent in was associated their pain affect life, independent activity. Over 22 days, 143 older (mean age = 65 years) knee wore an to measure...
This study examined two types of illness-related communication (disclosure and holding back) their associations with psychological adjustment marital satisfaction in patients knee osteoarthritis (OA) spouses. A sample 142 couples reported on disclosure back OA-related concerns, satisfaction, depressive symptoms at time points across 1 year. Results from dyadic analyses indicated that was associated decreases one's own for spouses increases over In addition, were time. Holding did not have...
Pain catastrophizing has been shown to predict greater pain and less physical function in daily life for chronic sufferers, but its effects on close social partners have received much attention. The overall purpose of this study was examine the extent which is an interpersonal coping strategy that maladaptive patients their spouses. A total 144 older knee osteoarthritis spouses completed baseline interviews a 22-day diary assessment. Multilevel lagged models indicated that, days when...
Abstract Evidence of couple similarity was examined in 2 nationally representative samples ( N s = 536 and 537 couples) from mainland China. Variable‐centered couple‐centered tests provided convergent results suggesting that husbands wives were considerably similar on characteristics 3 broad categories: demographic variables, values, personality. Additional suggest value personality similarities not likely to be due social homogamy, convergence, response biases, or culture‐unique...
Memory lapses (e.g., forgetting a medication) are common for most people, yet past methods of assessment relied upon retrospective reports from long recall windows. Recently, researchers have incorporated daily diary to capture memory lapse frequency closer the experience in real-world environments. This study describes utility Daily Lapses Checklist using data two 14-day studies (Combined Sample = 467; 66% women). Frequency and impact (i.e., irritation interference) prospective were...