Recent Papers and Presentations

Papers:

Almeida, D. M., & Charles, D. K (in press). Variation in health across people, variables and occasions. To appear in K. W. Schaie & R. P Abeles (Eds.), Social structure and aging individuals:  Continuing challenges. New York: Springer.

Almeida, D. M. & Wethington, E. (in press). Daily Telephone Diary assessments:  Lessons Learned from the National Study of Daily Experiences. To appear in B. Belli & D Alwin (Eds.), Using calendar and diary methods in life events research. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Charles, S.T., & Almeida, D.M. (2007). Genetic and environmental effects on daily life stressors: More evidence for greater variation in later life. Psychology and Aging, 22, 331-340.

Grzywacz, J. G., Almeida, D. M., (in press). Work, family and health:  Work-family balance as a protective factor against stresses of daily life. To appear in A. Newhall-Marcus & Halpern (Eds.), Changing Realities of Work and Family. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.

Neupert, S. D., Almeida, D. M., & Charles, S. T. (2007). Age differences in reactivity to daily stressors: The role of personal control. Journal of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological and Behavioral Sciences, 62, 216-225.

Neupert, S.D., Stawski, R.S., & Almeida, D.M. (in press). Considerations for sampling time in aging research.  To appear in Hofer, S. M., & Alwin, D. F. (Eds.), The Handbook of Cognitive Aging: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

Piazza, J. R., Charles, S. T., & Almeida, D. M. (in press). Living with chronic conditions: Age differences in affective well-being. Journal of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological and Behavioral Sciences.

Almeida, D. M., & Wong, J. D. (in press). Life Transitions and Stress:  A Life Course Perspective on Daily Stress Processes. To appear in Elder, G. H., & Giele, J. Z. (Eds.), The craft of life course research. New York: Guildford Press.

Presentations:

Almeida, D. M., Mroczek, M. & Spiro III, A. (2007, October). Affect Variability and Mortality in Older Adults. Poster presented at the 60^th annual scientific meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA.

Almeida, D. M. (2007, May). Daily stress processes and salivary cortisol. New findings from the National Study of daily experiences. Presentation given at the 10^th International Institute on Developmental Science, Örebro, Sweden.

Almeida D. M. (2007, August). Out of the lab and under the skin:  Assessing salivary cortisol in the National Study of Daily Experiences. Paper presented at the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology, Madison, WI.

Cichy, K. E., Stawski, R. S., & Almeida, D. M. (2007, November). Getting under the skin: Examining associations between daily stressful experiences and the diurnal rhythm of cortisol. In K. E. Cichy and D. M. Almeida (Chairs), Advantages of Daily Diary Approaches for Examining Variability in Stressful Experiences in Adulthood. Symposium to be conducted at the meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA.

Dmitrieva, N. D., & Almeida, D. M. (2007, November). The balancing act:  Sleep consistency and quality mediates the negative effects of work-family conflict on health. Poster to be presented at the 60^th annual scientific meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA.

King, H. A., & Almeida, D. M. (2007, October). Age and sex differences in daily reports of physical health symptoms across adulthood and the role of somatic amplification. Poster to be presented at the 5^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Study of Human Development, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA.

King, H. A., & Almeida, D. M. (2008, February). Neuroticism predicts level of and daily fluctuations in physical health symptoms in the National Study of Daily Experiences. Poster to be presented at the 9^th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.

King, H. A., Stawski, R. S., & Almeida, D. M. (2007, November). It's sensational! The role of neuroticism, somatic amplification, and age on daily physical symptoms.  Poster to be presented at the 60^th annual scientific meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA.

Seltzer, M.M., Almeida, D.M., Greenberg, J.S., Savla, J., Stawski, R.S., Hong, J., & Lounds, J.J. (2007, November).Daily stress and dysregulation of salivary cortisol in parents of children with disabilities:  A report from the MIDUS study. Paper to be presented at the 60^th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, Ca.

Stawski, R.S., Almeida, D.M., Rosnick, C.B., & Lachman, M.E. (2007, November). Cognitive function as a resilience/vulnerability factor in daily stress process. Paper to be presented at the 60^th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, Ca.

Stawski, R.S., & Rosnick, C.B. (2007, November). The relationship among stress, health, and cognitive performance across the adult lifespan. Symposium organized and to be conducted at the 60^th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA.

Stawski, R. S., Cichy, K. E., & Almeida, D. M. (2007, October). Associations among daily stressful experiences, stressor characteristics, and the diurnal rhythm of cortisol:  Evidence from the National Study of Daily Experiences. Poster to be presented at the Society for the Study of Human Development, University Park, PA.

Stawski, R.S. (2007, May). Examining the link between stress and cognition in old age. Presentation given at the 10^th International Institute on Developmental Science, Örebro, Sweden.

Sturm, M., Charles, S.T., & Almeida, D.M. (2007, November). The importance of social relationships for well-being across different age groups. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America.

Wong, J. D., Almeida, D. M., & Stawski, R. S. (2007, November). Diurnal cortisol rhythm in a sample of middle-aged non-retirees and retirees. Paper to be presented at the 60th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA.

Wong, J. D., Almeida, D. M., & Stawski, R. S. (2007, October). Employment and diurnal cortisol rhythm in a sample of middle-aged adults. Poster to be presented at the Society for the Study of Human Development, University Park, PA.