Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 53, 53-64.įriedman, E. Well-being and long-term physical activity participation in midlife adults: A latent class analysis. Applied Psychology Health Well‐Being, doi:10.1111/aphw.12152 (2019), The association of psychological well‐being with disablement processes in a national sample. Lighten UP! A community-based group intervention to promote eudaimonic well-being in older adults: A multi-site replication with 6 month follow-up, Clinical Gerontologist, 42:387-397. Inflammation in multimorbidity and disability: An integrative review. Relative sensitivity of cortisol indices to psychosocial and physical health factors. Journal of Gerontology, Medical Sciences. Moderation of the association between chronic medical conditions and functional limitations over time by physical activity: Effects of age. Think 4 Hours of Sleep is Enough, Purdue Sleep Experts Say Think Again My research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. I am particularly interested in aging as a biopsychosocial process and the extent to which positive psychological functioning may slow or compensate for the health effects of changes and challenges in later life. sleep) interacting with one another over time. socioeconomic status discrimination), psychological functioning, and behavior (e.g. My research continues to focus on health-related biological processes – most notably circulating levels of inflammatory proteins – and examines the ways in which they are patterned by social factors (e.g. I joined the HDFS department at Purdue in 2012.
As an RWJ scholar, I began my current research program centered on the connections between psychological well-being and biological functioning in older adults. After teaching at Williams College for a number of years, I became increasingly interested in the links between social context and health, and I returned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to pursue additional training in population health through the Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars program. My postdoctoral work at the University of California, San Diego focused on abnormal immune function in a genetic animal model of depression.
As a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, I pursued training in behavioral neuroscience and immunology, and my doctoral research examined the immunological consequences of psychological stress as well as how behavior is affected by chemicals released by the immune system in response to viruses or bacteria.
I have always been interested in how psychological experiences affect biological processes related to health. Physiological regulation in middle and later life, psychological well-being and health, biopsychosocial integration, successful aging Biography
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