@article{neupert_smith_schriefer_2022, title={A Coordinated Analysis of Physical Reactivity to Daily Stressors: Age and Proactive Coping Matter}, volume={4}, ISSN={2571-9394}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/forecast4040054}, DOI={10.3390/forecast4040054}, abstractNote={Proactive coping involves efforts to prepare for future stressors and may have implications for physical responses to stress. We examined age differences in physical reactivity to daily stressors moderated by proactive coping in a coordinated analysis across two separate daily diary studies. Study 1 included data from 116 older (age range 60–90) and 107 younger (age range 18–36) adults on daily stressors and physical health symptoms for 8 consecutive days. Study 2 included data from 140 adults (age range 19–86) on daily stressors and self-rated physical health for 29 consecutive days. Participants in both studies reported on their proactive coping on the first day of the study. Physical reactivity was indexed via lagged multilevel models as increases in daily physical symptoms in Study 1 and decreases in daily physical health in Study 2 with corresponding increases in daily stressors. Results indicated that in both studies, younger adults with low proactive coping were more physically reactive to daily stressors compared to younger adults with high proactive coping. Proactive coping was associated with reduced physical reactivity to daily stressors among younger adults, consistent with the characterization of a high degree of control and ample opportunities at earlier phases of adulthood which are critical for accumulating resources to proactively cope.}, number={4}, journal={Forecasting}, publisher={MDPI AG}, author={Neupert, Shevaun D. and Smith, Emily L. and Schriefer, Margaret L.}, year={2022}, month={Nov}, pages={1004–1018} } @article{cramer_montanaro_vansickle_cacace_zabelski_smith_franks_grover_cunningham_2022, title={A psychometric assessment of the Military Suicide Attitudes Questionnaire (MSAQ)}, volume={317}, ISSN={["1872-7123"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114849}, DOI={10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114849}, abstractNote={Suicide rates remain high among military populations. Stigmatizing beliefs about suicide contribute to the problem of heightened suicide risk as a deterrent for help-seeking. Measurement of military suicide stigma is therefore an important gap in the literature as a necessity toward the development of military suicide prevention programming. This paper assessed the factor structure, reliability, and validity of the Military Suicide Attitudes Questionnaire (MSAQ). Study 1 featured secondary analysis of a suicide risk dataset from active duty treatment-seeking military personnel (N = 200). Study 2 was a secondary analysis of a statewide assessment of Army National Guard service members' beliefs about mental health and suicide (N =1116). Factor analyses results collectively supported a four-factor Military Suicide Attitudes Questionnaire (MSAQ) structure: discomfort, unacceptability, support, and empathic views. Subscale reliabilities ranged from 0.77 to 0.83 across samples. Unacceptability and support displayed significant negative correlations with psychological distress. Men displayed more negative suicide-related beliefs compared to women counterparts. Discomfort and unacceptability beliefs displayed significant positive associations with perceived barriers to care. The final short version of the MSAQ is an efficient, multi-dimensional measure of military suicide-related beliefs. The instrument can be used for public health assessment and program evaluation in military settings.}, journal={PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH}, author={Cramer, Robert J. and Montanaro, Erika and VanSickle, Marcus and Cacace, Sam and Zabelski, Sasha and Smith, Emily L. and Franks, Michael and Grover, Shawna and Cunningham, Craig A.}, year={2022}, month={Nov} } @article{early_smith_neupert_2022, title={Age, education, and political involvement differences in daily election-related stress}, volume={5}, ISSN={1046-1310 1936-4733}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-02979-2}, DOI={10.1007/s12144-022-02979-2}, abstractNote={Stress in daily life is rather common, but elections can present unique challenges. Evaluating the impact of individual characteristics, behaviors, and political beliefs on stress processes is imperative to understanding how elections influence psychological well-being. Exploring how these individual and behavioral characteristics interacted to predict exposure to election-related stressors, we hypothesized that age, education, and past socio-political involvement would be associated with exposure to election-related stressors. In the 2018 U.S. Midterm Election Stress Coping and Prevention Every Day (ESCAPED) study, 140 participants in the United States and territories aged 19–86 were recruited through Amazon’s Mechanical Turk for a 30-day daily diary study. Collectively, participants completed a total of 1196 reports between October 15, 2018 and November 13, 2018. The midterm election was November 6, 2018. Each day, participants reported on past political participation, election stress anticipation, and exposure to election-related stressors. Confirming our hypothesis, on days when people were more politically active and on days when stress anticipation increased, exposure to election-related stressors increased. Age differences in exposure depended on political activity in the last 24 h, with older adults exhibiting a steeper increase in exposure following political activity, especially if they were highly educated. However, higher education was protective against election-related stressors among younger adults even with increases in political activity. Individuals’ experiences, characteristics, and daily decisions influence the likelihood of exposure to election-related stressors. Additionally, for younger adults, education may function as a protective factor when they engage in political activities.}, journal={Current Psychology}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Early, Alexandra S. and Smith, Emily L. and Neupert, Shevaun D.}, year={2022}, month={May} } @article{hughes_coblenz_smith_neupert_pearman_2021, title={AAA Research Methodology I: Overcoming Linguistic and Cultural Barriers in Aging Research Among Asians: Presenter Discussion (vol 4, pg 963, 2020)}, volume={5}, ISSN={["2399-5300"]}, DOI={10.1093/geroni/igab007}, abstractNote={Slowing the spread of COVID-19 depends on public adherence to precautionary actions, such as wearing masks The Health Belief Model (Rosenstock, 1974) suggests the likelihood of using precautionary measures depends on perceived susceptibility, the severity of a disease, and whether effective measures can be taken to reduce the perceived threat of a disease This daily diary study focused on identifying predictors of daily precautionary behavior in older persons Between April 1 and June 26, 2020, 261 adults ages 55-79 (M = 64 29, SD = 5 20) completed up to 30 consecutive days of online diaries We examined whether perceived risk, COVID-19 knowledge, fake news beliefs, information seeking, disruption to routine, in-person interactions, and leaving the house predicted the number of daily precautions participants engaged in Multilevel modeling was used to examine within-person fluctuations in precautions as well as change in precautions from one day to the next People who reported higher education, scored higher on the COVID-19 knowledge quiz, had lower fake news beliefs, and perceived a higher risk of contracting COVID-19 endorsed more precautions At the daily level, increases in the number of in-person interactions, leaving home, and disruption to daily routine were each associated with decreases in precautionary behaviors Concurrent day and lagged models showed significant interactions between information seeking and perceived risk, suggesting increases in information seeking are related to increases in precautions for those who consider their risk to be low Findings highlight potentially intervenable factors that influence older adults’ daily decision making related to precautionary actions}, number={2}, journal={INNOVATION IN AGING}, author={Hughes, MacKenzie and Coblenz, Clara and Smith, Emily and Neupert, Shevaun and Pearman, Ann}, year={2021} } @article{cobler_smith_neupert_2022, title={Age and socioeconomic differences in coping with home stressors: A daily diary study of mindfulness and anticipatory coping}, volume={187}, ISSN={0191-8869}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.111399}, DOI={10.1016/j.paid.2021.111399}, abstractNote={Anticipatory coping involves efforts to reduce the consequences of upcoming, future stressors, but the individual and contextual predictors of anticipatory coping are not well understood. The current study focuses on individual differences in age and income and contextual fluctuations in mindfulness (present-centered thinking) to predict daily fluctuations in anticipatory coping with future home-related stressors. In the Mindfulness and Anticipatory Coping Everyday study, 223 adults (116 aged 60–90, 107 aged 18–36) completed an online questionnaire for nine consecutive days via Qualtrics, providing demographic information on Day 1. For the subsequent 8 days, participants reported mindfulness and anticipatory coping. Multilevel models revealed that within-person increases in daily mindfulness were related to decreases in daily anticipatory coping among younger adults and higher income older adults. This research provides evidence of tension between mindfulness and future-oriented coping and shows how this depends on one's life stage and access to resources.}, journal={Personality and Individual Differences}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Cobler, Morgan D. and Smith, Emily L. and Neupert, Shevaun D.}, year={2022}, month={Mar}, pages={111399} } @article{neupert_growney_zhu_sorensen_smith_hannig_2021, title={BFF: Bayesian, Fiducial, and Frequentist Analysis of Cognitive Engagement among Cognitively Impaired Older Adults}, volume={23}, ISSN={1099-4300}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/e23040428}, DOI={10.3390/e23040428}, abstractNote={Engagement in cognitively demanding activities is beneficial to preserving cognitive health. Our goal was to demonstrate the utility of frequentist, Bayesian, and fiducial statistical methods for evaluating the robustness of effects in identifying factors that contribute to cognitive engagement for older adults experiencing cognitive decline. We collected a total of 504 observations across two longitudinal waves of data from 28 cognitively impaired older adults. Participants’ systolic blood pressure responsivity, an index of cognitive engagement, was continuously sampled during cognitive testing. Participants reported on physical and mental health challenges and provided hair samples to assess chronic stress at each wave. Using the three statistical paradigms, we compared results from six model testing levels and longitudinal changes in health and stress predicting changes in cognitive engagement. Findings were mostly consistent across the three paradigms, providing additional confidence in determining effects. We extend selective engagement theory to cognitive impairment, noting that health challenges and stress appear to be important moderators. Further, we emphasize the utility of the Bayesian and fiducial paradigms for use with relatively small sample sizes because they are not based on asymptotic distributions. In particular, the fiducial paradigm is a useful tool because it provides more information than p values without the need to specify prior distributions, which may unduly influence the results based on a small sample. We provide the R code used to develop and implement all models.}, number={4}, journal={Entropy}, publisher={MDPI AG}, author={Neupert, Shevaun D. and Growney, Claire M. and Zhu, Xianghe and Sorensen, Julia K. and Smith, Emily L. and Hannig, Jan}, year={2021}, month={Apr}, pages={428} } @article{smith_anglis_neupert_2021, title={Delinquency differences in daily emotional reactivity to mindfulness lapses}, volume={6}, ISSN={1046-1310 1936-4733}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01945-8}, DOI={10.1007/s12144-021-01945-8}, journal={Current Psychology}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Smith, Emily L. and Anglis, Elizabeth M. and Neupert, Shevaun D.}, year={2021}, month={Jun} } @article{pearman_hughes_coblenz_smith_neupert_2021, title={Experiencing and Forecasting COVID-19 Daily Stress on Mental Health Reactivity Across Age and Race}, volume={77}, ISSN={1079-5014 1758-5368}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab197}, DOI={10.1093/geronb/gbab197}, abstractNote={Abstract Objectives This study systematically evaluates age and race differences in mental health symptoms as they unfold microlongitudinally during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic with a focus on within-person reactivity to forecasting and experiencing COVID-19 stress. Method A daily diary approach was used to examine predictors of daily anxiety and depressive symptoms among 526 adults (White [54%] and Black American [46%]) aged 21–79. A total of 3,605 online diaries were collected for 21 consecutive days between October and November, 2020. In addition to mental health symptoms, participants reported forecasted (next 24 h) stress as well as experienced (past 24 h) stress related to COVID-19. Results Patterns of reactivity to forecasted and experienced COVID-19 stress depended on age and race. White older adults displayed greater reactivity to COVID-19-related stress than White younger adults, but the effects of COVID-19-related stress were consistently detrimental for the daily anxiety of Black Americans, regardless of age. For Black Americans, age was less negatively associated with depressive symptoms than for White Americans. Increases in experienced COVID-19 stress were also more strongly associated with increases in depressive symptoms for Black Americans relative to White participants. Discussion This study moves beyond cross-sectional, descriptive work within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and emphasizes the dynamic nature of within-person reactivity patterns that differ by age and race. Although White older adults experienced an increase in daily anxiety when forecasting COVID-19 stress, the co-occurring pandemic of systemic racism may be more powerful than age-related vulnerabilities for Black adults. }, number={4}, journal={The Journals of Gerontology: Series B}, publisher={Oxford University Press (OUP)}, author={Pearman, Ann and Hughes, MacKenzie L and Coblenz, Clara W and Smith, Emily L and Neupert, Shevaun D}, editor={Luong, GloriaEditor}, year={2021}, month={Dec}, pages={e16–e22} } @article{cacace_smith_cramer_meca_desmarais_2021, title={Military self-stigma as a mediator of the link between military identity and suicide risk}, volume={34}, ISSN={["1532-7876"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/08995605.2021.1994329}, DOI={10.1080/08995605.2021.1994329}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT US military Veterans are at greater risk for suicide than those who have never served in the US military. Recent federal calls include the need to investigate military-specific suicide risk and protective factors among military-affiliated populations. To date, no study has examined the link between military identity, self-stigma, and suicide risk. The current study used a nationally representative sample of post-Vietnam US military Veterans (N = 1,461) in order to determine relationships between military identity, self-stigma, and suicide risk. Idealism (OR = 0.86) with less odds of elevated suicide risk, whereas individualism (OR = 1.15) and military self-stigma (OR = 1.39) were associated with increased odds of elevated suicide risk. Military self-stigma was found to mediate the relationship between military identity components and suicide risk. Implications for conceptualization of military Veteran identity, suicide prevention, and future research are discussed.}, number={2}, journal={MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Cacace, Sam and Smith, Emily J. and Cramer, Robert J. and Meca, Alan and Desmarais, Sarah L.}, year={2021}, month={Dec} } @article{pearman_hughes_smith_neupert_2020, title={Age Differences in Risk and Resilience Factors in COVID-19-Related Stress}, volume={76}, ISSN={1079-5014 1758-5368}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa120}, DOI={10.1093/geronb/gbaa120}, abstractNote={Abstract Objectives Older adults are at higher risk for death and infirmity from COVID-19 than younger and middle-aged adults. The current study examines COVID-19-specific anxiety and proactive coping as potential risk and resilience factors that may be differentially important for younger and older adults in understanding stress experienced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods Five hundred and fifteen adults aged 20–79 years in the United States reported on their anxiety about developing COVID-19, proactive coping, and stress related to COVID-19 in an online survey. Results Although there were no age differences in stress levels, anxiety about developing COVID-19 was associated with more COVID-19 stress for older adults relative to younger adults, but proactive coping was associated with less COVID-19 stress for older adults relative to younger adults. Discussion Our results suggest that anxiety might function as a risk factor, whereas proactive coping may function as a resilience factor for older adults’ COVID-19 stress. We encourage future context-dependent investigations into mental health among older adults during this pandemic and beyond. }, number={2}, journal={The Journals of Gerontology: Series B}, publisher={Oxford University Press (OUP)}, author={Pearman, Ann and Hughes, MacKenzie L and Smith, Emily L and Neupert, Shevaun D}, editor={Fiske, AmyEditor}, year={2020}, month={Aug}, pages={e38–e44} } @article{pennell_burford_sasson_packer_smith_2021, title={Family and Community Approaches to Intimate Partner Violence: Restorative Programs in the United States}, volume={27}, ISSN={["1552-8448"]}, DOI={10.1177/1077801220945030}, abstractNote={Now is the time to rethink reliance on legal intervention to end intimate partner violence (IPV). Arrest, incarceration, and family separation have fallen disproportionately on people who are Black or Brown, impoverished, or immigrant, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ). Restorative approaches bring together the persons harmed, persons causing harm, their family or community networks, or combinations of these stakeholders. Based on a U.S. national study, this article examines: What influences programs to adopt a restorative approach to ending IPV? How do programs safeguard their original vision for social change? What principles guide the programs in carrying out their work in safe and productive ways?}, number={10}, journal={VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN}, author={Pennell, Joan and Burford, Gale and Sasson, Erika and Packer, Hillary and Smith, Emily L.}, year={2021}, month={Aug}, pages={1608–1629} } @article{neupert_bellingtier_smith_2021, title={Emotional reactivity changes to daily stressors surrounding the 2016 U.S. presidential election}, volume={40}, ISSN={1046-1310 1936-4733}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-019-00215-y}, DOI={10.1007/s12144-019-00215-y}, number={6}, journal={Current Psychology}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Neupert, Shevaun D. and Bellingtier, Jennifer A. and Smith, Emily L.}, year={2021}, month={Mar}, pages={2832–2842} }