@article{neupert_ennis_ramsey_gall_2015, title={Solving Tomorrow’s Problems Today? Daily Anticipatory Coping and Reactivity to Daily Stressors}, volume={71}, ISSN={1079-5014 1758-5368}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbv003}, DOI={10.1093/geronb/gbv003}, abstractNote={OBJECTIVES
The present study examined the day-to-day fluctuation of state-like anticipatory coping (coping employed prior to stressors) and how these coping processes relate to important outcomes for older adults (i.e., physical health, affect, memory failures).


METHOD
Forty-three older adults aged 60-96 (M = 74.65, SD = 8.19) participated in an 8-day daily diary study of anticipatory coping, stressors, health, affect, and memory failures. Participants reported anticipatory coping behaviors on one day with respect to 6 distinct stressor domains that could occur the following day.


RESULTS
Multilevel models indicated that anticipatory coping changes from day to day and within stressor domains. Lagged associations suggested that yesterday's anticipatory coping for potential upcoming arguments is related to today's physical health and affect. Increased stagnant deliberation is associated with reduced cognitive reactivity (i.e., fewer memory failures) to arguments the next day.


DISCUSSION
Taken together, these findings suggest that anticipatory coping is dynamic and associated with important daily outcomes.}, number={4}, journal={The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences}, publisher={Oxford University Press (OUP)}, author={Neupert, Shevaun D. and Ennis, Gilda E. and Ramsey, Jennifer L. and Gall, Agnes A.}, year={2015}, month={Feb}, pages={650–660} }
 @article{ramsey_neupert_mroczek_spiro_2015, title={The effects of daily co-occurrence of affect on older adults’ reactivity to health stressors}, volume={31}, ISSN={0887-0446 1476-8321}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2015.1111368}, DOI={10.1080/08870446.2015.1111368}, abstractNote={Objectives: The present study examined age differences among older adults in the daily co-occurrence of affect and its potential role in buffering the negative effects of health stressors. Design: Participants were from the Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study and included 249 young-old adults (age = 60–79 years, M = 71.6) and 64 old-old adults (age = 80–89, M = 82.9) who completed questionnaires assessing stressors, physical health symptoms, and positive and negative affect for eight consecutive days. Results: An independent samples t-test showed young-old and old-old adults did not significantly differ in their mean levels of daily co-occurrence of affect. The between-person relationships among stressors, health and daily co-occurrence of affect revealed that neither stressors nor health were significantly related to daily co-occurrence of affect. However, results from a multilevel model revealed a three-way cross-level interaction (health stressor × age group × co-occurrence of affect) where old-old adults with higher levels of co-occurrence of affect were less emotionally reactive to health stressors than young-old adults. Conclusion: These findings provide support for the assertion that co-occurrence of affect functions in an adaptive capacity and highlight the importance of examining domain-specific stressors.}, number={3}, journal={Psychology & Health}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Ramsey, Jennifer L. and Neupert, Shevaun D. and Mroczek, Daniel K. and Spiro, Avron, III}, year={2015}, month={Dec}, pages={364–378} }