@article{zhu_neupert_2022, title={Anticipatory stress during an election: A daily diary study}, volume={57}, ISSN={0020-7594 1464-066X}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12852}, DOI={10.1002/ijop.12852}, abstractNote={Previous research on election stress has focused on reacting to stressors that already occurred, whereas the forecasting of future stressors and associated responses have been underexamined. Leveraging the 2018 U.S. mid‐term election, we examined anticipatory stress response, operationalised as the within‐person association between daily stressors forecasting and negative affect (NA). We also explore whether such responses might be related to time, partisanship and political orientation. Participants were 125 adults in the U.S. who provided 1056 daily reports in a 29‐day daily diary study surrounding the election. Results indicated that daily forecasts of election stressors contributed to increased NA independent of election stressor exposure. Election stressor forecasting was more pronounced during pre‐election days and the election day than post‐election days, as well as greater in conservatives than liberals. Coping with anticipatory stress may be important for managing election stress.}, number={5}, journal={International Journal of Psychology}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Zhu, Xianghe and Neupert, Shevaun D.}, year={2022}, month={May}, pages={629–633} }
 @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{zhu_neupert_2021, title={Core Beliefs Disruption in the Context of an Election: Implications for Subjective Well-Being}, volume={125}, ISSN={0033-2941 1558-691X}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00332941211021347}, DOI={10.1177/00332941211021347}, abstractNote={ Major life events often challenge the core beliefs people hold about the world, which is a crucial cognitive process predictive of adjustment outcomes. Elections have been associated with physical and socioemotional responses, but what is unclear is whether core beliefs can be disrupted and what implication this disruption might have for well-being. In two studies, we examined the association between core beliefs disruption and well-being in the context of the 2018 U.S. midterm election. In both studies, participants reported a small degree of disruption of core beliefs due to the election. In Study 1, a 14-day daily diary study spanning the weeks before and after the election, multilevel modeling on 529 daily reports revealed that greater disruption of core beliefs was associated with lower mean levels of life satisfaction and greater changes in positive and negative affect. In Study 2, a cross-sectional study conducted 40 days following the election, linear regression analyses on 767 adults aged 18–77 from all 50 states revealed that the disruption of core beliefs due to the midterm election was positively associated with current life satisfaction. The effect held when controlling for multiple confounding factors. These findings suggest that elections can trigger disruption of core beliefs, and this disruption may spill over to subjective well-being in the short term but may positively contribute to post-election adjustment. }, number={5}, journal={Psychological Reports}, publisher={SAGE Publications}, author={Zhu, Xianghe and Neupert, Shevaun D.}, year={2021}, month={Jun}, pages={2546–2570} }
 @article{zhu_neupert_2020, title={Dynamic awareness of age‐related losses predict concurrent and subsequent changes in daily inductive reasoning performance}, volume={39}, ISSN={0261-510X 2044-835X}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12344}, DOI={10.1111/bjdp.12344}, abstractNote={To address gaps in previous research, we examined daily within‐person associations between awareness of age‐related change (AARC) and cognitive performance in older adults. One hundred twelve adults aged 60–90 participated in an online daily diary study for nine consecutive days. On Day 1, they reported demographic information. On Days 2–9, they reported daily AARC, subjective age, and stressors and completed three tasks that gauged memory (word recall), perceptual speed (number comparison), and reasoning (letter series), respectively, once per day. Unconditional multilevel models revealed significant within‐person fluctuations in daily cognitive performance and daily AARC. Controlling for age, education, health, and daily stressors, daily awareness of age‐related losses was negatively associated with letter series scores of the same day and changes from one day to the next. The effects held over and above AARC gains and subjective age. Dynamic, naturally occurring perceptions of ageing may influence within‐person concurrent and subsequent changes in reasoning performance on a daily basis and point to a promising avenue of intervention.}, number={2}, journal={British Journal of Developmental Psychology}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Zhu, Xianghe and Neupert, Shevaun D.}, year={2020}, month={Jul}, pages={282–298} }
 @article{neupert_zhu_2020, title={Heterogeneity In Aging: The Need For A Tripartite Contextual Approach}, volume={61}, ISSN={0016-9013 1758-5341}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnaa127}, DOI={10.1093/geront/gnaa127}, number={1}, journal={The Gerontologist}, publisher={Oxford University Press (OUP)}, author={Neupert, Shevaun D and Zhu, Xianghe}, year={2020}, month={Oct}, pages={132–133} }