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Suzanne Segerstrom (Retired)

Research Interests:
Personality
Self-regulation
Health
Research

My research primarily addresses the influence of individual differences in personality, cognition, and emotion on psychological health and physiological functions.

I am particularly interested in understanding how aspects of self-regulation including personality, behavior, and executive cognitive function affect well-being and health.  For example, my students and I have worked on the questions of how personality factors (e.g., optimism) affect the way that people approach and pursue their goals, what the costs and benefits of goal pursuit are, and especially how acts of self-regulation affect cardiovascular, neuroendocrine, metabolic, and immune function.Two large, NIH-funded studies have examined these questions. One, with Leslie Crofford, MD, examines the health consequences of motivation and goal pursuit in older women in a longitudinal "burst" design. (DAHLiA Study link at left..) The other is a longitudinal study of the effects of self-regulation and especially self-regulatory capacity on immunological and brain health in older adults (Thought, Stress, and Immunity Study link at left).

My students and I are actively pursuing a line of research on cognitive self-regulation as it is manifested in repetitive thought (e.g., worry, rumination, cognitive processing, and related concepts). This research focuses on understanding the structure of repetitive thought, the best ways to measure repetitive thought, its neuropsychological correlates, and its psychological and physiological consequences.

I am a biostatistician with particular interest in longitudinal data analysis and multilevel modeling. I am also interested in the measurement properties of biomarkers such as diurnal cortisol. (Statstical Expertise and Consulting link at left.)

If you are interested in an undergraduate research position (PSY 395), the application can be downloaded here.

I will be joining the faculty of Oregon State University in Fall 2023, and as such will not be accepting a new graduate student this year.

Graduate Training
Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology), University of California, Los Angeles, 1997; M.P.H. (Biostatistics), University of Kentucky, 2017
Segerstrom Lab

Dr. Segerstrom with her graduate students and staff

 

Trainees in the Segerstrom Lab have diverse interests within health psychology, although most are interested in aspects of self-regulation, aging, or both.  From left to right, we are:

Anita Adams (5th year PhD student) During my post-baccalaureate experience, I gained a wide array of research and clinical experience in psychology that cemented my desire to pursue a PhD in clinical psychology. I come from a primarily developmental psychology background from my undergraduate research experience at North Carolina State University, and after graduation, I sought out clinical and research experiences that involved working with older adult, middle adult, and child populations with diagnoses such as dementia, hormonally-impacted depression (specifically, perimenopausal depression), and autism. I was enamored with the University of Kentucky and particularly Dr. Segerstrom’s lab due to the potential for high-quality and ample research and clinical experience and training in my preferred area of interest. My research and clinical interests lay at the intersection of aging, health, emotion, and personality traits on the normal and abnormal spectrum. More specifically, I am interested in personality trait and disorder development across the lifespan and specifically how external (e.g., SES, culture) and internal (e.g., emotion regulation/understanding, health) factors impact and potentially alter personality trait and disorder development. In my free time, I am avidly involved in “geek” culture. I enjoy playing video games, watching anime, playing Dungeons & Dragons, and cosplaying (e.g., dressing up in costume as a character from some form of media but most often anime and video games). I also love to video edit, read novels from the Victorian Era, and write fantasy-genre short stories and novels.

Elana Gloger (6th year PhD student). I started in Dr. Segerstrom's lab in Fall 2017 after earning my B.A in Psychology and B.S. in Biological Sciences from Ohio University. I am a graduate student in the Developmental, Social, Health area, and my research interests focus on individual differences that contribute to healthy aging across the lifespan. Specifically, I am interested in the roles that stress, self-regulation, and cognition have on immunological aging and vice versa. In my free time, I enjoy cooking, running, local coffee shops, catching up on my latest TV show obsessions (currently: Survivor, Outlander, and Love Island), and hosting a weekly podcast called 'Dear Grad Student'. The podcast is a place for grad students to celebrate, commiserate, and support each other through grad school (Learn more at: deargradstudent.com). More information about me, current projects, and typical musings of a 5th year graduate student can be found on my twitter account (@elana_gloger), on Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bY85HS8AAAAJ&hl=en), or on ResearchGate (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elana_Gloger).

Cristina Pinheiro (2nd year PhD student, not yet pictured) Dr. Karr and Dr. Segerstrom are my co-mentors. I began working in Dr. Segerstrom’s lab as an undergrad and transitioned to a full-time employee upon graduation. As an employee I had the opportunity to manage the Thoughts, Stress, and Immunity (TSI) Scanning Substudywhich collects biennial MRI scans of the brain for around 80  study participants. This opportunity heightened my interests in the brain-body connection, specifically the involvement of inflammation on the aging brain. I will be completing the neuropsychology concentration in the UK Clinical Psychology Department, and I look forward to learning more about neuropsychological assessments and their validity. Outside of my academic responsibilities, I enjoy camping, hiking, and traveling anywhere with a great view. I’ve spent over 20 years in Lexington, KY! I love my city, my pets, and my plants.

Dr. Segerstrom

Chelsea Bass (research staff)

Paris Crosby (project coordinator, Thought, Stress, and Immunity Study)

Collaborating researchers (not pictured):

Kate Leger, PhD. I am a collaborating researcher with the Segerstrom Lab and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology. I completed my PhD in Psychology and Social Behavior at the University of California, Irvine. My research examines how people’s emotional responses to stress impacts their physical health across the adult life span. I am interested in the effects of emotions that linger after a stressor is over, and I examine the impact of these emotional responses on health behaviors and outcomes such as sleep, disease development, and physiological functioning. I employ a multi-method approach, using naturalistic longitudinal designs and lab-based experimental studies to assess physical health as a life-long process that is influenced by a culmination of emotional experiences to daily events.

Karen Lawrence, PhD. I am a collaborating researcher with the Segerstrom Lab and an Assistant Professor in the College of Social Work. My background is interdisciplinary and includes a PhD in neuroscience and an MSW in mental health social work. The goal of my research program is to improve mental health outcomes in traumatized populations and advance understanding of the biopsychosocial factors that contribute to trauma-related pathologies to improve prevention and treatment. With the Segerstrom Lab, I am investigating associations between executive functioning and biomarkers of inflammation during aging in older adults and the relationship between early-life socioeconomic context and the frequency of positive versus negative life events in aging adults, potential mediators, and sex-specific differences. Dr. Segerstrom is mentoring my career development proposal involving a psychoneuroimmunological approach to understanding biopsychosocial factors underlying trauma-related symptomatology in later life.

Justin Karr, PhD. I am an Assistant Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology in the Department of Psychology at UK. I am a collaborating researcher with the Segerstrom Lab. My research focuses on psychometric methods used in research and clinical practice, outcome following mild traumatic brain injury, and cognitive aging. My psychometric research has focused extensively on the measurement of executive functions and self-regulation. I have developing interest in detecting cognitive decline among high-functioning older adults.

Lab alumni:

Jay Castaneda, PhD.  Faculty, Georgetown College.

Alyssa Simmons, PhD.  Social and Emotional Learning Specialist, Pencils of Promise.

Lise Solberg Nes, PhD.  Faculty, University of Oslo.

Abbey Roach, PhD.  Director of Psychology and Neuropsychology, Frazier Rehabilitation Institute.

Sarah (McQueary) Flynn, PhD.  Faculty, University of the Cumberlands.

Daniel Evans, PhD.  Faculty, University of Washington School of Medicine.

Tory Eisenlohr-Moul, PhD.  Faculty, University of Illinois-Chicago College of Medicine.

Jaime Hardy, PhD.  Private practice, Lexington, KY.

Hannah Combs, PhD. Faculty, Houston Methodist Academic Institute.

Paul Geiger, PhD. Research Scientist, RTI International.

Ian Boggero, PhD. Faculty, University of Kentucky.

Natasha Garcia Willingham, PhD. Postdoctoral fellow, Stanford University.

Rebecca Reed, PhD. Faculty, University of Pittsburgh.

Stephanie Judge, PhD. Postdoctoral fellow, Bluegrass Health Psychology.

Conference presentations:

Paper presentation to the American Psychosomatic Society, 2020 (Segerstrom)

Poster presentation to the American Psychosomatic Society, 2020 (Adams)

Poster presentation to the American Psychosomatic Society, 2020 (Gloger)

Poster presentation to the American Psychosomatic Society, 2020 (Hillmann)

Poster presentation to the American Psychosomatic Society, 2023 (Segerstrom)

Poster presentation to the American Psychosomatic Society, 2024 (Segerstrom, Seattle ALSPPD)

Thought, Stress, and Immunity Study

The Thought, Stress, and Immunity Study (TSI) started in 2001 with the goal of understanding how psychological factors are related to immune responses to the influenza vaccine. Funded by the National Institute on Aging (R01-AG026307) since 2006, TSI currently examines the interrelationships among psychological factors, physical health, inflammation, and the brain.

People who participate in TSI are interviewed and take some tests every six months. Most people choose to participate at home, although doing the interview at UK is also an option (parking provided). After the interview, a nurse will come to draw a small amount of blood for immunological analysis. People who are in the brain substudy come to UK for a brain scan when they first start the study and again approximately every 2 years.

The TSI is led by Dr. Suzanne Segerstrom, Professor of Psychology. Dr. Segerstrom is known internationally for her work as a health psychologist. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, American Psychological Association, Association for Psychological Science, Gerontological Society of America, and Society for Behavioral Medicine. She was the President of the American Psychosomatic Society from 2016-2017. Her UK honors include University Research Professor, Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor, and the Kirwin Prize.

Dr. Segerstrom is joined on the TSI grant by other UK faculty including Dr. Brian Gold (neuroimaging), Dr. Nathan Johnson (neuroimaging), Dr. Marybeth McGavran (clinical psychology), Dr. Fredrick Schmitt (neuropsychology), and Dr. Charles Lutz (immunology)

More about TSI:

Over 200 older adults in the Lexington area have participated over the years, and dozens of people have been participating for over 10 years!

Read a press release about TSI , and hear Dr. Segerstrom talk about TSI with Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine (WUKY).

Read the informed consent forms for TSI and the Brain Substudy.

The University of Kentucky is now in Phase 4 of the Resumption of Research Phased Plan.

If you would like to request an appointment for a COViD vaccine through the University of Kentucky, you can do so here.

Click here to see a list of published journal articles based on data from TSI.

E-mail us:

Dr. Segerstrom, Principal Investigator: segerstrom at uky dot edu

Paris Crosby, Project Manager: segerstromlab at gmail dot com

Call us:

Lab phone: 859-257-2207

DAHLiA Study

The DAHLiA Study focuses on Daily Activity and Health in the Lives of Adults. The goal of the DAHLiA I study was to understand how different kinds of daily activity affect well-being and health - especially neuroimmune health - among midlife women. The goal of the DAHLiA II study is to ask these same questions among men and women with chronic pain.

If you have been recruited for the DAHLiA II study, you can see the informed consent here, and you can access a hard copy of the daily diary here. You can put your responses directly in the pdf and email it back to the project staff, print it out and mail it back, or print it out, scan it, and email it back to the project staff.

We are particularly interested in whether some kinds of activity are healthier for people with limitations such as physical pain. The DAHLiA Study is led by Dr. Suzanne Segerstrom, a health psychologist at University of Kentucky, and Dr. Leslie Crofford, a rheumatologist at Vanderbilt University.

We are not recruiting new members of the DAHLiA I study at this time. Our current activities include analyzing the tens of thousands of saliva samples provided by DAHLiA Women and doing statistical analysis of the data. Our first papers from DAHLiA I have been published (see below), and we have other papers in the works.

You can see the informed consent form for the DAHLiA I study here.

You can see an up to date list of publications from DAHLiA here.

E-mail us:

Dr. Segerstrom, Principal Investigator: segerstrom at uky dot edu

Project staff: segerstromlab at gmail dot com

Call us:

Lab phone: 859-257-2207

Send us mail:

125 Kastle Hall, Lexington, KY 40506-0044 Attn: Dr. Segerstrom

Presentation at the Society for the Study of Human Development.

Presentation at the American Psychosomatic Society (Judge).

Presentation at the American Psychosomatic Society (Pinheiro).

Statistical Expertise and Consulting

"The most satisfactory arrangement occurs when the person who understands the scientific issues and the person with the statistical expertise is the same person" - Anonymous*

I have a concentration in statistics as part of my PhD, as well as an MPH in biostatistics. I have focused most of my training on the analysis of complex, longitudinal, observational data. I am the statistical consulting editor for International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, consult with colleagues at UK on data analysis questions, and have had data analysis roles on funded research projects (including my own.) Selected training and analyses are detailed below.

Multilevel Modeling and Longitudinal Data Analysis

APA Advanced Training Institute: Longitudinal Methods, Measurement, and Models

University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana: EDPS/PSYCH/STAT 587 Multilevel Models

University of Kentucky: BST 762 Longitudinal Data Analysis

University of Kentucky: BST 761 Time to Event Analysis

Multivariate Analysis

UCLA: PSYCH 253 Factor Analysis

University of Kentucky: STA 677 Applied Multivariate Analysis

Software

University of Kentucky: CPH 535 Databases and SAS Programming

University of Kentucky: STA 651 Advanced Programming in R

StatCamp: SEM in MPlus

StatCamp: Meta-Analysis in R

StatCamp: R for Data Science

Analysis examples

Multilevel, Longitudinal Models

Segerstrom, S.C. (2014).  Affect and self-rated health:  A dynamic approach with older adultsHealth Psychology, 33, 720-728. (Longitudinal MLM in PROC MIXED.)

Segerstrom, S.C., Eisenlohr-Moul, T.A., Evans, D.R., & Ram, N. (2015). Repetitive thought dimensions, psychological well-being and perceived growth in older adults: A multilevel, prospective study.  Anxiety, Stress, and Coping, 28, 287-302. (Multivariate, longitudinal MLM in PROC MIXED.)

Segerstrom, S.C., Geiger, P.J., Combs, H.L., & Boggero, I.A. (2016). Time perspective and social preference in older and younger adults: Effects of self-regulatory fatigue. Psychology and Aging, 31, 594-604. (MLM as applied to experimental data in PROC MIXED.)

Segerstrom, S.C., Kasarskis, E., Fardo, D., & Westgate, P.G. (2018).  Socioemotional resources and well-being in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients and caregivers: A longitudinal, dyadic analysis. (Longitudinal, dyadic MLM in PROC MIXED.)

Multivariate Analysis

Segerstrom, S.C., Stanton, A.L., Alden, L.E., & Shortridge, B.E. (2003).  A multidimensional structure for repetitive thought:  What’s on your mind, and how, and how much?  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 909-921. (Factor analysis, MDS)

Segerstrom, S.C., Roach, A.R., Evans, D.R., Schipper, L.J., & Darville, A.K. (2010).  The structure and health correlates of trait repetitive thought in older adults.  Psychology and Aging, 25, 505-515. (MDS)

Measurement and Methodology

Segerstrom, S.C., & Smith, G.T. (2012).  Methods, variance, and error in psychoneuroimmunology research:  The good, the bad, and the ugly.  In S.C. Segerstrom (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Psychoneuroimmunology (pp. 421-432).  New York:  Oxford.

Out, D., Granger, D.A., Sephton, S.E., & Segerstrom, S.C. (2013).  Disentangling sources of individual differences in diurnal salivary a-amylase:  Reliability, stability, and sensitivity to context.  Psychoneuroendocrinology, 38, 367-375. (Generalizability analysis.)

Segerstrom, S.C., Boggero, I.A., Smith, G.T., & Sephton, S.E. (2014).  Variability and reliability of diurnal cortisol in younger and older adults: Implications for design decisions. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 49, 299-309. (Generalizability analysis.)

Segerstrom, S.C., Combs, H.L., Winning, A., Boehm, J.K., & Kubzansky, L.D. (2016). The happy survivor?  Effects of differential mortality on life satisfaction in older age.  Psychology and Aging, 31, 340-345. (Statistical approaches to missing data.)

Segerstrom, S.C., Sephton, S.E., & Westgate, P.G. (2017). Intraindividual variability in cortisol:  Approaches, illustrations, and recommendations. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 78, 114-124. (Statistical approaches to intraindividual variability.)

Segerstrom, S.C. (2019). Between the error bars: How modern theory, design, and methodology enrich the personality-health tradition. Psychosomatic Medicine, 81, 408-414. (Methodology and statistical approaches to variability in individual difference measures, including biomarkers.)

 

* From a faculty candidate's letter of recommendation.

 

Selected Publications:

* UK Psychology graduate student or post-doctoral scholar.

PubMed Publications*: 
  • ER Wallace; SC Segerstrom; CG van Horne; FA Schmitt; LM Koehl"Meta-Analysis of Cognition in Parkinson's Disease Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Progression."Neuropsychology review32.1(2022):149-160.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom; AD Monroe; LJ Crofford"Pain, Goal Engagement, and Eudemonic Well-Being: Moderation by Autonomous Motivation."The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences77.3(2022):493-498.Details. Full text
  • K Nishimi; KC Koenen; BA Coull; SC Segerstrom; SB Austin; LD Kubzansky"Psychological resilience and diurnal salivary cortisol in young adulthood."Psychoneuroendocrinology140.(2022):105736.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom; RG Reed; JE Karr"Cytomegalovirus and Toxoplasma Gondii Serostatus Prospectively Correlated With Problems in Self-Regulation but not Executive Function Among Older Adults."Psychosomatic medicine84.5(2022):603-611.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom"Psychosomatic Medicine: Looking Forward."Psychosomatic medicine84.3(2022):265-266.Details. Full text
  • EM Gloger; SC Segerstrom"Repetitive thought, cognition, and systemic inflammation in the midlife in the United States study."Psychology & health(2022):1-19.Details.
  • SC Segerstrom; RG Reed; Presnell SR; A Al-Attar; CT Lutz"Resources and lymphocyte terminal maturity among older adults."Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association(2022):Details.
  • KA Leger; EM Gloger; LJ Crofford; TW McDade; SC Segerstrom"Sleep Variability and Inflammation in Midlife and Older Women."Psychosomatic medicine(2022):Details. Full text
  • KA Leger; TR Blevins; LJ Crofford; SC Segerstrom"Mean Levels and Variability in Psychological Well-Being and Associations With Sleep in Midlife and Older Women."Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine55.5(2021):436-445.Details. Full text
  • KW Davidson; SL Bacon; GG Bennett; E Brondolo; SM Czajkowski; MA Diefenbach; ES Epel; K Matthews; TA Revenson; JM Ruiz; SC Segerstrom; Council. Research"Accomplishing breakthroughs in behavioural medicine research."Nature human behaviour5.7(2021):813-815.Details. Full text
  • KD Vohs; BJ Schmeichel; S Lohmann; QF Gronau; AJ Finley; SE Ainsworth; JL Alquist; MD Baker; A Brizi; A Bunyi; GJ Butschek; C Campbell; J Capaldi; C Cau; H Chambers; NLD Chatzisarantis; WJ Christensen; SL Clay; J Curtis; De Cristofaro V; K Del Rosario; K Diel; Y Doğruol; M Doi; TL Donaldson; AB Eder; M Ersoff; Eyink JR; A Falkenstein; BM Fennis; MB Findley; EJ Finkel; Forgea V; M Friese; P Fuglestad; NE Garcia-Willingham; LF Geraedts; WM Gervais; M Giacomantonio; B Gibson; K Gieseler; J Gineikiene; EM Gloger; CM Gobes; M Grande; MS Hagger; B Hartsell; AD Hermann; JJ Hidding; ER Hirt; J Hodge; W Hofmann; JL Howell; RD Hutton; M Inzlicht; L James; E Johnson; HL Johnson; SM Joyce; Y Joye; JH Kaben; LK Kammrath; CN Kelly; BL Kissell; SL Koole; A Krishna; C Lam; KT Lee; N Lee; DC Leighton; DD Loschelder; HM Maranges; EJ Masicampo; Mazara K Jr; S McCarthy; I McGregor; NL Mead; WB Mendes; C Meslot; NM Michalak; M Milyavskaya; A Miyake; M Moeini-Jazani; M Muraven; E Nakahara; K Patel; JV Petrocelli; KM Pollak; MM Price; HJ Ramsey; M Rath; JA Robertson; R Rockwell; IF Russ; M Salvati; B Saunders; A Scherer; A Schütz; KN Schmitt; SC Segerstrom; B Serenka; K Sharpinskyi; M Shaw; J Sherman; Y Song; N Sosa; K Spillane; J Stapels; AJ Stinnett; HR Strawser; K Sweeny; D Theodore; K Tonnu; Y van Oldenbeuving; MR vanDellen; RC Vergara; JS Walker; CE Waugh; F Weise; KM Werner; C Wheeler; RA White; AL Wichman; BJ Wiggins; JA Wills; JH Wilson; EJ Wagenmakers; D Albarracín"A Multisite Preregistered Paradigmatic Test of the Ego-Depletion Effect."Psychological science32.10(2021):1566-1581.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom"Personality and Incident Alzheimer's Disease: Theory, Evidence, and Future Directions."The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences75.3(2020):513-521.Details. Full text
  • ST Judge; JL Clasey; LJ Crofford; SC Segerstrom"Optimism and Pain Interference in Aging Women."Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine54.3(2020):202-212.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom"Statistical Guideline #4. Describe the Nature and Extent of Missing Data and Impute Where Possible and Prudent."International journal of behavioral medicine27.1(2020):1-2.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom"Statistical Guideline No. 5. Include Results of a Power Analysis; if a Power Analysis Was Not Performed, Describe the Stopping Rule for Recruitment."International journal of behavioral medicine27.2(2020):140-141.Details. Full text
  • R Moss-Morris; SC Segerstrom"A new era for Health Psychology Review."Health psychology review14.2(2020):213-214.Details.
  • MA Hoyt; AW Wang; IA Boggero; TA Eisenlohr-Moul; AL Stanton; SC Segerstrom"Emotional approach coping in older adults as predictor of physical and mental health."Psychology and aging35.4(2020):591-603.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom"Physiometrics in Salivary Bioscience."International journal of behavioral medicine27.3(2020):262-266.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom; IA Boggero"Expected Estimation Errors in Studies of the Cortisol Awakening Response: A Simulation."Psychosomatic medicine82.8(2020):751-756.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom"Statistical Guideline #6. Indicate magnitude and precision in your estimation and use "new statistics"."International journal of behavioral medicine27.5(2020):487-489.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom; EM Gloger; JK Hardy; LR Crofford"Exposure and reactivity to repetitive thought in the neuroticism-distress relationship."Cognitive therapy and research44.3(2020):659-667.Details.
  • AB Scott; RG Reed; NE Garcia-Willingham; KA Lawrence; SC Segerstrom"Lifespan Socioeconomic Context: Associations With Cognitive Functioning in Later Life."The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences74.1(2019):113-125.Details. Full text
  • IA Boggero; SC Segerstrom"Maintenance of affective wellbeing following acute pain in healthy older and younger adults."Journal of behavioral medicine42.5(2019):934-946.Details. Full text
  • IA Boggero; JA Sturgeon; A Arewasikporn; SA Castro; CD King; SC Segerstrom"Associations of Pain Intensity and Frequency With Loneliness, Hostility, and Social Functioning: Cross-Sectional, Longitudinal, and Within-Person Relationships."International journal of behavioral medicine26.2(2019):217-229.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom"What's the meaning of this? Childhood socioeconomic status, inflammation, and meta-analysis."Brain, behavior, and immunity79.(2019):12-13.Details. Full text
  • RG Reed; Presnell SR; A Al-Attar; CT Lutz; SC Segerstrom"Perceived stress, cytomegalovirus titers, and late-differentiated T and NK cells: Between-, within-person associations in a longitudinal study of older adults."Brain, behavior, and immunity80.(2019):266-274.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom; EJ Kasarskis; DW Fardo; PM Westgate"Socioemotional selectivity and psychological health in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients and caregivers: a longitudinal, dyadic analysis."Psychology & health34.10(2019):1179-1195.Details.
  • SC Segerstrom"Between the Error Bars: How Modern Theory, Design, and Methodology Enrich the Personality-Health Tradition."Psychosomatic medicine81.5(2019):408-414.Details. Full text
  • IA Boggero; SC Segerstrom"Self-regulatory ability, fatigue, and the experience of pain: Mechanistic insights from pain-free undergraduates."Psychophysiology56.9(2019):e13388.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom"Statistical Guideline #1. Avoid Creating Categorical Variables from Continuous Variables."International journal of behavioral medicine26.4(2019):329-330.Details. Full text
  • PJ Geiger; RG Reed; HL Combs; IA Boggero; SC Segerstrom"Longitudinal Associations Among Older Adults' Neurocognitive Performance, Psychological Distress, and Self-Reported Cognitive Function."Psychology & neuroscience12.2(2019):224-235.Details.
  • SC Segerstrom"Statistical Guideline #2: Report Appropriate Reliability for your Sample, Measure, and Design."International journal of behavioral medicine26.5(2019):455-456.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom"Statistical Guideline #3: Designate and Justify Covariates A Priori, and Report Results With and Without Covariates."International journal of behavioral medicine26.6(2019):577-579.Details. Full text
  • NE Garcia-Willingham; AR Roach; EJ Kasarskis; SC Segerstrom"Self-Regulation and Executive Functioning as Related to Survival in Motor Neuron Disease: Preliminary Findings."Psychosomatic medicine80.7(2018):665-672.Details. Full text
  • HL Combs; NE Garcia-Willingham; DTR Berry; CG van Horne; SC Segerstrom"Psychological functioning in Parkinson's disease post-deep brain stimulation: Self-regulation and executive functioning."Journal of psychosomatic research111.(2018):42-49.Details. Full text
  • RG Reed; RN Greenberg; SC Segerstrom"Cytomegalovirus serostatus, inflammation, and antibody response to influenza vaccination in older adults: The moderating effect of beta blockade."Brain, behavior, and immunity61.(2017):14-20.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom; SE Sephton; PM Westgate"Intraindividual variability in cortisol: Approaches, illustrations, and recommendations."Psychoneuroendocrinology78.(2017):114-124.Details. Full text
  • SM Flynn; TA Eisenlohr-Moul; SC Segerstrom; CT Logue; JL Studts"High trait shame undermines the protective effects of prevalence knowledge on state shame following HPV/CIN diagnosis in women."Journal of behavioral medicine40.5(2017):814-820.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom; RG Reed; AB Scott"Intelligence and Interleukin-6 in Older Adults: The Role of Repetitive Thought."Psychosomatic medicine79.7(2017):757-762.Details. Full text
  • NE Garcia; JN Morey; EJ Kasarskis; SC Segerstrom"Purpose in life in ALS patient-caregiver dyads: A multilevel longitudinal analysis."Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association36.11(2017):1092-1104.Details. Full text
  • PJ Geiger; JN Morey; SC Segerstrom"Beliefs about savoring in older adulthood: Aging and perceived health affect temporal components of perceived savoring ability."Personality and individual differences105.(2017):164-169.Details.
  • IA Boggero; CE Hostinar; EA Haak; MLM Murphy; SC Segerstrom"Psychosocial functioning and the cortisol awakening response: Meta-analysis, P-curve analysis, and evaluation of the evidential value in existing studies."Biological psychology129.(2017):207-230.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom; JK Hardy; DR Evans; IA Boggero; LE Alden; AL Stanton"Briefly Assessing Repetitive Thought Dimensions: Valence, Purpose, and Total."Assessment23.5(2016):614-23.Details. Full text
  • DR Evans; IA Boggero; SC Segerstrom"The Nature of Self-Regulatory Fatigue and "Ego Depletion": Lessons From Physical Fatigue."Personality and social psychology review : an official journal of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc20.4(2016):291-310.Details. Full text
  • IA Boggero; T Eisenlohr-Moul; SC Segerstrom"Task-switching ability protects against the adverse effects of pain on health: A longitudinal study of older adults."British journal of health psychology21.2(2016):434-50.Details. Full text
  • FK Arnberg; M Lekander; JN Morey; SC Segerstrom"Self-rated health and interleukin-6: Longitudinal relationships in older adults."Brain, behavior, and immunity54.(2016):226-232.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom; DR Evans"Happy all the time? Affect, resources, and time use."Emotion (Washington, D.C.)16.7(2016):941-4.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom; PJ Geiger; HL Combs; IA Boggero"Time perspective and social preference in older and younger adults: Effects of self-regulatory fatigue."Psychology and aging31.6(2016):594-604.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom; HL Combs; A Winning; JK Boehm; LD Kubzansky"The happy survivor? Effects of differential mortality on life satisfaction in older age."Psychology and aging31.4(2016):340-5.Details. Full text
  • JN Morey; IA Boggero; AB Scott; SC Segerstrom"Current Directions in Stress and Human Immune Function."Current opinion in psychology5.(2015):13-17.Details.
  • HL Combs; BS Folley; DT Berry; SC Segerstrom; DY Han; AJ Anderson-Mooney; BD Walls; C van Horne"Cognition and Depression Following Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus and Globus Pallidus Pars Internus in Parkinson's Disease: A Meta-Analysis."Neuropsychology review25.4(2015):439-54.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom"Affect and self-rated health: a dynamic approach with older adults."Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association33.7(2014):720-8.Details. Full text
  • D Out; DA Granger; SE Sephton; SC Segerstrom"Disentangling sources of individual differences in diurnal salivary α-amylase: reliability, stability and sensitivity to context."Psychoneuroendocrinology38.3(2013):367-75.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom; AL Stanton; SM Flynn; AR Roach; JJ Testa; JK Hardy"Episodic repetitive thought: dimensions, correlates, and consequences."Anxiety, stress, and coping25.1(2012):3-21.Details. Full text
  • E Dedert; E Lush; A Chagpar; FS Dhabhar; SC Segerstrom; D Spiegel; E Dayyat; M Daup; K McMasters; SE Sephton"Stress, coping, and circadian disruption among women awaiting breast cancer surgery."Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine44.1(2012):10-20.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom; JK Hardy; DR Evans; RN Greenberg"Vulnerability, distress, and immune response to vaccination in older adults."Brain, behavior, and immunity26.5(2012):747-53.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom; A Al-Attar; CT Lutz"Psychosocial resources, aging, and natural killer cell terminal maturity."Psychology and aging27.4(2012):892-902.Details. Full text
  • TA Eisenlohr-Moul; MT Fillmore; SC Segerstrom""Pause and plan" includes the liver: self-regulatory effort slows alcohol metabolism for those low in self-control."Biological psychology91.2(2012):229-31.Details. Full text
  • JK Hardy; LJ Crofford; SC Segerstrom"Goal conflict, distress, and pain in women with fibromyalgia: a daily diary study."Journal of psychosomatic research70.6(2011):534-40.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom; AR Roach; DR Evans; LJ Schipper; AK Darville"The structure and health correlates of trait repetitive thought in older adults."Psychology and aging25.3(2010):505-15.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom"Resources, stress, and immunity: an ecological perspective on human psychoneuroimmunology."Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine40.1(2010):114-25.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom; SE Sephton"Optimistic expectancies and cell-mediated immunity: the role of positive affect."Psychological science21.3(2010):448-55.Details. Full text
  • CS Carver; MF Scheier; SC Segerstrom"Optimism."Clinical psychology review30.7(2010):879-89.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom; ML Laudenslager"When is enough measurement, enough? Generalizability of primate immunity over time."Brain, behavior, and immunity23.7(2009):986-92.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom"Biobehavioral controls: threats to psychoneuroimmunology research?"Brain, behavior, and immunity23.7(2009):885-6.Details. Full text
  • Solberg Nes; AR Roach; SC Segerstrom"Executive functions, self-regulation, and chronic pain: a review."Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine37.2(2009):173-83.Details. Full text
  • AR Roach; AJ Averill; SC Segerstrom; EJ Kasarskis"The dynamics of quality of life in ALS patients and caregivers."Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine37.2(2009):197-206.Details. Full text
  • SM Flynn; LJ Schipper; AR Roach; SC Segerstrom"Gender differences in delayed-type hypersensitivity response: effects of stress and coping in first-year law students."Brain, behavior, and immunity23.5(2009):672-6.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom; LJ Schipper; RN Greenberg"Caregiving, repetitive thought, and immune response to vaccination in older adults."Brain, behavior, and immunity22.5(2008):744-52.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom"Social networks and immunosuppression during stress: relationship conflict or energy conservation?"Brain, behavior, and immunity22.3(2008):279-84.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom"Optimism and resources: Effects on each other and on health over 10 years."Journal of research in personality41.4(2007):772-786.Details.
  • AJ Averill; EJ Kasarskis; SC Segerstrom"Psychological health in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis."Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis : official publication of the World Federation of Neurology Research Group on Motor Neuron Diseases8.4(2007):243-54.Details. Full text
  • EL Lykins; SC Segerstrom; AJ Averill; DR Evans; ME Kemeny"Goal shifts following reminders of mortality: reconciling posttraumatic growth and terror management theory."Personality & social psychology bulletin33.8(2007):1088-99.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom; LS Nes"Heart rate variability reflects self-regulatory strength, effort, and fatigue."Psychological science18.3(2007):275-81.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom; LS Nes"When Goals Conflict But People Prosper: The Case of Dispositional Optimism."Journal of research in personality40.5(2006):675-693.Details.
  • SC Segerstrom"How does optimism suppress immunity? Evaluation of three affective pathways."Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association25.5(2006):653-7.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom; GR Lubach; CL Coe"Identifying immune traits and biobehavioral correlates: generalizability and reliability of immune responses in rhesus macaques."Brain, behavior, and immunity20.4(2006):349-58.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom"Optimism and immunity: do positive thoughts always lead to positive effects?"Brain, behavior, and immunity19.3(2005):195-200.Details. Full text
  • LS Nes; SC Segerstrom; SE Sephton"Engagement and arousal: optimism's effects during a brief stressor."Personality & social psychology bulletin31.1(2005):111-20.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom; GE Miller"Psychological stress and the human immune system: a meta-analytic study of 30 years of inquiry."Psychological bulletin130.4(2004):601-30.Details. Full text
  • JE Bower; SC Segerstrom"Stress management, finding benefit, and immune function: positive mechanisms for intervention effects on physiology."Journal of psychosomatic research56.1(2004):9-11.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom; AL Stanton; LE Alden; BE Shortridge"A multidimensional structure for repetitive thought: what's on your mind, and how, and how much?"Journal of personality and social psychology85.5(2003):909-21.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom"Individual differences, immunity, and cancer: lessons from personality psychology."Brain, behavior, and immunity17 Suppl 1.(2003):S92-7.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom"Optimism, goal conflict, and stressor-related immune change."Journal of behavioral medicine24.5(2001):441-67.Details.
  • SC Segerstrom; DA Glover; MG Craske; JL Fahey"Worry affects the immune response to phobic fear."Brain, behavior, and immunity13.2(1999):80-92.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom; GF Solomon; ME Kemeny; JL Fahey"Relationship of worry to immune sequelae of the Northridge earthquake."Journal of behavioral medicine21.5(1998):433-50.Details.
  • SC Segerstrom; SE Taylor; ME Kemeny; JL Fahey"Optimism is associated with mood, coping, and immune change in response to stress."Journal of personality and social psychology74.6(1998):1646-55.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom; SE Taylor; ME Kemeny; GM Reed; BR Visscher"Causal attributions predict rate of immune decline in HIV-seropositive gay men."Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association15.6(1996):485-93.Details. Full text
  • CE Grimes; LS Nes; A Waldman; SC Segerstrom"Output order reflects the cognitive accessibility of goals."The Journal of social psychology152.1(1969):5-16.Details.
  • SC Segerstrom"Personality and the immune system: models, methods, and mechanisms."Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine22.3(1969):180-90.Details. Full text
  • GF Solomon; SC Segerstrom; P Grohr; M Kemeny; J Fahey"Shaking up immunity: psychological and immunologic changes after a natural disaster."Psychosomatic medicine59.2(1969):114-27.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom; PJ Geiger; IA Boggero; FA Schmitt; SE Sephton"Endogenous Cortisol Exposure and Declarative Verbal Memory: A Longitudinal Study of Healthy Older Adults."Psychosomatic medicine78.2(1969):182-91.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom"Stress, Energy, and Immunity: An Ecological View."Current directions in psychological science16.6(0):326-330.Details.
  • SC Segerstrom; DB O'Connor"Stress, health and illness: four challenges for the future."Psychology & health27.2(0):128-40.Details.
  • LS Nes; SC Segerstrom"Dispositional optimism and coping: a meta-analytic review."Personality and social psychology review : an official journal of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc10.3(0):235-51.Details. Full text
  • JO Castaneda; SC Segerstrom"Effect of stimulus type and worry on physiological response to fear."Journal of anxiety disorders18.6(0):809-23.Details. Full text
  • AJ Averill; EJ Kasarskis; SC Segerstrom"Expressive disclosure to improve well-being in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a randomised, controlled trial."Psychology & health28.6(0):701-13.Details.
  • SC Segerstrom"Optimism and Resources: Effects on Each Other and on Health over 10 Years."Journal of research in personality41.4(0):Details.
  • SC Segerstrom; TA Eisenlohr-Moul; DR Evans; N Ram"Repetitive thought dimensions, psychological well-being, and perceived growth in older adults: a multilevel, prospective study."Anxiety, stress, and coping28.3(0):287-302.Details. Full text
  • DR Evans; SC Segerstrom"Physical Activity and Depressive Symptoms Interact to Predict Executive Functioning Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults."Experimental aging research41.5(0):534-45.Details. Full text
  • SC Segerstrom; AC Jones; AB Scott; LJ Crofford"Daily Goals and Psychological Well-Being in Midlife and Older Women: Physical Pain Interacts with Goal Conflict."Research in human development13.4(0):328-341.Details.
  • SC Segerstrom; TR Blevins; KA Leger; RG Reed; LJ Crofford"Eudaemonic Well-Being in Midlife Women: Change in and Correspondence Between Concurrent and Retrospective Reports."Collabra. Psychology7.1(0):Details.
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