Search Results - "Leger, Kate A."

“Think of the situation in a positive light”: A look at cognitive reappraisal, affective reactivity and health by Maras, Jessica, Leger, Kate A.

“…How individuals regulate their emotions is critical for maintaining health and well-being. For example, reframing a stressful situation in a positive light, a…”
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Let It Go: Lingering Negative Affect in Response to Daily Stressors Is Associated With Physical Health Years Later by Leger, Kate A., Charles, Susan T., Almeida, David M.

“…The way we respond to life’s daily stressors has strong implications for our physical health. Researchers have documented the detrimental effects of initial…”
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Personality and Stressor-Related Affect by Leger, Kate A, Charles, Susan T, Turiano, Nicholas A, Almeida, David M

“…Greater increases in negative affect and greater decreases in positive affect on days stressors occur portend poorer mental and physical health years later…”
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Advancing the Study of Resilience to Daily Stressors by Ong, Anthony D., Leger, Kate A.

“…Historically, studies of childhood and adult resilience have typically focused on adaptation to chronic life adversities, such as poverty and maltreatment, or…”
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Work-family spillover stress predicts health outcomes across two decades by Tsukerman, Dmitry, Leger, Kate A., Charles, Susan T.

“…Work is a common source of stress for many adults, arising from situations that occur at work (e.g., job demands) as well as the worries and responsibilities…”
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Personality Traits Predict Long-Term Physical Health via Affect Reactivity to Daily Stressors by Leger, Kate A., Turiano, Nicholas A., Bowling, William, Burris, Jessica L., Almeida, David M.

“…Researchers hypothesize that how people react to daily stressful events partly explains the relationship between personality and health, yet no study has…”
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Daily worry, rumination, and sleep in late life by Zhou, Zexi, Birditt, Kira S., Leger, Kate A., Fingerman, Karen L.

“…Perseverative thinking (e.g., worry/rumination) is a common response to stress, and can be detrimental to well-being. Sleep may represent an important…”
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Discrimination and Health: The Mediating Role of Daily Stress Processes by Leger, Kate A., Gloger, Elana M., Maras, Jessica, Marshburn, Christopher K.

“…Objective: Exposure to discrimination is consistently linked with worse physical and mental health outcomes. One potential reason is that discriminatory…”
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Effects of a Workplace Intervention on Daily Stressor Reactivity by Leger, Kate A., Lee, Soomi, Chandler, Kelly D., Almeida, David M.

“…Heightened affective and physical reactions to daily stressful events predict poor long-term physical and mental health outcomes. It is unknown, however, if an…”
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Daily Electronic Media Use and Sleep in Late Life by Leger, Kate A, Kim, Yijung K, Zhang, Shiyang, Gao, Sibo, Fingerman, Karen L

“…Abstract Objectives Daily electronic media use, including television viewing and computer use, is common in older adulthood. Yet, increased electronic media…”
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Affect variability and sleep: Emotional ups and downs are related to a poorer night's rest by Leger, Kate A., Charles, Susan T., Fingerman, Karen L.

“…Many studies have documented the strong associations between well-being and mean levels of both positive and negative affect. A growing number of studies are…”
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Nightly Sleep Predicts Next-Morning Expectations for Stress and Positive Experiences by Wen, Jin H, Klaiber, Patrick, Leger, Kate A, Hill, Patrick L, Pfund, Gabrielle N, Slavish, Danica C, DeLongis, Anita, Sin, Nancy L

“…Abundant research has linked nightly sleep as an antecedent of daily psychosocial experiences; however, less is known about sleep's influence on daily…”
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Physical Activity and Daily Stress Processes in Older Adulthood by Leger, Kate A, Charles, Susan T, Brown, Colette J, Fingerman, Karen L

“…Older adults who are physically active report lower levels of stress. Less is known about the links between physical activity and exposure and reactivity to…”
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Age and the Factor Structure of Emotional Experience in Adulthood by Charles, Susan T, Mogle, Jacqueline, Leger, Kate A, Almeida, David M

“…Abstract Objectives The current study examined the factor structure of emotional experience across adults 34–50, 51–65, and 66–84 year olds. Method…”
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Characteristics of K‐12 Teachers Considering Leaving Due to COVID‐19 and for Other Reasons by Dunfee, Madeline N., Bush, Heather, Leger, Kate A., Hilbert, Timothy J., Brancato, Candace, Haynes, Erin N.

“…ABSTRACT BACKGROUND The COVID‐19 pandemic has had drastic effects on K‐12 teachers. Researchers partnered with a teacher advisory board to identify factors…”
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Affective recovery from stress and its associations with sleep by Leger, Kate A., Charles, Susan T.

“…Good sleep habits are important for emotional well‐being. Studies have linked sleep with people's ability to regulate their emotions in response to stressful…”
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Mean Levels and Variability in Psychological Well-Being and Associations With Sleep in Midlife and Older Women by Leger, Kate A, Blevins, Tessa R, Crofford, Leslie J, Segerstrom, Suzanne C

“…Abstract Background Disturbed sleep is prevalent in older adulthood and particularly among women. Greater psychological well-being (PWB) is associated with…”
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Sleep Variability and Inflammation in Midlife and Older Women by Leger, Kate A., Gloger, Elana M., Crofford, Leslie J., McDade, Thomas W., Segerstrom, Suzanne C.

“…Shorter sleep duration and more sleep disturbances, in addition to greater night-to-night fluctuations in sleep (intraindividual variability; IIV), have been…”
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The association of daily physical symptoms with future health by Leger, Kate A., Charles, Susan T., Ayanian, John Z., Almeida, David M.

“…Daily physical symptoms play a critical role in health and illness experiences. Despite their daily prevalence, the ability of these symptoms to predict future…”
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Impact of Implementing New Technology Into K-12 Classrooms on Teacher Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Dunfee, Madeline, Bush, Heather, Leger, Kate A., Hilbert, Timothy J., Brancato, Candace, Haynes, Erin N.

“…At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, K-12 teachers rapidly implemented new technologies to provide remote education, often with limited technological…”
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