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The Ups and Downs of Daily Life During COVID-19: Age Differences in Affect, Stress, and Positive Events by Klaiber, Patrick, Wen, Jin H, DeLongis, Anita, Sin, Nancy L

“…Abstract Objectives Past research has linked older age with greater emotional well-being and decreased reactivity to stressors, but it is unknown whether…”
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The Protective Role of Positive Well-Being in Cardiovascular Disease: Review of Current Evidence, Mechanisms, and Clinical Implications by Sin, Nancy L.

“…Positive psychological aspects of well-being—including positive emotions, optimism, and life satisfaction—are increasingly considered to have protective roles…”
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Sense of Purpose Moderates the Associations Between Daily Stressors and Daily Well-being by Hill, Patrick L, Sin, Nancy L, Turiano, Nicholas A, Burrow, Anthony L, Almeida, David M

“…Though people often report more physical symptoms and negative affect on days they experience a stressor, these effects are reduced for adults reporting a…”
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Linking Daily Stress Processes and Laboratory-Based Heart Rate Variability in a National Sample of Midlife and Older Adults by Sin, Nancy L, Sloan, Richard P, McKinley, Paula S, Almeida, David M

“…This study evaluates the associations between people's trait-like patterns of stress in daily life (stressor frequency, perceived stressor severity, affective…”
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Pet ownership is associated with greater cognitive and brain health in a cross-sectional sample across the adult lifespan by McDonough, Ian M., Erwin, Hillary B., Sin, Nancy L., Allen, Rebecca S.

“…Human-animal interactions that stem from pet ownership have a wide range of benefits for social, emotional, and physical health. These factors also tend to…”
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Considerations for Advancing the Conceptualization of Well-being by Sin, Nancy L., Ong, Lydia Q.

“…In this commentary, we raise several points regarding Park and colleagues’ emotional well-being framework. First, we question whether the term emotional…”
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Enhancing well-being and alleviating depressive symptoms with positive psychology interventions: a practice-friendly meta-analysis by Sin, Nancy L., Lyubomirsky, Sonja

“…Do positive psychology interventions—that is, treatment methods or intentional activities aimed at cultivating positive feelings, positive behaviors, or…”
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Effect of Physical Activity Level on Biomarkers of Inflammation and Insulin Resistance Over 5 Years in Outpatients With Coronary Heart Disease (from the Heart and Soul Study) by Jarvie, Jennifer L., MD, Whooley, Mary A., MD, Regan, Mathilda C., MPH, Sin, Nancy L., PhD, Cohen, Beth E., MD, MAS

“…Higher levels of physical activity are associated with lower rates of coronary heart disease (CHD). Previous studies have suggested that this is due partly to…”
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Depression Treatment Enhances Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy: a Meta-Analysis by Sin, Nancy L., DiMatteo, M. Robin

“…Background Depression is a risk factor for nonadherence to HIV/AIDS treatment. Purpose A meta-analysis was conducted to examine whether treatment of depression…”
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Positive Affect and Health Behaviors Across 5 Years in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease: The Heart and Soul Study by Sin, Nancy L, Moskowitz, Judith Tedlie, Whooley, Mary A

“…Positive psychological states are linked to superior health and longevity, possibly due to behavioral factors. We evaluated cross-sectional and 5-year…”
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Helping Amid the Pandemic: Daily Affective and Social Implications of COVID-19-Related Prosocial Activities by Sin, Nancy L, Klaiber, Patrick, Wen, Jin H, DeLongis, Anita

“…Abstract Background and Objectives The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may have prompted more engagement in prosocial activities, such as…”
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Affective Reactivity to Daily Stressors Is Associated With Elevated Inflammation by Sin, Nancy L, Graham-Engeland, Jennifer E, Ong, Anthony D, Almeida, David M

“…Objective: Inflammation increases the risk of chronic diseases, but the links between emotional responses to daily events and inflammation are unknown. We…”
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Perceived threat and coping responses during the COVID-19 pandemic: Prospective associations with vaccine hesitancy by Morstead, Talia, Zheng, Jason, Sin, Nancy L., DeLongis, Anita

“…•Ways of coping with the threat of COVID-19 predicted subsequent vaccine hesitancy.•Avoidance coping was associated with subsequent vaccine hesitancy.•Low…”
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Everyday Discrimination, Daily Affect, and Physical Symptoms During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Ong, Lydia Q., Klaiber, Patrick, DeLongis, Anita, Sin, Nancy L.

“…Objective: Abundant evidence has linked everyday discrimination with health risks. Because the COVID-19 pandemic has increased exposure to discrimination…”
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Adherence to Recommended Preventive Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Empathy and Perceived Health Threat by Morstead, Talia, Zheng, Jason, Sin, Nancy L, King, David B, DeLongis, Anita

“…Abstract Background Coping via empathic responding may play a role in preventive behavior engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic, and unlike trait empathy, is…”
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Sleep Duration and Affective Reactivity to Stressors and Positive Events in Daily Life by Sin, Nancy L, Wen, Jin H, Klaiber, Patrick, Buxton, Orfeu M, Almeida, David M

“…Objective: Experimental evidence suggests that inadequate sleep disrupts next-day affective processing and evokes greater stress reactivity. However, less…”
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Daily Prosocial Activities and Well-Being: Age Moderation in Two National Studies by Chi, Kevin, Almeida, David M., Charles, Susan T., Sin, Nancy L.

“…Prosocial activities, such as volunteering, predict better mental and physical health in late adulthood, but their proximal links to well-being in daily life…”
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Bidirectional, Temporal Associations of Sleep with Positive Events, Affect, and Stressors in Daily Life Across a Week by Sin, Nancy L., Almeida, David M., Crain, Tori L., Kossek, Ellen Ernst, Berkman, Lisa F., Buxton, Orfeu M.

“…Background Sleep is intricately tied to emotional well-being, yet little is known about the reciprocal links between sleep and psychosocial experiences in the…”
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Stressors and Subjective Cognition in Daily Life: Tests of Physical Activity and Age as Moderators by Stuart, Nicole S, Wen, Jin H, Klaiber, Patrick, Puterman, Eli, DeLongis, Anita, Sin, Nancy L

“…Growing research indicates that daily stress is associated with poorer same-day cognitive performance, for example, memory and attention. However, it is…”
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Pandemic stressors and depressive symptoms: Examining within- and between-person effects of neuroticism by Morstead, Talia, Zheng, Jason, Sin, Nancy L., Rights, Jason D., DeLongis, Anita

“…Experiencing stressors related to the COVID-19 pandemic such as health-related concern, social isolation, occupational disruption, financial insecurity, and…”
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