Publications

Our research has been featured in several different scientific journals such as The Gerontologist, The Journals of Gerontology, and Psychology and Aging among others.

Graham, L.N., O’Brien, E.L., & Neupert, S.D. (2025). Daily stressor appraisals and subjective age predict daily affective ratings. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 80. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbaf029

O’Brien, E.L., & Smyth, J.M. (2023). Between-person and daily within-person variation patterns in measures of views of aging. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 78, 1686-1690. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbad083

O’Brien, E.L., Torres, G.E., & Neupert, S.D. (2021). Cognitive interference in the context of daily stressors, daily awareness of age-related change, and general aging attitudes. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 76, 920-929. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbaa155

Hess, T.M., Lothary, A.F., O’Brien, E.L., Growney, C.M. & DeLaRosa, J. (2021). Predictors of engagement in young and older adults: The role of specific activity experience. Psychology and Aging, 36, 131-142. doi: 10.1037/pag0000561

O’Brien, E.L., & Hess, T.M. (2020). Perceived benefits and costs contribute to selectivity in social relationships. GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry, 31, 42-51. doi:10.1024/1662-9647/a000218

O’Brien, E.L., & Hess, T.M. (2020). Differential focus on probability and losses between young and older adults in risky decision-making. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 27, 532-552. doi:10.1080/13825585.2019.1642442 

O’Brien, E.L., & Sharifian, N. (2019). Managing expectations: How stress, social support and aging attitudes affect awareness of age-related changes. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 37, 986-1007. doi:10.1177/0265407519883009

Sharifian, N., & O’Brien, E.L. (2019). Resource or hindrance? The benefits and costs of social support for functional difficulties and its implications for well-being. Aging and Mental Health, 23, 618-824. doi:10.1080/13607863.2018.1437595

Hess, T.M., Growney, C.M., O’Brien, E.L., Neupert, S.D., & Sherwood, A. (2018). The role of cognitive costs, attitudes about aging, and intrinsic motivation in predicting engagement in demanding and passive everyday activities. Psychology and Aging, 33, 953-964. doi:10.1037/pag0000289

Hess, T.M., O’Brien, E.L., Growney, C.M., & Hafer, J.G. (2018). Age differences in the use of descriptive and experiential information in decision making. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 25,1-20. doi:10.1080/13825585.2017.1327014

Hess, T.M., O’Brien, E.L., & Growney, G.M. (2018). Blood pressure as a biomarker in gerontological research. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.352

O’Brien, E.L., Hess, T.M., Kornadt, A., Rothermund, K., Fung, H., & Voss, P. (2017). Context influences on the subjective experience of aging: The impact of culture and domains of functioning. The Gerontologist, 57(suppl2), S127-137. doi:10.1093/geront/gnx015

Hess, T.M., O’Brien, E.L., Voss, P., Kornadt, A.E., Rothermund, K., Fung, H.H., & Popham, L. (2017). Context influences on the relationship between views of aging and subjective age: The moderating role of culture and domain of functioning. Psychology and Aging, 32, 419-431. doi:10.1037/pag0000181