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Carolyn E. Cutrona is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of social sciences and psychology, with a focus on health-related topics. The subfields of study include health, social psychology, demography, general health professions, and clinical psychology.

The scientist's work addresses various main topics, including:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Psychological well-being and life satisfaction
  • Attachment and relationship dynamics
  • Family dynamics and relationships
  • Intimate partner and family violence
  • COVID-19 and mental health
  • Health, psychology, and well-being

Carolyn E. Cutrona's recent scholarly publications cover a range of issues mostly related to mental health, social connectedness, and psychological adaptation. Notable papers include:

  • "Dealing with loss in the face of disasters and crises: Integrating interpersonal theories of couple adaptation and functioning," 2021, published in Current Opinion in Psychology
  • "Online acceptance and commitment therapy as treatment for loneliness among older adults: Report of a pilot study," 2023, published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
  • "The Impact of Distal Influences and Proximal Resources on the Mental Health of African American Older Adults: Findings From the Georgia Centenarian Study," 2020, published in Innovation in Aging
  • "Increasing Older Adults' Social Connectedness: Development and Implementation of a Web-Assisted Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-Based Intervention," 2023, published in JMIR Aging
  • "The effect of physical activity on the association between perceived racial discrimination and depression in African Americans," 2021, published in Journal of Affective Disorders

The venues where their work frequently appears include:

  • Current Opinion in Psychology
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
  • Innovation in Aging
  • JMIR Aging
  • Journal of Affective Disorders

Carolyn E. Cutrona often collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Daniel W. Russell
  • Amie Zarling
  • Joseph Kim
  • Gery C. Karantzas
  • Judith A. Feeney

Best Publications

  • The Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale: Concurrent and Discriminant Validity Evidence

    Dan Russell;Letitia A. Peplau;Carolyn E. Cutrona

  • Type of social support and specific stress: Toward a theory of optimal matching.

    Carolyn E. Cutrona;Daniel W. Russell

  • Social support, infant temperament, and parenting self-efficacy: a mediational model of postpartum depression.

    Carolyn E. Cutrona;Beth R. Troutman

  • Controllability of Stressful Events and Satisfaction With Spouse Support Behaviors

    Carolyn E. Cutrona;Julie A. Suhr

  • Social Support in Couples: Marriage as a Resource in Times of Stress

    Carolyn E. Cutrona

  • Social and emotional loneliness: An examination of Weiss's typology of loneliness.

    Dan Russell;Carolyn E. Cutrona;Jayne Rose;Karen Yurko

  • Perceived Discrimination and the Adjustment of African American Youths: A Five-Year Longitudinal Analysis With Contextual Moderation Effects

    Gene H. Brody;Yi Fu Chen;Velma McBride Murry;Xiaojia Ge

  • Perceived parental social support and academic achievement: An attachment theory perspective.

    Carolyn E. Cutrona;Valerie Cole;Nicholas Colangelo;Susan G. Assouline

  • Social support and stress in the transition to parenthood.

    Carolyn E. Cutrona

  • Stress and Social Support—in Search of Optimal Matching

    Carolyn E. Cutrona

  • Discrimination, crime, ethnic identity, and parenting as correlates of depressive symptoms among African American children: a multilevel analysis.

    Ronald L. Simons;Velma Murry;Vonnie McLoyd;Kuei Hsiu Lin

  • Causal attributions and perinatal depression.

    Carolyn E. Cutrona

  • Social support and adaptation to stress by the elderly.

    Carolyn Cutrona;Dan Russell;Jayne Rose

  • Social support, stress, and depressive symptoms among the elderly: test of a process model.

    Daniel W. Russell;Carolyn E. Cutrona

  • Social support communication in the context of marriage: An analysis of couples' supportive interactions.

    Carolyn E. Cutrona;Julie A. Suhr

  • Neighborhood Characteristics and Depression An Examination of Stress Processes

    Carolyn E. Cutrona;Gail Wallace;Kristin A. Wesner

  • Direct and moderating effects of community context on the psychological well-being of African American women.

    Carolyn E. Cutrona;Daniel W. Russell;Robert M. Hessling;P. Adama Brown

  • Behavioral manifestations of social support: a microanalytic investigation.

    Carolyn E Cutrona

  • Social support and immune function among spouses of cancer patients.

    Robert S. Baron;Carolyn E. Cutrona;Daniel Hicklin;Daniel W. Russell

  • Racial Discrimination as a Moderator of the Links Among Stress, Maternal Psychological Functioning, and Family Relationships

    Velma McBride Murry;P. Adama Brown;Gene H. Brody;Carolyn E. Cutrona

  • COLLECTIVE EFFICACY, AUTHORITATIVE PARENTING AND DELINQUENCY: A LONGITUDINAL TEST OF A MODEL INTEGRATING COMMUNITY- AND FAMILY- LEVEL PROCESSES *

    Ronald L. Simons;Leslie Gordon Simons;Callie Harbin Burt;Gene H. Brody

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald L. Simons
Ronald L. Simons University of Georgia
Daniel W. Russell
Daniel W. Russell Iowa State University
Gene H. Brody
Gene H. Brody University of Georgia
Frederick X. Gibbons
Frederick X. Gibbons University of Connecticut
Velma McBride Murry
Velma McBride Murry Vanderbilt University
Rand D. Conger
Rand D. Conger University of California, Davis
Meg Gerrard
Meg Gerrard University of Connecticut
Julie A. Suhr
Julie A. Suhr Ohio University
Xiaojia Ge
Xiaojia Ge University of Minnesota
Steven R. H. Beach
Steven R. H. Beach University of Georgia

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