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Overview

Daniel K. Mroczek is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research spans psychology and medicine, with particular emphasis on clinical psychology, health, social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and neuropsychology and physiological psychology.

Their scholarly contributions encompass a wide array of topics in the psychological and medical sciences. Key areas of focus include:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Psychological well-being and life satisfaction
  • Personality traits and psychology
  • Mental health research topics
  • Aging and gerontology research
  • Optimism, hope, and well-being
  • Dementia and cognitive impairment research

Recent publications by Daniel K. Mroczek cover significant studies in personality and health psychology, including:

  • "Trajectories of Big Five Personality Traits: A Coordinated Analysis of 16 Longitudinal Samples" (2020, European Journal of Personality)
  • "Is Healthy Neuroticism Associated with Health Behaviors? A Coordinated Integrative Data Analysis" (2020, Collabra Psychology)
  • "Associations Between Personality Traits and Cognitive Resilience in Older Adults" (2020, The Journals of Gerontology Series B)
  • "Being Happy and Becoming Happier as Independent Predictors of Physical Health and Mortality" (2020, Psychosomatic Medicine)
  • "Is Healthy Neuroticism Associated with Chronic Conditions? A Coordinated Integrative Data Analysis" (2020, Collabra Psychology)

Mroczek frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Among their most frequent coauthors are:

  • Eileen K Graham
  • Emily C Willroth (39 collaborations)
  • Jing Luo (21 collaborations)
  • Tomiko Yoneda (18 collaborations)
  • Avron Spiro (17 collaborations)

Their research has been disseminated in several prominent venues, including:

  • Innovation in Aging (27 publications)
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series B (10 publications)
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (5 publications)
  • European Journal of Personality (4 publications)
  • Collabra Psychology (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • Short screening scales to monitor population prevalences and trends in non-specific psychological distress.

    R C Kessler;G Andrews;L J Colpe;E Hiripi

  • The World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview short-form (CIDI-SF)

    Ronald C. Kessler;Gavin Andrews;Daniel Mroczek;Bedirhan Ustun

  • The effect of age on positive and negative affect : a developmental perspective on happiness

    Daniel K. Mroczek;Christian M. Kolarz

  • Personality Trait Change in Adulthood

    Brent W. Roberts;Daniel Mroczek

  • Change in life satisfaction during adulthood: findings from the veterans affairs normative aging study.

    Daniel K. Mroczek;Avron Spiro Iii

  • The Effect of Daily Stress, Personality, and Age on Daily Negative Affect

    Daniel K. Mroczek;David M. Almeida

  • Modeling intraindividual change in personality traits: findings from the normative aging study.

    Daniel K. Mroczek;Avron Spiro

  • Final Versions of our Non-Specific Psychological Distress Scale

    R Kessler;D Mroczek

  • Personality Change Influences Mortality in Older Men

    Daniel K. Mroczek;Avron Spiro

  • Ambivalent Relationship Qualities Between Adults and Their Parents: Implications for the Well-Being of Both Parties

    Karen L. Fingerman;Lindsay Pitzer;Eva S. Lefkowitz;Kira S. Birditt

  • Personality Trait Level and Change as Predictors of Health Outcomes: Findings From a National Study of Americans (MIDUS)

    Nicholas A. Turiano;Lindsay Pitzer;Cherie Armour;Arun Karlamangla

  • Handbook of personality development

    Daniel K. Mroczek;Todd D. Little

  • Construct validation of optimism and pessimism in older men: Findings from the normative aging study.

    Daniel K. Mroczek;Avron Spiro;Avron Spiro;Carolyn M. Aldwin;Daniel J. Ozer

  • Personality and Substance Use in Midlife: Conscientiousness as a Moderator and the Effects of Trait Change.

    Nicholas A. Turiano;Shawn D. Whiteman;Sarah E. Hampson;Brent W. Roberts

  • Age and Emotion in Adulthood

    Daniel K. Mroczek

  • The development and implications of peer emotional support for student service members/veterans and civilian college students.

    Shawn D. Whiteman;Adam E. Barry;Daniel K. Mroczek;Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth

  • Personality predicts mortality risk: An integrative data analysis of 15 international longitudinal studies

    Eileen Kranz Graham;Joshua P. Rutsohn;Nicholas A. Turiano;Rebecca Bendayan

  • Big 5 personality traits and interleukin-6: evidence for "healthy Neuroticism" in a US population sample.

    Nicholas A. Turiano;Daniel K. Mroczek;Jan Moynihan;Benjamin P. Chapman

  • Emotional Reactivity and Mortality: Longitudinal Findings From the VA Normative Aging Study

    Daniel K. Mroczek;Daniel K. Mroczek;Robert S. Stawski;Nicholas A. Turiano;Wai Chan

  • Additive contributions of childhood adversity and recent stressors to inflammation at midlife: Findings from the MIDUS study

    Camelia E. Hostinar;Margie E. Lachman;Daniel K. Mroczek;Teresa E. Seeman

  • Daily stressors and memory failures in a naturalistic setting: findings from the VA Normative Aging Study.

    Shevaun D. Neupert;David M. Almeida;Daniel K. Mroczek;Avron Spiro

  • Personality reconsidered: A new agenda for aging research. Commentaries. Authors' reply

    Karen Hooker;Dan P. Mcadams;Daniel K. Mroczek;Avron Spiro

Frequent Co-Authors

Avron Spiro
Avron Spiro Boston University
Nicholas A. Turiano
Nicholas A. Turiano West Virginia University
Todd D. Little
Todd D. Little Texas Tech University
Scott M. Hofer
Scott M. Hofer University of Victoria
Patrick L. Hill
Patrick L. Hill Washington University in St. Louis
Andrea M. Piccinin
Andrea M. Piccinin University of Victoria
David M. Almeida
David M. Almeida Pennsylvania State University
Denis Gerstorf
Denis Gerstorf Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Carolyn M. Aldwin
Carolyn M. Aldwin Oregon State University
Mindy J. Katz
Mindy J. Katz Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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