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Overview

David M. Almeida is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States and has made extensive contributions to the field of psychology. Their research spans several subfields, including social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, health, general health professions, and clinical psychology.

The scientist's main concentration lies in psychology, with a notable number of publications addressing psychological well-being and life satisfaction, health disparities and outcomes, mental health topics, sleep and related disorders, aging and gerontology research, stress responses and cortisol, and behavioral health and interventions.

Frequent publication venues for Almeida's work include:

  • Innovation in Aging
  • Annals of Behavioral Medicine
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series B
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Emotion

Almeida has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Soomi Lee
  • Jacqueline Mogle
  • Susan T. Charles
  • Eric Cerino
  • Jonathan Rush

Representative recent papers by David M. Almeida include:

  • "Charting adult development through (historically changing) daily stress processes." (2020), published in American Psychologist
  • "Longitudinal change in daily stress across 20 years of adulthood: Results from the national study of daily experiences." (2022), published in Developmental Psychology
  • "Perceived stress is linked to heightened biomarkers of inflammation via diurnal cortisol in a national sample of adults" (2021), published in Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • "Sleep-Wake Timings in Adolescence: Chronotype Development and Associations with Adjustment" (2021), published in Journal of Youth and Adolescence
  • "Sleep duration and affective reactivity to stressors and positive events in daily life." (2020), published in Health Psychology

The scientist's research topics focus heavily on the intersections of stress, mental health, sleep patterns, and aging. This includes work exploring daily stress processes and their development across adulthood, the physiological markers associated with stress, and the impact of sleep timing and duration on emotional responses.

Best Publications

  • Resilience and Vulnerability to Daily Stressors Assessed via Diary Methods

    David M. Almeida

  • Parents Do Matter: Trajectories of Change in Externalizing and Internalizing Problems in Early Adolescence

    Nancy L. Galambos;Erin T. Barker;David M. Almeida

  • Work–Family Spillover and Daily Reports of Work and Family Stress in the Adult Labor Force†

    Joseph G. Grzywacz;David M. Almeida;Daniel A. McDonald

  • The daily inventory of stressful events: an interview-based approach for measuring daily stressors.

    David M. Almeida;Elaine Wethington;Ronald C. Kessler

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

    Daniel K. Mroczek;David M. Almeida

  • Emotional Transmission in the Daily Lives of Families: A New Paradigm for Studying Family Process

    Reed W. Larson;David M. Almeida

  • Everyday stressors and gender differences in daily distress.

    David M. Almeida;Ronald C. Kessler

  • Age differences in exposure and reactions to interpersonal tensions: a daily diary study.

    Kira S. Birditt;Karen L. Fingerman;David M. Almeida

  • Masculinity, Femininity, and Sex Role Attitudes in Early Adolescence: Exploring Gender Intensification

    Nancy L. Galambos;David M. Almeida;Anne C. Petersen

  • Daily Transmission of Tensions between Marital Dyads and Parent-Child Dyads

    David M. Almeida;Elaine Wethington;Amy L. Chandler

  • The Wear and Tear of Daily Stressors on Mental Health

    Susan T. Charles;Jennifer R. Piazza;Jacqueline Mogle;Martin J. Sliwinski

  • Daily Experiences Among Mothers of Adolescents and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Leann E. Smith;Jinkuk Hong;Marsha Mailick Seltzer;Jan S. Greenberg

  • Socioeconomic Status and Health: A Micro-level Analysis of Exposure and Vulnerability to Daily Stressors*

    Joseph G. Grzywacz;David M. Almeida;Shevaun D. Neupert;Susan L. Ettner

  • Reported exposure and emotional reactivity to daily stressors: the roles of adult age and global perceived stress.

    Robert S. Stawski;Martin J. Sliwinski;David M. Almeida;Joshua M. Smyth

  • Does a Flexibility/Support Organizational Initiative Improve High-Tech Employees’ Well-Being? Evidence from the Work, Family, and Health Network:

    Phyllis Moen;Erin L. Kelly;Wen Fan;Shi Rong Lee

  • Chronic stressors and daily hassles: Unique and interactive relationships with psychological distress.

    Joyce Serido;David M. Almeida;Elaine Wethington

  • Duration of sleep contributes to next-day pain report in the general population.

    Robert R. Edwards;David M. Almeida;Brendan Klick;Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite

  • Affective Reactivity to Daily Stressors and Long-Term Risk of Reporting a Chronic Physical Health Condition

    Jennifer R. Piazza;Jennifer R. Piazza;Susan T. Charles;Martin J. Sliwinski;Jacqueline Mogle

  • Age differences in reactivity to daily stressors: the role of personal control.

    Shevaun D. Neupert;David M. Almeida;Susan Turk Charles

  • Intraindividual change and variability in daily stress processes: findings from two measurement-burst diary studies.

    Martin J. Sliwinski;David M. Almeida;Joshua Smyth;Robert S. Stawski

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan T. Charles
Susan T. Charles University of California, Irvine
Orfeu M. Buxton
Orfeu M. Buxton Pennsylvania State University
Robert S. Stawski
Robert S. Stawski Utah State University
Martin J. Sliwinski
Martin J. Sliwinski Pennsylvania State University
Joshua M. Smyth
Joshua M. Smyth Pennsylvania State University
Jacqueline Mogle
Jacqueline Mogle Pennsylvania State University
Steven H. Zarit
Steven H. Zarit Pennsylvania State University
Nilam Ram
Nilam Ram Stanford University
Leslie B. Hammer
Leslie B. Hammer Oregon Health & Science University
Teresa E. Seeman
Teresa E. Seeman University of California, Los Angeles

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