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Elaine Wethington

Elaine Wethington

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Psychology

D-Index
47
Citations
16459
World Ranking
6033
National Ranking
3271

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Elaine Wethington is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and psychology, with a focus on epidemiology, general health professions, clinical psychology, and hepatology. The primary topics of their work include hepatitis C virus research, health disparities and outcomes, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome research, musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, HIV, drug use, sexual risk, medication adherence and compliance, and liver disease diagnosis and treatment.

Wethington has contributed extensively to academic literature, publishing in various venues. Frequent publication outlets include Innovation in Aging, Contemporary Clinical Trials, Journal of Viral Hepatitis, JAMA Network Open, and the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Wethington cover a range of health-related topics and include:

  • Can Age-Friendly Planning Promote Equity in Community Health Across the Rural-Urban Divide in the US?, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Hepatitis C Treatment Initiation Among US Medicaid Enrollees, 2023, JAMA Network Open
  • How Older Adults with Chronic Pain Manage Social Support Interactions with Mobile Media, 2020, Health Communication
  • Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy of a Positive Affect Skills Intervention for Adults With Fibromyalgia, 2023, Innovation in Aging
  • Lessons in Affect Regulation to Keep Stress and Pain UndeR control (LARKSPUR): Design of a randomized controlled trial to increase positive affect in middle-aged and older adults with fibromyalgia, 2022, Contemporary Clinical Trials

Frequent collaborators in Wethington's research include M. Carrington Reid, Andrew H. Talal, Martin F. Shapiro, Shashi N. Kapadia, and David Camacho. These co-authors have collectively contributed to multiple publications spanning the areas mentioned above.

Elaine Wethington's work integrates clinical and public health perspectives, addressing complications from chronic conditions such as fibromyalgia and hepatitis C, while also examining social determinants and healthcare access challenges.

The scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2018, which acknowledges contributions to science across disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Perceived support, received support, and adjustment to stressful life events.

    Elaine Wethington;Ronald C. Kessler

  • The contagion of stress across multiple roles.

    Niall Bolger;Anita DeLongis;Ronald C. Kessler;Elaine Wethington

  • Loneliness and Health in Older Adults: A Mini-Review and Synthesis.

    Anthony D. Ong;Bert N. Uchino;Elaine Wethington

  • Situational determinants of coping and coping effectiveness.

    Jay A. Mattlin;Elaine Wethington;Ronald C. Kessler

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

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

  • Theories of organizational stress

    Cary L. Cooper

  • The Concept of Family Adaptive Strategies

    Phyllis Moen;Elaine Wethington

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

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

  • Allostasis and the human brain: Integrating models of stress from the social and life sciences

    Barbara L. Ganzel;Pamela A. Morris;Elaine Wethington

  • The Costs of Caring: A Perspective on the Relationship Between Sex and Psychological Distress

    Ronald C. Kessler;Jane D. McLeod;Elaine Wethington

  • “A lot of sacrifices:” Work-family spillover and the food choice coping strategies of low wage employed parents

    Carol M. Devine;Margaret Jastran;Jennifer Jabs;Elaine Wethington

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

    Joyce Serido;David M. Almeida;Elaine Wethington

  • The State of Americans: This Generation and the Next

    Urie Bronfenbrenner;Peter McClelland;Elaine Wethington;Phyllis Moen

  • Trying to Find the Quickest Way: Employed Mothers' Constructions of Time for Food

    Jennifer Jabs;Carol M. Devine;Carole A. Bisogni;Tracy J. Farrell

  • Work Conditions and the Food Choice Coping Strategies of Employed Parents.

    Carol M. Devine;Tracy J. Farrell;Christine E. Blake;Margaret Jastran

  • The importance of life events for explaining sex differences in psychological distress.

    Elaine Wethington;Jane McLeod;Ronald C. Kessler

  • An Overview of the Life Course Perspective: Implications for Health and Nutrition

    Elaine Wethington

  • Employment, Parental Responsibility, and Psychological Distress A Longitudinal Study of Married Women

    Elaine Wethington;Ronald C. Kessler

  • Self-concept clarity and preferred coping styles.

    Maureen Smith;Elaine Wethington;Ginny Zhan

  • Social integration in the second half of life

    Karl A. Pillemer;Phyllis Moen;Elaine Wethington;Nina Glasgow

  • Best-Laid Schemes: A Psychology of Emotions.

    Elaine Wethington;Keith Oatley

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl Pillemer
Karl Pillemer Cornell University
David M. Almeida
David M. Almeida Pennsylvania State University
Phyllis Moen
Phyllis Moen University of Minnesota
Anthony D. Ong
Anthony D. Ong Cornell University
Bert N. Uchino
Bert N. Uchino University of Utah
Claire M. Kamp Dush
Claire M. Kamp Dush The Ohio State University
Niall Bolger
Niall Bolger Columbia University
Paul T. Costa
Paul T. Costa Duke University
Corinna E. Löckenhoff
Corinna E. Löckenhoff Cornell University
Mark F. Lenzenweger
Mark F. Lenzenweger Binghamton University

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