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Robert S. Stawski is affiliated with Utah State University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of psychology and social sciences, contributing extensively to areas such as social psychology, health, experimental and cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, physiological psychology, sociology, and political science.

Their work covers a range of topics including health disparities and outcomes, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, aging and gerontology research, mental health research topics, dementia and cognitive impairment research, identity, memory, therapy, and psychological and temporal perspectives research.

Robert S. Stawski has published numerous papers, with several recent contributions highlighting various aspects of stress, well-being, and mortality among older adults. Notable publications include:

  • Computing Components of Everyday Stress Responses: Exploring Conceptual Challenges and New Opportunities (2022), published in Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • Neighborhood Safety Concerns and Daily Well-being: A National Diary Study (2021), published in Wellbeing Space and Society
  • Creation and Validation of a Polysocial Score for Mortality Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in the USA: The Health and Retirement Study (2021), published in Age and Ageing
  • Resolution Status and Age as Moderators for Interpersonal Everyday Stress and Stressor-Related Affect (2021), published in The Journals of Gerontology Series B
  • Affective Reactions to Daily Interpersonal Stressors: Moderation by Family Involvement and Gender (2022), published in Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Stawski include Dakota Witzel, Eric Cerino, David M. Almeida, Kelly E. Cichy, and Madeline Nichols.

Stawski's articles appear notably in venues such as Innovation in Aging, Aging & Mental Health, The Journals of Gerontology Series B, International Journal of Behavioral Development, and JMIR Research Protocols.

Their research contributions amount to 59 publications in psychology and 33 in social sciences, reflecting a sustained engagement in multidisciplinary research focused on aging, mental health, and social factors influencing well-being.

Best Publications

  • Persons as Contexts: Evaluating Between-Person and Within-Person Effects in Longitudinal Analysis

    Lesa Hoffman;Robert S. Stawski

  • 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

  • Intraindividual coupling of daily stress and cognition.

    Martin J. Sliwinski;Joshua M. Smyth;Scott M. Hofer;Robert S. Stawski

  • 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

  • Work-family climate, organizational commitment, and turnover: Multilevel contagion effects of leaders.

    John W. O’Neill;Michelle M. Harrison;Jeannette Cleveland;David Almeida

  • Maternal cortisol levels and behavior problems in adolescents and adults with ASD.

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

  • Goal clarity and financial planning activities as determinants of retirement savings contributions.

    Robert S. Stawski;Douglas A. Hershey;Joy M. Jacobs-Lawson

  • Adult age and digit symbol substitution performance: a meta-analysis.

    William J. Hoyer;Robert S. Stawski;Christina Wasylyshyn;Paul Verhaeghen

  • Interindividual Differences and Intraindividual Variability in the Cortisol Awakening Response: An Examination of Age and Gender

    David M. Almeida;Jennifer R. Piazza;Robert S. Stawski

  • 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

  • Associations among daily stressors and salivary cortisol: Findings from the National Study of Daily Experiences

    Robert S. Stawski;Kelly E. Cichy;Jennifer R. Piazza;David M. Almeida

  • Stress-related cognitive interference predicts cognitive function in old age.

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

  • What's So Special About Working Memory? An Examination of the Relationships Among Working Memory, Secondary Memory, and Fluid Intelligence

    Jacqueline A. Mogle;Benjamin J. Lovett;Robert S. Stawski;Martin J. Sliwinski

  • A Double-Edged Sword Race, Daily Family Support Exchanges, and Daily Well-Being

    Kelly E. Cichy;Robert S. Stawski;David M. Almeida

  • Psychosocial and Biological Markers of Daily Lives of Midlife Parents of Children with Disabilities

    Marsha Mailick Seltzer;David M. Almeida;Jan S. Greenberg;Jyoti Savla

  • Fluid cognitive ability is associated with greater exposure and smaller reactions to daily stressors.

    Robert S. Stawski;David M. Almeida;Margie E. Lachman;Patricia A. Tun

  • Distinguishing preterminal and terminal cognitive decline

    Martin John Sliwinski;Robert S. Stawski;Charles B. Hall;Mindy Katz

  • Cancer survivors' responses to daily stressors: implications for quality of life.

    Erin S. Costanzo;Robert S. Stawski;Carol D. Ryff;Christopher L. Coe

  • A Coordinated Analysis of Variance in Affect in Daily Life.

    Stacey B. Scott;Martin J. Sliwinski;Matthew Zawadzki;Robert S. Stawski

  • The Speedometer of Life: Stress, Health and Aging

    David M. Almeida;Jennifer R. Piazza;Robert S. Stawski;Laura C. Klein

  • Mediators of transformational leadership and the work-family relationship

    Michelle Hammond;Jeanette N. Cleveland;John W. O'Neill;Robert S. Stawski

  • Everyday stress response targets in the science of behavior change

    Joshua M. Smyth;Martin J. Sliwinski;Matthew J. Zawadzki;Stacey B. Scott

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Almeida
David M. Almeida Pennsylvania State University
Martin J. Sliwinski
Martin J. Sliwinski Pennsylvania State University
Stuart W. S. MacDonald
Stuart W. S. MacDonald University of Victoria
Joshua M. Smyth
Joshua M. Smyth Pennsylvania State University
Jacqueline Mogle
Jacqueline Mogle Pennsylvania State University
Jan S. Greenberg
Jan S. Greenberg University of Wisconsin–Madison
Stephanie T. Lanza
Stephanie T. Lanza Pennsylvania State University
Marsha Mailick Seltzer
Marsha Mailick Seltzer University of Wisconsin–Madison
Boris Cheval
Boris Cheval École Normale Supérieure de Rennes
Karen Hooker
Karen Hooker Oregon State University

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