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Dr. Eric S. Kim’s research investigates how psychological well-being and social connections impact physical health, particularly in aging populations. His work integrates diverse perspectives from psychology, gerontology, social epidemiology, biology, biostatistics, and translational science. Below, you will find a comprehensive collection of Dr. Kim’s publications that highlight his contributions across these fields.
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Optimism & Mastery
Well-Being
Social Relationships
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Well-Being
Maintaining healthy behavior: A prospective study of psychological well-being and physical activity over time
ES Kim, LD Kubzansky, J Soo, JK Boehm
Annals of Behavioral Medicine
2017
Social Relationships
The brain and social connectedness: Global Council on Brain Health recommendations on social engagement and brain health
M Carlson, A Gow, H Litwin, ES Kim, K K., Q C., V Roos
Global Council on Brain Health Recommendations on Social Engagement and…
2017
Social Relationships
Perceived neighborhood social cohesion and preventive health care use
ES Kim, I Kawachi
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
2017
Optimism & Mastery
Dispositional Optimism and Incidence of Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults
KAB Gawronski, ES Kim, KM Langa, LD Kubzansky
Psychosomatic Medicine
2016
Other
Volunteering is prospectively associated with health care use among older adults
ES Kim, SH Konrath
Social Science & Medicine
2016
Well-Being
Positive psychology and physical health: Research and applications
N Park, C Peterson, D Szvarca, RJ Vander Molen, ES Kim, K Collon
American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine
2016
Well-Being
Happiness, health, and mortality
LD Kubzansky, ES Kim, JC Huffman, J Salinas, I Kawachi
Lancet
2016
Optimism & Mastery
Changes in optimism are associated with changes in health over time among older adults
WJ Chopik, ES Kim, J Smith
Social Psychological and Personality Science
2015
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Purpose in life and incidence of sleep disturbances
ES Kim, SD Hershner, VJ Strecher
Journal of Behavioral Medicine
2015
Well-Being
Life satisfaction and use of preventive health care services
ES Kim, LD Kubzansky, J Smith
Health Psychology
2015
Other
Potentially traumatic events and serious life stressors are prospectively associated with frequency of doctor visits and overnight hospital visits
KAB Gawronski, ES Kim, LE Miller
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
2014
Social Relationships
Perceived neighborhood social cohesion and myocardial infarction
ES Kim, AM Hawes, J Smith
Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
2014
Optimism & Mastery
Satisfaction with aging and use of preventive health services
ES Kim, KD Moored, HL Giasson, J Smith
Preventive Medicine
2014
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Purpose in life and use of preventive health care services
ES Kim, VJ Strecher, CD Ryff
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2014
Well-Being
Life satisfaction and frequency of doctor visits
ES Kim, N Park, JK Sun, J Smith, C Peterson
Psychosomatic Medicine
2014
Optimism & Mastery
Are people healthier if their partners are more optimistic? The dyadic effect of optimism on health among older adults
ES Kim, WJ Chopik, J Smith
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
2014
Optimism & Mastery
Prospective study of the association between dispositional optimism and incident heart failure
ES Kim, J Smith, LD Kubzansky
Circulation: Heart Failure
2014
Other
In search of cultural diversity, revisited: Recent publication trends in cross-cultural and ethnic minority psychology
WE Hartmann, ES Kim, JHJ Kim, TU Nguyen, DC Wendt, DK Nagata
Review of General Psychology
2013
Social Relationships
Perceived neighborhood social cohesion and stroke
ES Kim, N Park, C Peterson
Social Science & Medicine
2013
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Purpose in life and reduced risk of myocardial infarction among older US adults with coronary heart disease: A two-year follow-up
ES Kim, JK Sun, N Park, LD Kubzansky, C Peterson
Journal of Behavioral Medicine
2013
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Purpose in life and reduced stroke in older adults: The Health and Retirement Study
ES Kim, JK Sun, N Park, C Peterson
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
2013
Optimism & Mastery
Can optimism decrease risk of illness and disease among the elderly
C Peterson, N Park, ES Kim
Aging Health
2012
Optimism & Mastery
Dispositional optimism protects older adults from stroke: The Health and Retirement Study
ES Kim, N Park, C Peterson
Stroke
2011
Other
Psychological interventions and coronary heart disease
C Peterson, ES Kim
International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology
2011
Other
A meta-analytic review of the Penn Resiliency Program’s effect on depressive symptoms
SM Brunwasser, JE Gillham, ES Kim
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
2009
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Measuring meaning in life by combining philosophical and psychological distinctions: Psychometric properties of the Comprehensive Measure of Meaning
RN Padgett, J Hanson, JS Nakamura, JL Ritchie-Dunham, ES Kim
The Journal of Positive Psychology
2024
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Reduced epigenetic age in older adults with high sense of purpose in life
ES Kim, JS Nakamura, VJ Strecher, SW Cole
The Journals of Gerontology: Series A
2023
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Ikigai and subsequent health and wellbeing among Japanese older adults: Longitudinal outcome-wide analysis
SS Okuzono, K Shiba, ES Kim, K Shirai, N Kondo, T Fujiwara, K Kondo
The Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific
2022
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Purpose in life and 8-year mortality by gender and race/ethnicity among older adults in the US
K Shiba, LD Kubzansky, DR Williams, TJ VanderWeele, ES Kim
Preventive Medicine
2022
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Sense of purpose in life and inflammation in healthy older adults: A longitudinal study
AJ Guimond, K Shiba, ES Kim, LD Kubzansky
Psychoneuroendocrinology
2022
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What makes life purposeful? Identifying the antecedents of a sense of purpose in life using a lagged exposure-wide approach
JS Nakamura, Y Chen, TJ VanderWeele, ES Kim
SSM - Population Health
2022
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Sense of purpose in life and subsequent physical, behavioral, and psychosocial health: An outcome-wide approach
ES Kim, Y Chen, JS Nakamura, CD Ryff, TJ VanderWeele
American Journal of Health Promotion
2022
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Associations between purpose in life and mortality by SES
K Shiba, LD Kubzansky, DR Williams, TJ VanderWeele, ES Kim
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
2021
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Extending research linking purpose in life to health - The challenges of inequality, the potential of the arts, and the imperative of virtue
CD Ryff, ES Kim
The Ecology of Purposeful Living Across the Lifespan
2020
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Sense of purpose in life and five health behaviors in older adults
ES Kim, K Shiba, JK Boehm, LD Kubzansky
Preventive Medicine
2020
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Antecedents of purpose in life: Evidence from a lagged exposure-wide analysis
Y Chen, ES Kim, AE Shields, TJ VanderWeele
Cogent psychology
2020
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Sense of purpose in life and likelihood of future illicit drug use or prescription medication misuse
ES Kim, C Ryff, A Hassett, C Brummett, C Yeh, V Strecher
Psychosomatic Medicine
2020
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Sense of purpose in life and cardiovascular disease: Underlying mechanisms and future directions
ES Kim, SW Delaney, LD Kubzansky
Current Cardiology Reports
2019
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Purpose in life and conflict-related neural responses during health decision making
Y Kang, VJ Strecher, ES Kim, B Falk, Emily
Health Psychology
2019
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Sense of mission and subsequent health and well-being among young adults: An outcome-wide analysis
Y Chen, ES Kim, HK Koh, LA Frazier, TJ VanderWeele
American Journal of Epidemiology
2019
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Association between purpose in life and objective measures of physical function in older adults
ES Kim, I Kawachi, Y Chen, LD Kubzansky
JAMA Psychiatry
2017
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Purpose in life and incidence of sleep disturbances
ES Kim, SD Hershner, VJ Strecher
Journal of Behavioral Medicine
2015
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Purpose in life and use of preventive health care services
ES Kim, VJ Strecher, CD Ryff
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2014
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Purpose in life and reduced risk of myocardial infarction among older US adults with coronary heart disease: A two-year follow-up
ES Kim, JK Sun, N Park, LD Kubzansky, C Peterson
Journal of Behavioral Medicine
2013
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Purpose in life and reduced stroke in older adults: The Health and Retirement Study
ES Kim, JK Sun, N Park, C Peterson
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
2013
Optimism & Mastery
Optimism and pessimism were prospectively associated with adaptation during the COVID-19 pandemic
J Oh, EN Tetreau, MF Purol, ES Kim, WJ Chopik
Journal of Research in Personality
2024
Optimism & Mastery
The relation of optimism to relative telomere length in older men and women
ES Kim, HA Tindle, LD Kubzansky, S Liu, MS Duncan, JE Manson
Psychosomatic Medicine
2020
Optimism & Mastery
Optimism is associated with exceptional longevity in 2 epidemiologic cohorts of men and women
LO Lee, P James, ES Zevon, ES Kim, C Trudel-Fitzgerald, A Spiro
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2019
Optimism & Mastery
Optimism is not associated with two Indicators of DNA methylation aging
ES Kim, K Fong, L Lee, A Spiro, J Schwartz, E Whitsel, S Horvath, C Wang
Aging
2019
Optimism & Mastery
Prospective associations of happiness and optimism with lifestyle over up to two decades
C Trudel-Fitzgerald, P James, ES Kim, ES Zevon, F Grodstein
Preventive Medicine
2019
Optimism & Mastery
Optimism and healthy aging in women
P James, ES Kim, LD Kubzansky, E Zevon, C Trudel-Fitzgerald
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
2019
Optimism & Mastery
Optimism and healthy aging in women and men
ES Kim, P James, ES Zevon, C Trudel-Fitzgerald, LD Kubzansky
American Journal of Epidemiology
2019
Optimism & Mastery
An examination of dyadic changes in optimism and physical health over time
WJ Chopik, ES Kim, J Smith
Health Psychology
2018
Optimism & Mastery
Optimism and cause-specific mortality: A prospective cohort study
ES Kim, KA Hagan, F Grodstein, DL DeMeo, I De Vivo, LD Kubzansky
American Journal of Epidemiology
2017
Optimism & Mastery
Positive self-perceptions of aging and lower rate of overnight hospitalization in the US population over age 50
JK Sun, ES Kim, J Smith
Psychosomatic Medicine
2017
Optimism & Mastery
Dispositional Optimism and Incidence of Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults
KAB Gawronski, ES Kim, KM Langa, LD Kubzansky
Psychosomatic Medicine
2016
Optimism & Mastery
Changes in optimism are associated with changes in health over time among older adults
WJ Chopik, ES Kim, J Smith
Social Psychological and Personality Science
2015
Optimism & Mastery
Satisfaction with aging and use of preventive health services
ES Kim, KD Moored, HL Giasson, J Smith
Preventive Medicine
2014
Optimism & Mastery
Are people healthier if their partners are more optimistic? The dyadic effect of optimism on health among older adults
ES Kim, WJ Chopik, J Smith
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
2014
Optimism & Mastery
Prospective study of the association between dispositional optimism and incident heart failure
ES Kim, J Smith, LD Kubzansky
Circulation: Heart Failure
2014
Optimism & Mastery
Can optimism decrease risk of illness and disease among the elderly
C Peterson, N Park, ES Kim
Aging Health
2012
Optimism & Mastery
Dispositional optimism protects older adults from stroke: The Health and Retirement Study
ES Kim, N Park, C Peterson
Stroke
2011
Well-Being
Associations between positive affect and physical activity from young adulthood to midlife: A 25-year prospective study
F Qureshi, LD Kubzansky, Y Chen, J Soo, ES Kim, D Lloyd-Jones
Health Psychology
2024
Well-Being
Longitudinal associations of spousal support and strain with health and well-being: An outcome-wide study of married older U.S. Adults
Pedro Antonio de la Rosa, Julia Nakamura, Richard G. Cowden, Eric S. Kim, Alfonso Osorio, Tyler J. VanderWeele
Family Process
2024
Well-Being
Positive affect during adolescence and health and well-being in adulthood: An outcome-wide longitudinal approach
ES Kim, R Wilkinson, SS Okuzono, Y Chen, K Shiba, RG Cowden
Plos Medicine
2024
Well-Being
Gratitude and mortality among older US female nurses
Y Chen, Ol Okereke, ES Kim, H Tiemeier, LD Kubzansky
JAMA psychiatry
2024
Well-Being
Interventions to modify psychological well-being: Progress, promises, and an agenda for future research
LD Kubzansky, ES Kim, JK Boehm, RJ Davidson, JC Huffman, EB Loucks
Affective Science
2023
Well-Being
Introduction to special issue: Interventions to modify psychological well-being and population health
ES Kim, JT Moskowitz, LD Kubzansky
Affective Science
2023
Well-Being
Are all domains of life satisfaction equal? Differential associations with health and well-being in older adults
JS Nakamura, SW Delaney, E Diener, TJ VanderWeele, ES Kim
Quality of Life Research
2022
Well-Being
Life satisfaction and subsequent physical, behavioral, and psychosocial health in older adults
ES Kim, SW Delaney, L Tay, Y Chen, ED Diener, TJ Vanderweele
The Milbank Quarterly
2021
Well-Being
Re: Positive Epidemiology? Respond
TJ VanderWeele, Y Chen, K Long, ES Kim, C Trudel-Fitzgerald
Epidemiology
2020
Well-Being
Brief well-being assessments, or nothing at all?
TJ VanderWeele, C Trudel-Fitzgerald, P Allin, C Farrelly, G Fletcher
Preventive Medicine
2020
Well-Being
Current recommendations on the selection of measures for well-being
TJ VanderWeele, C Trudel-Fitzgerald, P Allin, C Farrelly, G Fletcher
Preventive Medicine
2020
Well-Being
Positive Epidemiology?
TJ VanderWeele, Y Chen, K Long, ES Kim, C Trudel-Fitzgerald
Epidemiology
2020
Well-Being
Positive psychological well-being and cardiovascular health promotion
LD Kubzansky, JC Huffman, JK Boehm, R Hernandez, ES Kim, H Koga
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
2018
Well-Being
Positive Psychological Well-Being and Cardiovascular Disease - JACC Health Promotion Series
Darwin Labarthe, Eric S . Kim (UBC), and Hayami Koga
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
2018
Well-Being
Bienestar psicologico positivo y enfermedad cardiovascular Serie de Promocion de la Salud de JACC
LD Kubzansky, JC Huffman, JK Boehm, R Hernandez, ES Kim, HK Koga
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
2018
Well-Being
Longitudinal associations between psychological well-being and the consumption of fruits and vegetables
JK Boehm, J Soo, ES Zevon, C Ying, ES Kim, LD Kubzansky
Health Psychology
2018
Well-Being
Positive Psychological Well-Being (Part II of Handbook: Psychosocial Factors Linked to Health)
JK Boehm, ES Kim, LD Kubzansky
International Handbook of Psychosocial Epidemiology.
2017
Well-Being
Positive psychological well-being
JK Boehm, ES Kim, LD Kubzansky
The Routledge International Handbook of Psychosocial Epidemiology
2017
Well-Being
Maintaining healthy behavior: A prospective study of psychological well-being and physical activity over time
ES Kim, LD Kubzansky, J Soo, JK Boehm
Annals of Behavioral Medicine
2017
Well-Being
Positive psychology and physical health: Research and applications
N Park, C Peterson, D Szvarca, RJ Vander Molen, ES Kim, K Collon
American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine
2016
Well-Being
Happiness, health, and mortality
LD Kubzansky, ES Kim, JC Huffman, J Salinas, I Kawachi
Lancet
2016
Well-Being
Life satisfaction and use of preventive health care services
ES Kim, LD Kubzansky, J Smith
Health Psychology
2015
Well-Being
Life satisfaction and frequency of doctor visits
ES Kim, N Park, JK Sun, J Smith, C Peterson
Psychosomatic Medicine
2014
Social Relationships
The silent epidemic of loneliness: Identifying the antecedents of loneliness using a lagged exposure-wide approach
JH Hong, JS Nakamura, SS Sahakari, WJ Chopik, K Shiba
Psychological Medicine
2024
Social Relationships
Letter re: Benchmarking social isolation, loneliness, and smoking: Challenges and opportunities for public health
TJ VanderWeele, ES Kim
American Journal of Epidemiology
2024
Social Relationships
Connected communities: Perceived neighborhood social cohesion during adolescence and subsequent health and well-being in young adulthood—An outcome-wide longitudinal approach
ES Kim, R Wilkinson, BW Case, RG Cowden, SS Okuzono
Journal of Community Psychology
2024
Social Relationships
A national cohort study of community belonging and its influence on premature mortality
C Michalski, M Hurst, L Diemert, SM Mah, J Helliwell, ES Kim, LC Rosella
J Epidemiol Community Health
2024
Social Relationships
United we thrive: Friendship and subsequent physical, behavioral, and psychosocial health in older adults (An outcome-wide longitudinal approach)
ES Kim, WJ Chopik, Y Chen, R Wilkinson, TJ VanderWeele
Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
2023
Social Relationships
Are loneliness and social isolation equal threats to health and well-being? An outcome-wide longitudinal approach
JH Hong, JS Nakamura, LF Berkman, FS Chen, K Shiba, Y Chen, ES Kim
SSM-Population Health
2023
Social Relationships
Social support and social strain from children and subsequent health and well-being among older US adults
R Wilkinson, JS Nakamura, ES Kim, TJ VanderWeele
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
2023
Social Relationships
Friendship and loneliness: A prototype roadmap for health system action
JH Hong, CS Yeh, LG Sandy, A Fellows, DC Martin, JA Shaeffer, R Tkatch
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
2022
Social Relationships
Early-life stress, depressive symptoms, and inflammation: The role of social factors
JS Nakamura, ES Kim, KE Rentscher, JE Bower, KR Kuhlman
Aging & Mental Health
2022
Social Relationships
Perceived neighborhood social cohesion and subsequent health and well-being in older adults: An outcome-wide longitudinal approach
ES Kim, Y Chen, I Kawachi, TJ VanderWeele
Health & Place
2020
Social Relationships
Social media as an emerging data resource for epidemiologic research: Characteristics of social media users and non-users in the Nurses’ Health Study II
ES Kim, P James, ES Zevon, C Trudel-Fitzgerald, LD Kubzansky
American Journal of Epidemiology
2020
Social Relationships
The brain and social connectedness: Global Council on Brain Health recommendations on social engagement and brain health
M Carlson, A Gow, H Litwin, ES Kim, K K., Q C., V Roos
Global Council on Brain Health Recommendations on Social Engagement and…
2017
Social Relationships
Perceived neighborhood social cohesion and preventive health care use
ES Kim, I Kawachi
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
2017
Social Relationships
Perceived neighborhood social cohesion and myocardial infarction
ES Kim, AM Hawes, J Smith
Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
2014
Social Relationships
Perceived neighborhood social cohesion and stroke
ES Kim, N Park, C Peterson
Social Science & Medicine
2013
Other
Reduced epigenetic age in older adults who volunteer
Psychoneuroendocrinology
2023
JS Nakamura, C Kwok, A Huang, VJ Strecher, ES Kim, SW Cole
Other
Identifying pathways to religious service attendance among older adults: A lagged exposure-wide analysis
Plos one
2022
RG Cowden, JS Nakamura, ZJ Chen, B Case, ES Kim, TJ VanderWeele
Other
Health psychology and behavioral medicine researchers in Canada: An environmental scan
Journal of Health Psychology
2022
KM Ross, R Hoggan, TS Campbell, J Gordon, V Gosselin Boucher
Other
Pathways to reduced overnight hospitalizations in older adults: Evaluating 62 physical, behavioral, and psychosocial factors
Plos one
2022
JS Nakamura, J Oh, TJ VanderWeele, ES Kim
Other
Identifying pathways to increased volunteering in older US adults
Scientific reports
2022
JS Nakamura, MT Lee, FS Chen, Y Archer Lee, LP Fried
Other
Current recommendations on the selection of measures for well-being
Measuring Well-Being
2021
TJ VanderWeele, C Trudel-Fitzgerald, PV Allin, C Farrelly, G Fletcher
Other
Response to Invited Commentary Fuller-Rowell et al. Respond to "The Long Shadow of Childhood Disadvantage"
American Journal of Epidemiology,
2021
Thomas E. Fuller-Rowell * , Olivia I. Nichols, Markus Jokela, Eric S. Kim, Elif Dede Yildirim, and Carol D. Ryff
Other
Resilient aging: Psychological well-being and social well-being as targets for the promotion of healthy aging
Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
2021
ES Kim, R Tkatch, D Martin, S MacLeod, L Sandy, C Yeh
Other
Fuller-Rowell et al. Respond to “The Long Shadow of Childhood Disadvantage”
American Journal of Epidemiology
2021
TE Fuller-Rowell, Ol Nichols, M Jokela, ES Kim, ED Yildirim, CD Ryff
Other
A changing landscape of health opportunity in the United States: Increases in the strength of the association between childhood socioeconomic disadvantage and adult health
American Journal of Epidemiology
2021
TE Fuller-Rowell, Ol Nichols, M Jokela, ES Kim, ED Yildirim, CD Ryff
Other
Religious-service attendance and subsequent health and well-being throughout adulthood: Evidence from three prospective cohorts
International Journal of Epidemiology
2020
Y Chen, ES Kim, TJ VanderWeele
Other
Healthy in a crummy world: Implications of primal world beliefs for health psychology
Medical Hypotheses
2020
JDW Clifton, ES Kim
Other
Volunteering and subsequent health and well-being in older adults: An outcome-wide longitudinal approach
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
2020
ES Kim, AV Whillans, MT Lee, Y Chen, TJ VanderWeele
Other
Mediators of the association between religious service attendance and mortality
American Journal of Epidemiology
2019
ES Kim, TJ VanderWeele
Other
The link between discrimination and telomere length in African American adults
Health Psychology
2017
DB Lee, ES Kim, EW Neblett
Other
Volunteering is prospectively associated with health care use among older adults
Social Science & Medicine
2016
ES Kim, SH Konrath
Other
Potentially traumatic events and serious life stressors are prospectively associated with frequency of doctor visits and overnight hospital visits
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
2014
KAB Gawronski, ES Kim, LE Miller
Other
In search of cultural diversity, revisited: Recent publication trends in cross-cultural and ethnic minority psychology
Review of General Psychology
2013
WE Hartmann, ES Kim, JHJ Kim, TU Nguyen, DC Wendt, DK Nagata
Other
Psychological interventions and coronary heart disease
International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology
2011
C Peterson, ES Kim
Other
A meta-analytic review of the Penn Resiliency Program’s effect on depressive symptoms
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
2009
SM Brunwasser, JE Gillham, ES Kim
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