13th International Conference on Social Stress Research | Conference Program
Thursday, June 21 | Friday, June 22 | Saturday, June 23
Thursday, June 21
9:00–9:10 Opening remarks: Heather A. Turner, University of New Hampshire
9:15–10:15 Keynote speaker: R. Jay Turner, Vanderbilt University
10:30–12:00: Socioeconomic Status and Residence
“Do Health Behaviors Explain the Association between Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Biological ‘Wear and Tear’ in a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. Adults?” Chloe E. Bird, RAND Corporation CA, Tamara Dubowitz, RAND Corporation PA, José J. Escarce, RAND Corporation CA, and Teresa Seeman, University of California Los Angeles
“Residential Mobility, Neighborhood Change, and Child Well-Being” Mary Clare Lennon, City University of New York, and Anthony Buttaro, City University of New York
“A Sociogeographic Model of Psychological Distress and Systemic Inflammation among Legal and Unauthorized Brazilian Migrants” Louisa M. Holmes, University of Southern California, and Enrico A. Marcelli, San Diego State University
“Socioeconomic Position, Obesity and Depression: Is there an Obesity-Depression Paradox?” Karen D. Lincoln, University of Southern California
12:00: Lunch Break
1:30–3:00: Race and Ethnicity
“Does Racial Identity Buffer the Effects of Stress on Psychological Distress among African Americans?” Michael Hughs, Virgina Tech, Jill Kiecolt, Virginia Tech, and Verna M. Keith, Texas A&M University
“Race-Ethnicity and Cumulative Life Stress Effects on Substance Dependence Patterns” William A. Vega, University of Southern California, and Donald A. Lloyd, University of Southern California
“Winners Never Quit, Quitters Never Win: Investigating the Association between John Henryism and Health Status among Adults” Tony N. Brown, Whitney N. Laster, R. Jay Turner, and C. André Christie Mizell, Vanderbilt University
“Discrimination and the Depletion of Social Psychological Resources: The Effects of Race and Ethnicity” Carol Aneshensel, Melissa M. Kelley, Uchechi G. Acholonu, and Eliva Ambugo Clinton, UCLA
“Risk of Cardiometabolic Disorder: A Comparison of African Americans and Caribbean Blacks in the United States” Helena E. Dagadu, Vanderbilt University
3:15–4:45: Disability and Aging
Session Presider: Kyriakos S. Markides, University of Texas, Medical Branch
“The Relationship between Loneliness and Chronic Pain in Two National Samples of Americans” Elaine Wethington, Cornell University-Ithaca, Tessa Brennan, Cornell University-Ithaca, Regina Kwon, Weill Cornell Medical College, Samantha Parker, Tulane University, and M. Carington Reid, Weill Cornell Medical College
“Can Information and Communication Technology Usage by Older Adults Decrease Stress, Social Isolation, and Loneliness? Results from a Randomized Trial” Shelia R. Cotten, William A. Anderson, Ronald Berkowsky, Elizabeth Yost, and Vicki Winstead, University of Alabama, Birmingham
“Gender Disparities in Physical Health among Older Adults: The Role of Social and Biological Aspects of Stress” Adrianne French, University of Akron, Bridget K. Gorman, Rice University, Rachel Tolbert Kimbro, Rice University
“Cancer Survivors Reflect on Posttraumatic Growth and Transformation” Boaz Kahana, Cleveland State University, Eva Kahana, Case Western Reserve University, Loren Lovegreen, Case Western Reserve University, Baruch Kahana, Case Western Reserve University, Jane Brown, Case Western Reserve University
“The Relationship between Sense of Coherence, Burden and Depression in Male Caregivers to Women with Breast Cancer” Norma Bowe, Kean University
5:00–6:30: Conference Reception
Friday, June 22
9:00–10:30: Family and Stress Processes
“Family Structure, Income, and Mothers’ Mental Health: The Differential Effects of Single Parenthood and Financial Strain across the Life Course” William R. Avison, Lorraine Davies, and Jinette Comeau, University of Western Ontario
“The Impact of Parenthood on Emotional and Physical Well-Being: Some Findings from a Cross-National Study” Robin W. Simon, Wake Forest University, Jennifer Glass, University of Texas-Austin, and M. Anders Anderson, University of Iowa
“Economic Hardship, Marital Quality, and Well-Being” Marta Elliott and Carlene Gonzalez, University of Nevada, Reno
“Family Structure and Alcohol Use Problems: Extending Popular Explanations to American Indian Youth” Tamela McNulty Eitle, Montana State University, Michelle Johnson-Jennings, University of Minnesota-Duluth, and David Eitle, Montana State University
“Health Benefits of Religiosity Transmitted Intergenerationally Buffer Stress and Reduce Health Disparities” Cleopatra M. Abdou, University of Southern California, Briana Mezuk, Virginia Commonwealth University, Hedwig Lee, University of Washington, Karen D. Lincoln, University of Southern California, Jane A. Rafferty, University of Michigan, Vickie Johnson-Lawrence, University of Michigan, and James S. Jackson, University of Michigan
10:45–12:15: Natural Disaster, War, and Historical Traumas
“The Stressful Effects of Historical Cultural Losses” Melissa Walls, University of Minnesota Medical School-Duluth, and Les B. Whitbeck, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
“War-Related Stressors as Predictors of Post-Deployment Health of Air Force Women” Penny F. Pierce, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and Lisa Lewandowski-Romps, Institute for Social Research-Ann Arbor MD
“Victimization and Well-Being in the Aftermath of Ex-Yugoslavia Wars: Religiosity as an Individual Coping Mechanism and as an Indicator of Collective Violence” Dario Spini and Rachel Fasel, University of Lausanne
“Effects of Work and Family Conflict among Air Force Women Deployed During Operation Iraqi Freedom” Penny F. Pierce, Uniformed Services University, and Lisa Lewandowski-Romps, Institute for Social Research-Ann Arbor MD
“Building Resilience after a Natural Disaster: An Evaluation of a Parental Psycho-Social Curriculum” Tara Powell, University of Texas, and Sheryl Leytham, Grand View University
12:15: Lunch Break
1:45–3:15: Youth, Adolescence, and the Life Course
“Childhood Misfortune and Adult Health: Enduring Effects on Somatic and Psychological Symptoms” Markus H. Schafer, University of Toronto, and Kenneth F. Ferraro, Purdue University
“Incarceration and Stress-Related Health” Lauren C. Porter, University at Albany-SUNY
“Goal Striving Stress and Health among Rural Adolescents” Meghan L. Mills, University of New Hampshire
“Stress: A Balancing Act between Risk and Protective Factors” Barbara Dooley and Amanda Fitzgerald, University College Dublin
3:30–5:00: Stress and Well-Being in Student Populations
“Life Stress and Use of Electronics are Associated with Poor Sleep Quality in British High School Students” S. Gallagher, University of Limerick, and A. Thomas, Staffordshire University
“Getting through the Day: Links between School Stress, Caffeine Expectancies, and Caffeine Use among Adolescents” Alison Bryant Ludden and Amy R. Wolfson, College of Holy Cross
“How Satisfied are Students with their Course and Should We Care?” Chris Gibbons, Queen’s University Belfast
“Anxiety and Respiratory Patterns: Their Relationship during Real Life Stress” I.Y. Yakovlev, Chuvash State Pedagogical University
Saturday, June 23
8:30–10:00: Social Class and Work
“The Class Structure of Job Stress and Worker Health” Rudy Fenwick, University of Akron, and Mark Tausig, University of Akron
“Help or Hurt? Unsolicited Job Information and Receivers’ Psychological Distress” Lijun Song, Vanderbilt University, and Wenhong Chen, University of Texas-Austin
“Mediating and Moderating Processes Linking Economic Stressors, Psychological Distress, and Drinking: A Gendered Analysis” Robin Lewis Brown, DePaul University, and Judith A. Richman, University of Illinois-Chicago
“Maternal Employment and Child Mental Health: New Perspectives, New Evidence” Blair Wheaton, Sarah Reid, and Shirin Montazer, University of Toronto
10:15–11:15: Methodological and Conceptual Issues in Stress Research
“The DSM-5 and the Bereavement Exclusion for Depression” Allan V. Horwitz, Rutgers University
“Mental Health from Negative to Positive” Sarah Rosenfield, Rutgers University
“Beyond Counting Events: A Look at Latent Growth Trajectory Classes to Assess Lifetime Stress Accumulation” Donald A. Lloyd, University of Southern California
11:30–12:30: Keynote Speaker: Scott Schieman, University of Toronto
12:30–12:40: Closing Remarks: Heather A. Turner, University of New Hampshire