Publications

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  • *Hong, J.H., *Nakamura, J.S., *Sahakari, S.S., Chopik, W.J., *Shiba, K., VanderWeele, T.J.,a & Kim, E.S.a (In Press). The silent epidemic of loneliness: Identifying the antecedents of loneliness using a lagged exposure-wide approach. Psychological Medicine. (PDF)
    • aboth authors contributed equally as last authors.
  • Qureshi F., Chen Y., Soo J, Kim E.S., Lloyd-Jones D., Kubzansky L.D., Boehm J.K. (In Press) Associations between positive affect and physical activity from young adulthood to midlife: A 25-year prospective study. Health Psychology.
  • Michalski, C.A., Hurst, M., Diemert, L.M., Mah, S.M., Helliwell, J., Kim, E.S., & Rosella, L.C. (2024). A national study of community belonging and its influence on premature mortality. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 78(4). 205-211. (PDF)
  • Kim, E.S.,a Chopik., W.J.,a Chen, Y., Wilkinson, R., & VanderWeele, T.J. (2023). United we thrive: Friendship and subsequent physical, behavioral, and psychosocial health in older adults (An outcome-wide longitudinal approach). Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 32, e65. (PDF)
    • aboth authors contributed equally as 1st authors
  • *Hong, J.H., *Nakamura, J.S., Berkman. L., Chen, F., *Shiba, K., Chen, Y., Kim, E.S.,a & VanderWeele, T.J.a (2023). Are loneliness and social isolation equal threats to health and well-being? An outcome-wide longitudinal approach. SSM – Population Health. 12, 101459. (PDF)
    • aboth authors contributed equally as senior authors
  • *Nakamura, J.S., Lee, M.T., VanderWeele, T.J., & Kim, E.S. (2023). Informal helping and subsequent health and well-being in older U.S. adults: An outcome-wide approach. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. (PDF)
  • *Nakamura, J.S., *Shiba, K., *Jensen, S.M., VanderWeele, T.J.,a & Kim, E.S.a (2023). Who benefits from helping? Moderators of the association between informal helping and mortality. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 57(12), 1058-1068.
    • aboth authors contributed equally as senior authors
  • Kim, E,S., Moskowitz, J.T., & Kubzansky, L.D. (2023). Introduction to special issue: Interventions to modify psychological well-being and population health. Affective Science. 4(1), 1-9. (PDF
  • Kubzansky, L.D.,a Kim, E.S.,a Boehm, J.K., Davidson, R.., Huffman, J.C., Loucks, E.B., Lyubomirsky, S., Picard, R.W., Schueller, S.M., Trudel-Fitzgerald, C., VanderWeele, T.J., Warran, K., Yeager, D.S., Yeh, C.S., & Moskowitz, J.T. (2023). Interventions to modify psychological well-being: Progress, promises, and an agenda for future research. Affective Science, 4(1) 174-184. (PDF)
    • aboth authors contributed equally as 1st authors
  • Wilkinson, R., Nakamura, J.S., Kim, E.S., VanderWeele, T.J. (2023). Social support and social strain from children and subsequent health and well-being among older U.S. adults. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 40(9), 2980-3003. (PDF)
  • *Nakamura, J.S., *Kwok, C., *Huang, A., Strecher, V.J., Kim, E.S., & Cole, S.W. (2023). Reduced epigenetic age in older adults who volunteer. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 148, 106000.(PDF)
  • Ross, K. M., Hoggan, R., Campbell, T. S., Gordon, J., Gosselin Boucher, V., Kim, E.S., Lavoie, K., Linden, W., Rash, J., Rouleau, C., Stewart, S. H., & Presseau, J. (2023). An environmental scan of Health Psychology researchers in Canada. Journal of Health Psychology, 28(6), 509-523.  (PDF)
  • Kim, E.S., *Nakamura, J.S., Strecher, V.J., & Cole, S. (2023) Reduced epigenetic age in older adults with high sense of purpose in life. Journals of Gerontology: Series A. 78(7), 1092-1099. (PDF)
  • Wang, C., F., DeMeo, D.L., Kim, E.S., Cardenas, A., Fong, K., Lee, L.O., Whitsel, E., Horvath, S., Hou, L., Baccarelli, A.A., Li, Y., Stewart, J., Manson, J.E., Grodstein, Kubzansky, L.D., & Schwartz, J. (2023). DNA methylation and optimism in two epigenome-wide studies in women and men. Psychosomatic Medicine. 85(1), 89-97. (PDF)
  • *Nakamura, J.S., *Oh, J., VanderWeele, T.J., & Kim, E.S. (2022). Pathways to reduced overnight hospitalizations in older adults: Evaluating 62 physical, behavioral, and psychosocial factors. PlOS One, 17 (11), e0277222.  (PDF)
  • *Nakamura, J.S., Delaney, Diener, E., aVanderWeele, T.J., & aKim, E.S. (2022) Are all domains of life satisfaction equal? Differential associations with health and well-being in older adults. Quality of Life Research, 31, 1043-1056. (PDF)
    • aboth authors contributed equally as last authors
  • Cowden, R.G., *Nakamura, J.S., Chen, J., Case, B., Kim, E.S., & VanderWeele, T.J. (2022). Identifying pathways to religious service attendance: A lagged exposure-wide analysis in a sample of older US adults. PlOS One, 17 (11), e0278178. (PDF)
  • Oh, J., Purol., M.F., Weidmann, R., Chopik, W.J., Kim, E.S., Baranski, E., Schwaba, T., Lodi-Smith, J., & Whitbourne, S.K. (2022). Health and well-being consequences of optimism across 25 years in the Rochester Adult Longitudinal Study. Journal of Research in Personality, 99, 104237. (PDF)
  • *Nakamura, J.S., Lee, M.T., Chen, F.S., Lee, Y. Fried, L.P., VanderWeele, T.J., & Kim, E.S. (2022). Identifying pathways to increased volunteering in older adults: A lagged exposure-wide approach. Scientific Reports. 12(1):12825. (PDF)
  • *Nakamura, J.S., Chen, Y., VanderWeele, T.J., & Kim, E.S. (2022). What makes life purposeful? Identifying the antecedents of a sense of purpose in life using a lagged exposure-wide approach. Social Science & Medicine: Population Health. 19, 101235. (PDF)
  • *Shiba, K., Kubzansky, L.D., Williams, D.R., Vanderweele, T.J., & Kim, E.S. (2022) Purpose in life and 8-year mortality by gender and race/ethnicity among older adults in the U.S. Preventive Medicine. 164, 107310. (PDF)
  • Kim, E.S., Chen, Y., *Nakamura, J.S., Ryff, C.D., & VanderWeele, T.J. (2022) Sense of purpose in life and subsequent health and well-being in older adults: an outcome-wide analysis. American Journal of Health Promotion, 36, 137-147. (PDF)
  • Lee, H.H., Kubzansky, L.D., Okuzono, S.S., Trudel-Fitzgerald, C., James, P., Koga, H.K., Kim, E.S., Glover, L.M. Sim, M., & Grodstein, F. (2022). Optimism and risk of mortality among African-Americans: the Jackson Heart Study. Preventive Medicine. 154, (PDF)
  • *Okuzono, S.S., *Shiba, K., Kim, E.S., Shirai, K., Kondo, N., Fujiwara, T., Kondo, K., Lomas, T., Trudel-Fitzgerald, C., Kawachi, I., & VanderWeele, T.J. (2022). Ikigai and subsequent health and wellbeing among Japanese older adults: longitudinal outcome-wide analysis. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific. 21, 100391. (PDF)
  • *Nakamura, J.S., Hong, J.H., Smith, J., Chopik, W.J., Chen, Y., VanderWeele, T.J., Kim, E.S. (2022) Associations between satisfaction with aging and health and well-being outcomes among older US adults. JAMA Network Open, 5:e2147797. (PDF)
    • Editorial Commentary: Levy, B.R. (2022) The role of structural ageism in age beliefs and health of older persons. JAMA Network Open. 5(2):e2147802. (PDF)
  • *Hong, J.H., Yeh, C., Sandy, L.G., Fellows, A., Martin, D.C., Shaeffer, J.A., Tkatch, R., Parker, K., & Kim, E.S. (In press). Friendship, loneliness, and older adults: a prototype roadmap for health system action. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. (PDF)
  • Guimond, A.-J., *Shiba, K., Kim, E.S., & Kubzansky, L.D. (2022). Sense of purpose in life and inflammation in healthy older adults: a longitudinal study. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 141, 105746. (PDF)
  • Chen, Y., *Nakamura, J.S., Ryff, C.D., & VanderWeele, T.J., Kim, E.S. (2022). Sense of purpose in life and subsequent health and well-being in older adults: an outcome-wide analysis. American Journal of Health Promotion, 36, 137-147. (PDF)
  • *Nakamura, J.S., Kim, E.S., Rentscher, K.E., Bower, J.E., & Kuhlman, K.R. (2022). Early-life stress, depressive symptoms, and inflammation: the role of social factors. Aging and Mental Health, 26, 843–851. (PDF)
  • *Nakamura, J.S., Delaney, S.W., Diener, E., VanderWeele, T.J., & Kim, E.S. (2021) Domains of life satisfaction and health and well-being in older adults: an outcome-wide approach. Quality of Life Research, 31, 1043-1056. (PDF)
  • *Shiba, K., Kubzansky, L.D., Williams, D.R., Vanderweele, T.J., & Kim, E.S. (2021). Associations between purpose in life and mortality by SES. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 61, e52-e61. (PDF)
  • *Hong, J.H., Lachman, M.E., Charles, S.T., Chen, Y., Wilson, C.L., *Nakamura, J.S., VanderWeele, T.J., & Kim, E.S. (2021). The positive influence of sense of control on physical, behavioural, and psychosocial health in older adults: an outcome-wide approach. Preventitive Medicine, 149, 106612. (PDF)
  • Kim, E.S., Delaney, S.W., Tay, L., Chen, Y., Diener, E., & VanderWeele, T.J. (2021). Life satisfaction and subsequent physical, behavioral, and psychosocial health in older adults. Milbank Quarterly, 99, 209-239. (PDF)
  • Kim, E.S., Tkatch, R., Martin, D., MacLeod, S., Sandy, L., & Yeh, C. (2021). Resilient aging: psychological and social well-being as targets for the promotion of healthy aging. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 7, 1-12. (PDF)
  • Fuller-Rowell T.E., Nichols., O.I., Jokela, M., Kim, E.S., Yildirim, E.D., & Ryff, C.D. (2021). A changing landscape of health opportunity in the United States: increases in the strength of the association between childhood socioeconomic disadvantage and adult health between the 1990’s and the 2010’s. American Journal of Epidemiology, 190, 2284-2293. (PDF)
  • Lee, H.H., Okuzono, S.S., Kim, E.S., De Vivo I., Raffield, L., Glover L., Sims, M., Grodstein, F., & Kubzansky, L.D. (2021). Optimism and telomere length among African American Adults in the Jackson Heart Study. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 125, 105124. (PDF)
  • Chen, Y., Kim, E.S., Shields, A.E., & VanderWeele, T.J. (2020). Antecedents of purpose in life: Evidence from a lagged exposure-wide analysis. Cogent Psychology, 7, 1825043. (PDF)
  • Scheier, M. F., Swanson, J. D., Barlow, M. A., Greenhouse, J. B., & Tindle, H. A. for the Optimism/Pessimism Meta-Analytic Consortium (Abatemarco, D., Abdou, C., . . . . Kim, E.S., . . . . Yi-Frazier, J. and Ylöstalo, P). (2020). Optimism versus pessimism as predictors of physical health: A comprehensive reanalysis of dispositional optimism research. American Psychologist. 76, 529–548. (PDF)
  • Chen, Y., Kim, E.S., & VanderWeele, T.J. (2020). Religious service attendance and subsequent health and well-being throughout adulthood: Evidence from three prospective cohorts. International Journal of Epidemiology. 49, 2030-2040. (PDF)
  • Kim, E.S., *Shiba, K. Boehm, J., & Kubzansky L.D. (2020). Sense of purpose in life and five health behavior-related outcomes in older adults. Preventive Medicine, 139, 106172. (PDF)
  • Kim, E.S., Ryff, C., Brummett, C., Hassett, A., Yeh, C., & Strecher, V. (2020). Sense of purpose in life and the likelihood of future illicit drug use or prescription medication misuse. Psychosomatic Medicine, 82, 715-721. (PDF)
  • Kim, E.S., Whillans, A., Lee, M., Chen, Y., & VanderWeele, T.J. (2020) Volunteering and subsequent health and well-being in older adults: an outcome-wide analysis. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 59, 176-186.(PDF)
  • Kim, E.S., Chen, Y., Kawachi, I., & VanderWeele, T.J. (2020). Perceived neighborhood social cohesion and subsequent health and well-being in older adults: An outcome-wide longitudinal approach. Health and Place, 66, 102420. (PDF)
  • Chopik, W.J., Oh, J., Kim, E.S., Schwaba, T., Kramer, M.D., Richter, D., & Smith, J. (2020). Changes in optimism in response to life events: Evidence from three large panel studies. Journal of Research in Personality, 88, 103985. (PDF)
  • Long, K., Kim, E.S., Chen, Y., Wilson, M.F., Worthington, E., & VanderWeele, T.J. (2020). The role of hope and subsequent health and well-being in older adults: an outcome-wide analysis. Global Epidemiology, 2, 100018.(PDF)
  • Oh, J., Chopik, W.J. & Kim, E.S. (2020). The association between actor/partner optimism and cognitive functioning among older couples. Journal of Personality. 88, 822-832. (PDF)
  • VanderWeele, T.J., Trudel-Fitzgerald, C., Allin, P., Farrelly, C., Fletcher, G., Frederick, D.E., Hall, J., Helliwell, J.F., Kim, E.S., Lauinger, W.A., Lee, M.T., Lyubomirsky, S., Margolis, S., McNeely, E., Messer, N. Tay, L., Viswanath, K., Węziak-Białowolska, D., Kubzansky, L.D. (2020). Current recommendations on the selection of measures for well-being. Preventive Medicine, 133, 106004. (PDF)
  • Clifton, J. & Kim, E.S. (2020). Healthy in a crummy world: implications of primal words beliefs for health psychology. Medical Hypotheses, 135, 109463. (PDF)
  • Kim, E.S.,a James, P.,a Zevon, E., Trudel-Fitzgerald, C., Kubzansky, L.D., & Grodstein, F. (2020). Social media as an emerging data resource for epidemiologic research: characteristics of social media users and non-users in the Nurses’ Health Study II. American Journal of Epidemiology. 189, 156-161. (PDF)
    • aboth authors contributed equally as 1st authors
  • VanderWeele, T.J., Chen, Y., Long, K., Kim, E.S., Trudel-Fitzgerald, C., & Kubzansky, L.D. (2020). Positive epidemiology. 31, 189-193. (PDF)
  • Kim, E.S., Tindle, H.A., Kubzansky, L.D., Liu, S., Duncan, M.S., Manson, J.E., Springfield, S., Salmoirago-Blotcher, E., Shadyab, A.H., Liu, B., Grodstein, F., & De Vivo, I. (2020). The relation of optimism to relative telomere length in older men and women. Psychosomatic Medicine. 82, 165-171. (PDF)
  • Trudel-Fitzgerald C., James, P., Kim, E.S., Zevon, E.S., Grodstein, F., & Kubzansky, L.D. (2019). Prospective associations of happiness and optimism with lifestyle over up to two decades. Preventive Medicine, 126, 105754. (PDF)
  • Kim, E.S., Delaney, S., & Kubzansky L.D. (2019). Sense of purpose in life and cardiovascular disease: underlying mechanisms and future directions. Current Cardiology Reports. 21, 135. (PDF)
  • Lee, L.O., James, P., Zevon E.S., Kim, E.S., Trudel-Fitzgerald, C., Spiro, A., Grodstein, F., & Kubzansky, L.D. (2019). Optimism is associated with exceptional longevity in 2 epidemiologic cohorts of men and women. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116, 18357-18362. (PDF)
  • Kim, E.S., Fong, K., Lee, L., Spiro, A., Schwartz, J., Whitsel, E., Horvath, S., Wang, C., Hou, L., Baccarelli A.A., Li Y., Stewart J., Manson, J.E., Grodstein, F., DeMeo, D., & Kubzansky, L.D. (2019). Optimism is not associated with two indicators of DNA methylation aging. Aging, 11, 4970-4989. (PDF)
  • Kim, E.S., James, P., Kubzansky, L.D., Zevon, E., Trudel-Fitzgerald, C., & Grodstein, F. (2019). Optimism and healthy aging in women and men. American Journal of Epidemiology, 188, 1084-1091. (PDF)
  • Kang, Y., Strecher, V.J., Kim, E.S., & Falk, E.B. (2019). Purpose in life and conflict-related neural responses during health decision making. Health Psychology, 38, 545-552. (PDF)
  • Chen, Y., Kim, E.S., Koh H.K., Frazier, L.A., & VanderWeele, T.J. (2019). Sense of mission and subsequent health and well-being among young adults: an outcome-wide analysis. American Journal of Epidemiology, 188, 664-673. (PDF)
  • James, P.,a Kim, E.S.,a Kubzansky, L.D., Zevon, E., Trudel-Fitzgerald, C., & Grodstein, F. (2019). Optimism and healthy aging in women. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 56, 116-124. (PDF)
    • aboth authors contributed equally as 1st authors
  • Kim, E.S., & VanderWeele, T.J. (2019). Mediators of the association between religious service attendance and mortality. American Journal of Epidemiology, 188, 96-101. (PDF)
  • Kubzansky, L.D., Huffman, J.C., Boehm, J.K., Hernandez, R., Kim, E.S., *Koga, H.K., Feig, E., Lloyd-Jones, D., Seligman, M.E.P, & Labarthe, D. (2018). Positive psychological well-being and cardiovascular health promotion. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 72, 1382-1396. (PDF)
  • Boehm, J.K., Soo, J., Zevon, E.S., Chen, Y., Kim, E.S., & Kubzansky, L.D. (2018). Longitudinal associations between psychological well-being and the consumption of fruits and vegetables. Health Psychology, 37, 959-967. (PDF)
  • Chopik, W. J., Kim, E.S., & Smith, J. (2018). An examination of dyadic changes in optimism and physical health over time. Health Psychology, 37, 42-50. (PDF)
  • Kim, E.S., Kawachi, I., Chen, Y., & Kubzansky, L.D. (2017). The association between purpose in life and objective measures of physical function in older adults. JAMA Psychiatry, 4, 1039-1045. (PDF)
    • Editorial Commentary: Ryff, C.D. (2017) The benefits of purposeful life engagement on later-life physical function. JAMA Psychiatry. 74, 1046-1047. (PDF)
  • Kim, E.S., Kubzansky, L.D., Soo, J., & Boehm, J.K. (2017). Maintaining healthy behavior: a prospective study of psychological well-being and physical activity over time. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 51, 337-347. (PDF)
  • Kim, E.S.,a Hagan, K.A.,a Grodstein, F., DeMeo, D.L., De Vivo, I., & Kubzansky, L.D. (2017). Optimism and cause-specific mortality: a prospective cohort study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 185, 21-29. (PDF)
    • aboth authors contributed equally as 1st authors
  • Kim, E.S. & Kawachi, I. (2017). Perceived neighborhood social cohesion and preventive healthcare use. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 53, e35-e40. (PDF)
  • Lee, D.B., Kim, E.S., & Neblett, E.W. (2017). The link between discrimination and telomere length in African-American adults. Health Psychology, 36, 458-467. (PDF)
  • *Sun, J.K., Kim, E.S., & Smith, J. (2017). Positive self-perceptions of aging and lower rate of overnight hospitalization in the US population over age 50. Psychosomatic Medicine, 79, 81-90. (PDF)
  • Kim, E.S. & Konrath, S.H. (2016). Volunteering is prospectively associated with health care use among older adults. Social Science & Medicine, 149, 122-129. (PDF)
  • Gawronski, K.A.B., Kim, E.S., Langa, K.M., & Kubzansky, L.D. (2016). Dispositional optimism and incidence of cognitive impairment. Psychosomatic Medicine, 78, 819-828. (PDF)
  • Park N., Peterson, C., Szvarca, D., Vander Molen R.J., Kim, E.S., & Collon, K. (2016). Positive psychology and physical health: research and applications. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 10, 200-206. (PDF)
  • Kim, E.S., Hershner, S., & Strecher, V.J. (2015). Purpose in life and incidence of sleep disturbances. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 38, 590-597. (PDF)
  • Kim, E.S., Kubzansky L.D., & Smith, J. (2015). Life satisfaction and use of preventive health care services. Health Psychology, 34, 779-782. (PDF)
  • Chopik, W. J., Kim, E.S., Smith, J. (2015). Changes in optimism are associated with changes in health among older adults. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 6, 814-822. (PDF)
  • Kim, E.S., Strecher, V.J., & Ryff, C.D. (2014). Purpose in life and preventive health care services. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111, 16331–16336. (PDF)
  • Kim, E.S., Smith, J., & Kubzansky, L.D. (2014). Prospective study of the association between dispositional optimism and incident heart failure. Circulation: Heart Failure, 7, 394-400. (PDF)
    • Editorial Commentary: Rozanski, A. (2014) Optimism and other sources of psychological well-being: A new target for cardiac disease prevention. Circulation: Heart Failure, 7, 385-387. (PDF)
  • Kim, E.S., Chopik, W. J., & Smith, J. (2014) Are people healthier if their partners are more optimistic? The dyadic effect of optimism on health among older adults. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 76, 447-453. (PDF)
  • Kim, E.S., *Moored, K.D., Giasson H.L., & Smith, J. (2014). Satisfaction with aging and use of preventive health services. Preventive Medicine, 69, 176-180. (PDF)
  • Kim, E.S., *Hawes, A. J., & Smith, J. (2014). Perceived neighborhood social cohesion and myocardial infarction. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 68, 1020-1026. (PDF)
  • Kim, E.S., *Sun, J.K., Park, N., Smith, J., & Peterson, C. (2014). Life satisfaction and frequency of doctor visits. Psychosomatic Medicine, 76, 86-93. (PDF)
  • Gawronski, K.A.B., Kim, E.S., & Miller, L.E. (2014). Potentially traumatic events and serious life stressors are prospectively associated with frequency of doctor visits and overnights hospital visits. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 77, 90-96. (PDF)
  • Kim, E.S., Park, N., & Peterson, C. (2013). Perceived neighborhood social cohesion and stroke. Social Science & Medicine, 97, 49-55. (PDF)
  • Kim, E.S., *Sun, J.K., Park, N., & Peterson, C. (2013). Purpose in life and reduced stroke in older adults: the Health and Retirement Study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 74, 427-432. (PDF)
  • Kim, E.S., *Sun, J.K., Kubzansky, L.D., Park, N., & Peterson, C. (2013). Purpose in life and reduced risk of myocardial infarction among older U.S. adults with coronary heart disease: a two-year follow-up. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 36, 124-133. (PDF)
  • Hartmann, W., Kim, E.S., Wendt, D., Kim, J, Nguyen, T., Nagata, D., & Gone, J. (2013). In search of cultural diversity, revisited: publication trends in ethnic minority and cross-cultural psychology. Review of General Psychology, 17, 243-254. (PDF)
  • Peterson, C., Park, N., & Kim, E.S. (2012). Can optimism decrease risk of illness and disease among the elderly? Aging Health, 8, 5-8. (PDF)
  • Kim, E.S., Park, N., & Peterson, C. (2011). Dispositional optimism protects older adults from stroke: the Health and Retirement Study. Stroke, 42, 2855 -2859. (PDF)
  • Peterson, C., & Kim, E.S. (2011). Psychological interventions and coronary heart disease. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 11, 563-575. (PDF)
  • Brunwasser, S.M., Gillham, J.E., & Kim, E.S. (2009). A meta-analytic review of the Penn Resiliency Program’s effect on depressive symptoms. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77, 1042-54. (PDF)

Book Chapters, Monographs, Letters:

  • Fuller-Rowell T.E., Nichols., O.I., Jokela, M., Kim, E.S., Yildirim, E.D., & Ryff, C.D. (2021). Fuller-Rowell et al. Respond to “The Long Shadow of Childhood Disadvantage.” American Journal of Epidemiology, 190, 2297–2299. (PDF)
  • VanderWeele, T.J., Trudel-Fitzgerald, C., Allin, P., Farrelly, C., Fletcher, G., Frederick, D.E., Hall, J., Helliwell, J.F., Kim, E.S., Lauinger, W.A., Lee, M.T., Lyubomirsky, S., Margolis, S., McNeely, E., Messer, N. Tay, L., Viswanath, K., Węziak-Białowolska, D., Kubzansky, L.D. (2021). Current recommendations on the selection of measures for well-being. In M.T. Lee, L.D. Kubzansky & T.J. VanderWeele (eds.) Measuring Well-Being: Interdisciplinary Perspectives from the Social Sciences and the Humanities. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. (PDF)
  • VanderWeele, T.J., Trudel-Fitzgerald, C., Allin, P., Farrelly, C., Fletcher, G., Frederick, D.E., Hall, J., Helliwell, J.F., Kim, E.S., Lauinger, W.A., Lee, M.T., Lyubomirsky, S., Margolis, S., McNeely, E., Messer, N. Tay, L., Viswanath, K., Węziak-Białowolska, D., Kubzansky, L.D. (2020). Brief well-being assessments, or nothing all? Preventive Medicine, 135, 106095. (PDF)
  • Ryff, C. & Kim, E.S., (2020). Extending research linking purpose in life to health: the challenges of inequality, the potential of the arts, and the imperative of virtue. In P.L. Hill & A.L. Burrows (eds.) The ecology of purpose living across the lifespan: developmental, educational, and social perspectives. New York, NY: Springer. (PDF)
  • Diener, E., Biswas-Diener, R., Lutes, L., LeViness, P., Wiking, M., Kim, E.S., Buettner, D. (2019). Well-being interventions to improve societies. In J.D. Sachs, R. Layard, & J.F., Helliwell (eds.) Global happiness and well-being policy report (pp. 94-111). (PDF)
  • Boehm, J.K., Kim, E.S., & Kubzansky. L.D. (2018). Psychological well-being and physical health. In M. Kivimäki, G.D. Batty, I. Kawachi, & A. Steptoe (eds.) International handbook of psychosocial epidemiology (pp. 156-169). London: Routledge. (PDF)
  • Carlson, M., Gow, A., Litwin, H., Kim, E.S., Kondo K., Qui C., & Roos, V. (2017). The brain and social connectedness: Global Council on Brain Health recommendations on social engagement and brain health. AARP & AgeUK. Washington D.C. (PDF)
  • Kubzansky, L.D., Kim, E.S., Huffman, J.C., Salinas, J., & Kawachi, I. (2016). Happiness, health, and mortality. Lancet, 388, 27. (PDF)