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Dr. Pressman's Publications

(In chronological order; *indicates a graduate student, ** indicates an undergraduate student)

Link to full Vita (updated summer 2023)

Journal Articles

Ramirez, V.*, Gorey, C.M.*, & Pressman, S.D. (in press). Drink & Be Merry? Interactive Association Between Trait Affect and Alcohol in Real-World Drinking Environments. Cogent Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2023.2250626 .

Toohey, S., Wray, A., Hunter, J.F., Saadat, S., Boysen-Osborn, M., Smart, J., Wiechmann, W., & Pressman, S.D. (in press). Author’s Response to the Validity of Cortisol and Galvanic Skin Responses for Measuring Student Stress During Training. JMIR Medical Education.” 2023;9:e50902. PMID: 37594800. doi: 10.2196/50902

Pisu M, Liang MI, Pressman SD, Carol D Ryff, CD, Patel MR, Hussein M, Williams CP, Henrikson NB, Schoenberger YM, Pracht LJ, Bradshaw E, Carpenter T, Matthis A, Schwartz DL, Martin MY. (in press). Expanding research on the impact of financial hardship on emotional well-being: guidance of diverse stakeholders to the Emotional Well-Being and Economic Burden of Disease (EMOT-ECON) Research Network. Frontiers in Psychology-Psycho-Oncology.

 

Kraft-Feil, T., Ingram, R.E., Gorey, C. **Luu, J.H., Cross, M.P. & Pressman, S.D. (2023). The influence of negative mood on automatic and effortful facial expression mimicry. Frontiers in Psychology - Emotion Science, 14.

Jones, E.J., Ayling, K., *Wiley, C.R., Geraghty, A.W.A., Greer, A.L., Holt-Lunstad, J., Prather, A.A., Schreier, H.M.C., Cohen Silver, R., Sneed, R.S., Marsland, A.L., Pressman, S.D., & Vedhara, K. (2023). Psychology Meets Biology in COVID-19: What We Know and Why It Matters for Public Health. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 10, 33-40.

*DuPont, C.M., Pressman, S.D., Reed, R., Marsland, A.L., Manuck, S.B., & Gianaros, P.J (in press). Does an online positive psychological intervention improve positive affect in young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic? Affective Science.

Delgadillo, D.*, Pressman, S.D., Christian, L.M., Galley, J.D., & Bailey, M. (in press). The “Culture” of Cuddling: Are microbes linked to social behavior? Psychosomatic Medicine.

*DuPont, C.M., Pressman, S.D., Reed, R., Marsland, A.L., Manuck, S.B., & Gianaros, P.J (2022). An online Trier Social Stress paradigm to evoke affective and cardiovascular responses. Psychophysiology. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/psyp.14067 

Cross, M.P., Acevedo, A.M, Leger, K.A., & Pressman, S.D. (2022). How and Why Could Smiling Influence Physical Health? A Conceptual Review. Health Psychology Review, 23, 1-23. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17437199.2022.2052740?journalCode=rhpr20 

Cross, M.P., Hunter, J.F., **Smith, J.R., *Twidwell, R.E., & Pressman, S.D. (2022). Comparing, differentiating, and applying affective facial coding techniques for the assessment of positive emotion. Journal of Positive Psychology.  https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2022.2036796 

Coles, N., March, D.S., Marmolejo-Ramos, F. , Larsen, J.T. , Arinze, N.C., Ndukaihe, I.L.G., Willis, M.L., Foroni, F., Reggev, N., Mokady, A., Forscher, P.S., Hunter, J., Kaminski, G., Yüvrük, E., Kapucu, A., Nagy, T., Tejada, J., Freitag, R.M.K, Zambrano, D., Som, B., Aczel, B.,  Barzykowski, K., Adamus, S., Yamada, Y., Ikeda, A., Eaves, D.L., Levitan, C.A., Leiweke, S.,  Parzuchowski, M., Butcher, N., Pfuhl, G., Basnight-Brown, D.M., Hinojosa, J.A., Javela, L.G., Vezirian, K., IJzerman, H., Trujillo, N., Pressman, S.D., Gygax, P.M., Özdoğru, A.A., Ruiz-Fernandez, S., Ellsworth, P.C., Gaertner, L., Strack, F., & Marozz M. (2022). A Multi-Lab Test of the Facial Feedback Hypothesis by The Many Smiles Collaboration. Nature Human Behavior, 6, 1731-1742. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-022-01458-9 

*Wiley, C., *Blevins, K., Cohen, S., & Pressman, S.D. (2022, published online). Do Positive Psychological Factors Equally Predict Resistance to Upper Respiratory Infections in African and European-Americans? Psychological Science. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09567976221083322 

Toohey, S., Wray, A., *Hunter, J., **Waldrop, I., Saadat, S., Boysen-Osborn, M., Sudario, G., Smart, J., Wiechmann, W., Pressman, S.D. (2022) Comparing the Psychological Effects of Manikin-Based and Augmented Reality–Based Simulation Training: Within-Subjects Crossover Study
JMIR Med Educ 2022;8(3):e36447 URL:  https://mededu.jmir.org/2022/3/e36447

O’Connor, D.B., Abele, A.E., Baguley, T., Daly, M., Doherty, N., Grange, J.A., Leman, P., Pressman, S.D., Rossit, S., & Simms, V. (2022). Improving psychological science: further thoughts, reflections and ways forward. Cogent Psychology, 9 (1). https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/en/publications/improving-psychological-science-further-thoughts-reflections-and- 

*Acevedo, A., Leger, K., Jenkins, B., & Pressman, S.D. (2022). Keep calm or get excited? Examining the effects of different types of positive affect on responses to acute pain. Journal of Positive Psychology, 17 (3). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17439760.2020.1858338 

Jenkins, B. N., Cross, M. P., Donaldson, C., Pressman, S. D., Fortier, M. A., Kain, Z. N., Cohen, S., Martin, L. & Farkas, G. (2021). The State Affect Scale (SAS): Validating the subscale structure and longitudinal use of a widely used affect scale for health research. Psychology & Health. Epub. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34846253/ 

Young Kuchenbecker, S., Pressman, S.D., Celniker, J., Grewen, K.M., Sumida, K.D., Jonathan, N., Everett, B., & Slavich, G.M. (2021). Oxytocin, cortisol and cognitive control during acute and naturalistic stress. Stress, 24(4):370-383. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33632072/ 

*Delgadillo, D., Boparai, S., Pressman, S.D., Godlstein, A., Bureau, J-F, Schmiedel, S., Backer, M., Broekman, B., Tan, K.H., Chong, Y-S, Chen, H., Zalta, A.K., Meaney, M.J., Rifkin-Graboi, A., Tsotsi, S., & Borelli, J.L. (2021). Maternal expressions of positive emotion for children predicts children’s respiratory sinus arrhythmia surrounding stress. Developmental Psychobiology, 63(5), 1225-1240. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33403675/ 

Pressman, S.D., Petrie, K.J., & Sivertsen, B. (2020). How Strongly Connected are Positive Affect and Physical Activity? Results From a Large General Population Study of Young Adults. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 2(4), 1-21. https://cpe.psychopen.eu/index.php/cpe/article/view/3103 

**Becerra, M., Jenkins, B.N., **Wong, E., & Pressman, S.D. (2020). Does a Good Advisor a Day Keep the Doctor Away? How Advisor-Advisee Relationships are associated with Psychological and Physical Well-Being among Graduate Students. International Journal of Community Well-Being (Special Issue on Building Community Well-Being in Higher Education), 4(5):1-20. DOI: 10.1007/s42413-020-00087-2

Pressman, S.D., Kraft, T.K., **Aucott, K. & *Acevedo, A. (published online 2020). Smile (or grimace?) though the pain: The effects of facial expression on objective and subjective needle injection responses. Emotion. 

 

Gump, B.B., Hruska, B., Pressman, S.D., Park, A., & Bendinskas, K.G. (2020). Vacation’s lingering benefits, but only for those with low stress jobs. Psychology & Health. 

Coles, N., March, D., Ramos, F.M., ...[and 47 others including Pressman, S.D.](accepted in principle, pre-registered report). A Multi-Lab Test of the Facial Feedback Hypothesis by The Many Smiles Collaboration. Nature Human Behavior.

 

1Prather, A. A., 1Pressman, S.D., Miller, G. E., & Cohen, S. (2020). Temporal links between self-reported sleep and antibody responses to the influenza vaccine. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-020-09879-4

(1 Prather & Pressman contributed equally and are co-first authors on this manuscript)

 

*Hunter, J., **Olah, M.,  Williams, A.L., Parks, A.P., & Pressman, S.D. (2019). The effects of brief biofeedback via a smartphone application on stress recovery: Randomized experimental study. Journal of Medical Internet Research: Serious Games, 7(4), 1-11. (open access link)

 

Hruska, B., Pressman, S.D., Bedinskas, K. & Gump, B. (2019-online). Do Vacations Alter the Connection Between Stress and Cardiovascular Activity? The Effects of a Planned Vacation on the Relationship Between Weekly Stress and Ambulatory Heart Rate. Psychology & Health. (link)

 

*Cross, M.P., **Gheorma, L. & Pressman, S.D. (2019). Contrasting Experimentally Device-Manipulated and Device-Free Smiles. Frontiers in Psychology. (open access link)

 

Jenkins, B.N., *Hunter, J.F., Richardson, M.J., Conner, T.S., & Pressman, S.D. (2019). Affect variability and predictability: Using recurrence quantification analysis to better understand how the dynamics of affect relate to health. Emotion.

 

*Huska, B., Pressman, S.D., Bendinskas, K., & Gump, B.B. (published online 2019). Vacation Frequency is Associated with Metabolic Syndrome and Symptoms: Findings from a New Instrument for Assessing Vacation Characteristics. Psychology & Health, 1-5.ϑ

     ϑ featured article in JAMA: Voelker, R. (published online August 2019). Vacationing more often may reduce metabolic syndrome. Journal of the American         Medical Association.

 

*Thompson, L., *Tuck, N.L., Pressman, S.D., & Consedine, N.S. (published online 2019). Real men don't cry: Skill expressing discrete emotions differentially predicts cardiovascular disease risk in men and women. Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

 

*Kushlev, K., *Hunter, J., *Proulx, J., Pressman, S.D. & Dunn, E. (2019).  Smartphones Reduce Smiles Between Strangers. Computers in Human Behavior, 91, 12-16.

 

*Urban, E.J., *Cochran, K.J., *Acevedo, A.M., *Cross, M.P., Pressman, S.D., & Loftus, E.F. (2019). Misrembering Pain: A memory blindness approach to adding a better end. Memory & Cognition, 47, 954-967.

 

Pressman, S.D., Jenkins, B., & Moskowitz, J. (2019). Positive Affect and Health: What do we know and where next should we go? Annual Review of Psychology, 70, 627-650. (link

Lillis, T.A., Hamilton, N.A., Pressman, S.D., Ziadni, M.S., Khou, C.S., Boddy, L.E., & Wagner, L. (2018). Sleep quality buffers the effects of negative social interactions on maternal mood in the 3-6 months postpartum period: A daily diary study. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 41, 733-746.

 

*Heshmati, S., Oravecz, Z., Pressman, S. D., Batchelder, W.H., Muth, C., & Vandekerckhove, J. (2019). What does it mean to feel loved: Cultural consensus and individual differences. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36, 214-243. ϑ

     ϑ Awarded the “Most Downloaded Article” designation in JSPR for 2018

 

Kornienko, O., Schaefer, D.R., Pressman, S.D., & Granger, D. A. (2018). Associations between Secretory Immunoglobulin A and Social Network Structure. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 25, 669-681.


*Cross, M.P & Pressman, S.D. (2018, published online). Say Cheese? The Connections between Positive Facial Expressions in Student Identification Photographs and Health Care Seeking Behavior. Journal of Health Psychology.

Hunter, J.F.*, Hooker, E.D.*, Rohleder, N., & Pressman, S.D (2018). The use of smartphones as a digital security blanket: The influence of phone use and availability on psychological and physiological responses to social exclusion. Psychosomatic Medicine. link to accepted manuscript

Pressman, S.D., & *Cross, M.P. (2018). Moving Beyond a One-Size-Fits-All View of Positive Affect in Health Research. Current Directions in Psychological Science. link to accepted manuscript

*Jenkins, B., *Cross, M.P., *Acevedo, A., *Hunter, J., & Pressman, S.D. (2018). When is Affect Variability Bad for Health? The Association between Affect Variability and Immune Response to the Influenza Vaccination. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. link to article
 
*Hooker, E.D., Pressman, S.D., & Campos, B. (2018). It just takes a text: Partner text messages can reduce cardiovascular responses to stress. Computers in Human Behavior.
 
Petrie, K.J., Pressman, S.D., Pennebaker, J.W., Overland, S., Tell, G.S., & Sivertsen, B. (2018). Which aspects of positive affect are related to mortality? Results from a general population longitudinal study. Annals of Behavioral Medicine.
 
Heshmati, S., Oravecz, Z., Pressman, S. D., Batchelder, W.H., Muth, C., & Vandekerckhove, J. (2018). What does it mean to feel loved: Cultural consensus and individual differences. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. Link to article.
 
*Tuck, N.L., *Adams, K.S., Pressman, S.D., & Consedine, N.S. (2018). Greater Ability to Express Positive Emotion is Associated with Lower Projected Cardiovascular Disease Risk. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. Link to article.
 
Diener, E., Pressman, S.D., *Hunter, J., *Delgadillo-Chase, D. (2017). If, why and when subjective well-being influences health, and future needed research. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 9, 133-167. Link to article.
 
Pressman, S.D., *Jenkins, B.N., Kraft, T.K., Rasmussen, H., & Scheier, M. (2017-published online). The whole is not the sum of the parts: Specific types of positive affect influence sleep differentially. Emotion. Link to article.

Lillis, T.A., Hamilton, N.A., Pressman, S.D., & *Khou, C.S. (2016). The Association of Daytime Maternal Napping and Exercise With Nighttime Sleep in First-Time Mothers Between 3 and 6 Months Postpartum. Behavioral Sleep Medicine. Link to article.

Shields, G.S., Kuchenbecker, S.Y., Pressman, S.D., Sumida, K.D., & Slavich, G.M. (2016). Better Cognitive Control of Emotional Information is Associated with Reduced Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Reactivity to Emotional Stress. Stress, 19, 63-68. Link to article.

Pressman, S.D., Gallagher, M., Lopez, S. & Campos, B. (2014). Incorporating culture into the study of affect and health. Psychological Science, 25,2281-2283. Link to article.

Pressman, S.D., Kraft, T.L.* & Cross, M*. (2014).  The influence of a “Pay it Forward” Style Intervention on the wellbeing of the Giver and Recipient of Good. Journal of Positive Psychology. Link to article

DeWall, N., Gillath, O., Pressman, S.D., Black, L.*, Stetler, D., Moskowitz, J., B, & Bartz, J. (2014).  When the love hormone leads to violence: Oxytocin increases intimate partner violence inclinations among high trait aggressive people. Social Psychological and Personality Science. Online pre publication. Link to article 

*Crittenden, C.N., Pressman, S.D., Cohen, S., Smith, B. & Seeman, T. (2014). Social Integration and Pulmonary Function in the Elderly. Health Psychology,33, 535-543. Link to article

Pressman, S.D., Gallagher, M. & Lopez, S. (2013).  Is the Emotion-Health Connection a “First World Problem?  Psychological Science,24, pp. 544 – 549. Link to article

Gallagher, M. W., Lopez, S. J., & Pressman, S. D. (2013). Optimism is universal: Exploring the Presence and Benefits of Optimism in a Representative Sample of the World. Journal of Personality, 81, 429 – 440. Link to article

*Hogue, C.M., Fry, M., Fry, A.C & Pressman, S.D. (2013).  The Influence of a Motivational Climate Intervention on Participants’ Salivary Cortisol and Psychological Responses. Sport, Exercise & Performance Psychology,35, 85-97. Link to article

Pressman, S.D., & Cohen, S. (2012). Positive emotion words and longevity in famous deceased psychologists. Health Psychology, 31, 297-305. Link to article

Pressman, S.D. & *Kraft, T.L. (2012).  Grin and bear it: The influence of manipulated positive facial expression on the stress response. Psychological Science, 23, 1372-1378. (Note: Both authors contributed equally to this work and should be considered as co-first authors; publication lists authors alphabetically). Link to article

*Gallagher, M., *Schoemann, A., & Pressman, S.D. (2011).  Mastery beliefs and intraindividual variability of anxiety.  Cognitive Therapy and Research, 35, 227-231. Link to article

Bessiere, K., Pressman, S.D., Kiessler, S. & Kraut, R. (2010). Health and psychological well-being after seeking health information and support online: a longitudinal study. The Journal of Internet Medical Research, 12, e6 (electronic). Link to article

Pressman, S.D., Matthews, K.A., Cohen, S., Martire, L., Scheier, M., Baum, A., Schulz, R. (2009). The association of cumulative restorative activities with psychological and physiological well-being. Psychosomatic Medicine, 71, 725-732. Link to article

Robles, T.F., *Brooks, K.P., & Pressman, S.D. (2009).  Trait positive affect buffers the effects of acute stress on skin barrier recovery. Health Psychology, 28(3), 373-378. Link to article

Pressman, S.D., & Cohen, S. (2007).  The use of social words in autobiographies and longevity.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 69, 262-269. Link to article

Cohen, S., & Pressman, S.D. (2006).  Positive affect and health.  Current Directions in Psychological Science, 15, 122-125. Link to article

Pressman, S. D., & Cohen, S. (2005). Does positive affect influence health? Psychological Bulletin, 131, 925-971. Link to article

Pressman, S., Cohen, S., Miller, G. E., Barkin, A., Rabin, B. S., & Treanor, J. J. (2005). Loneliness, social network size, and immune response to influenza vaccination in college freshmen. Health Psychology, 24, 297-306. Link to article

Miller, G., Cohen, S., Pressman, S., Barkin, A., Treanor, J., & Rabin, B. (2004). Psychological stress and antibody response to influenza vaccination: When is the critical period for stress, and how does it get inside the body? Psychosomatic Medicine, 66, 215-223. Link to article

Chapters

*Jenkins, B., *Acevedo, A., & Pressman, S.D. (in press). Positive Affect in the Context of Health. Sweeny, K., & Robbins, M. (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Health Psychology. Link to chapter.

*Hunter, J., *Cross, M.P., & Pressman, S.D. (in press). The associations between positive affect and health: Findings & future directions. In S.Lopez, L. Edwards & S. Marques (Eds). The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology (3rd edition). Link to chapter.

Pressman, S.D. (2016). Sarah Pressman. In A. Jarden, G. Slemp, A. Chia, E. Lahti, & E. Hwang (Eds.), Positive Psychologists on Positive Psychology (3rd Ed.), 24-40. Link to Chapter.

 

*Cross, M. P., & Pressman, S. D. (in press). Understanding the connections between positive affect and health. In C. L. Cooper and J. C. Quick (Eds.), The Wiley Handbook of Stress and Health: A Guide to Research and Practice. Link to chapter.

Pressman, S.D. & *Bowlin, S. (in press).  Positive Affect: A pathway to better physical health. In J. Moskowitz & J. Gruber (Eds.). The Dark & Light Sides of Positive Emotion. Link to Chapter.

Pressman, S.D., & *Hooker, E.D. (2013). The Healthy Life: An overview of Health Psychology. In R. Biswas-Diener & E. Diener (Eds), Noba Textbook Series: Psychology. Champaign, IL: DEF Publishers. Link to article

Pressman, S.D. & *Kraft, T. (2012).  Heart rate variation with positive psychology exercises.  In Froh, J.J., & Parks, A.C. (Eds.) Activities for Teaching Positive Psychology: A Guide for Instructors. Link to chapter.

Pressman, S.D., & *Black, L. (2012).  Positive Emotions and Immunity.  The Oxford Handbook of Psychoneuroimmunology (pp. 92-104).  Oxford Press. Link to Chapter.

Marsland, A.L., Pressman, S.D., & Cohen, S. (2006). Positive affect and immune function.  In R. Ader (Ed.), Psychoneuroimmunology (pp. 761-779).  Elsevier Publications. Link to article

 

Encyclopedia Articles

Pressman S. & *Hooker E. (2013). Happiness and Health. In: Gellman M., Turner J. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine: SpringerReference (www.springerreference.com). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. DOI: 10.1007/SpringerReference_346166 2012-09-10 13:37:48 UTC. Link to article 

Pressman S.D., *Kraft T.L., & *Bowlin S.(2013).Well-Being: Physical, Psychological, Social. In: Gellman M., Turner J. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine: SpringerReference (www.springerreference.com). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. DOI: 10.1007/SpringerReference_345179 2012-09-10 13:24:07 UTC. Link to article.

Pressman, S.D. & Marsland, A.L. (2009). Positive Affect and the Immune System. In Lopez, S. J. (Ed.). The Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology(pp. 509-513). London: Blackwell Publishing. Link to article.

Rasumussen, H.N. & Pressman, S.D. (2009).  Physical Health and Positive Psychological Constructs. In Lopez, S. J. (Ed.). The Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology (pp. 695-701). London: Blackwell Publishing. Link to article.

Cohen, S., & Pressman, S. (2004). The stress-buffering hypothesis. In N. Anderson (Ed.),  Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior (pp. 780-782). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Link to article

ONLINE PUBLICATIONS, UNREVIEWED PIECES, & POPULAR MATERIALS

Pressman, S.D. (2020). Five Tips for our Mental Health. AXA Research Fund Newsletter. Pressman, S.D. (2020). Five Tips for our Mental Health. AXA Research Fund Newsletter. Link

Pressman, S.D. (2018). In memory of Shane Lopez. In S. Lopez, J. Pedrotti & R. Snyder, Positive Psychology: The Scientific and Practical Explorations of Human Strengths, 4th Edition. Sage.

 

Diener, E., Pressman, S.D., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2015). Can 1 million women be wrong about happiness and health (Op-Ed)? Los Angeles Times, 12/17/15.

Link to article.

Pressman, S.D. (2014). Hacking exam stress through psychological science. Newsletter for NOBAproject.com. Link to post

Pressman, S.D. (2013).  Considering the Smile in Health & Positive Psychology.  Newsletter for the International Positive Psychological Association, 6 (1). Link to article

Lopez, S. & Pressman, S.D. (2012). Americans Use Their Strengths Least on Sundays: People Do More of What They Do Best on Positive Days.  Gallup Journal Online. Link to article

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