Emma K Adam
Biographic Data
| ID | 85156 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emma K Adam |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emma K |
| FAMILY NAME | Adam |
| SIGNATURE | ADAM E K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northwestern University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9940-9217 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 262 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Early life stress and HPA axis function independently predict adult depressive symptoms in metropolitan Cebu, Philippines
OBJECTIVES: Alterations in adult hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity have increasingly been linked with early life stress and adult depression, but a limited number of studies have used longitudinal data to explore HPA axis dysregulation as an underlying mechanism driving the long-term depressive impacts of early stressors. Here we address potential long-term impacts of early life, family-based stress on depressive symptoms among y…
Emotional Pathways to the Biological Embodiment of Racial Discrimination Experiences
Findings suggest that daily NSE and average negative emotions are important pathways by which racial discrimination gets under the skin, or is embodied, in stress biology
Early Term Delivery and Breastfeeding Outcomes
Diurnal cortisol slopes and mental and physical health outcomes
The Effects of Childhood and Adolescent Adversity on Substance Use Disorders and Poor Health in Early Adulthood
Perceptions of parental secure base support in African American adolescents and young adults
Within the field of relationship science there is increasing interest in the connections between close relationships and physical health. In the present study, we examined whether adolescents' (∼12 years old) and young adults' (∼20 years old) perceptions of their parents as a secure base prospectively predict C-reactive protein (CRP), a commonly used marker of inflammatory activity, at age 32 in a well-characterized sample of African Americans. W…
Assessment of the cortisol awakening response
The cortisol awakening response (CAR), the marked increase in cortisol secretion over the first 30-45 min after morning awakening, has been related to a wide range of psychosocial, physical and mental health parameters, making it a key variable for psychoneuroendocrinological research. The CAR is typically assessed from self-collection of saliva samples within the domestic setting. While this confers ecological validity, it lacks direct researche…
Positive upshots of cortisol in everyday life
Cortisol, the major physiological end product of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, is usually associated with stress and negative affect. However, a new body of research highlights the complex, adaptive significance of elevated cortisol within individuals in everyday life. Whereas most studies do not have the power to test the dynamic transactions between cortisol and affect within a person throughout the entire waking day, we employed an …
Prenatal Stress and the Cortisol Awakening Response in African-American and Caucasian Women in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy
Evidence for a Complex Relationship Among Weight Retention, Cortisol and Breastfeeding in Postpartum Women
Psychological and biological responses to race-based social stress as pathways to disparities in educational outcomes
We present the race-based disparities in stress and sleep in context model (RDSSC), which argues that racial/ethnic disparities in educational achievement and attainment are partially explained by the effects of race-based stressors, such as stereotype threat and perceived discrimination, on psychological and biological responses to stress, which, in turn, impact cognitive functioning and academic performance. Whereas the roles of psychological c…
Developmental histories of perceived racial discrimination and diurnal cortisol profiles in adulthood
Developmental origins of flatter cortisol rhythms
OBJECTIVE: Low socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with increased psychosocial stress among low-income persons, which could contribute to differences in activity of the HPA axis (assessed by diurnal cortisol profiles). The current article investigates associations of SES from different developmental stages with cortisol profiles. METHODS: Using data from a large, socioeconomically diverse birth cohort (N = 1,490) in Cebu, Philippines, the cu…
Positive and Negative Affect and Arousal
OBJECTIVES: Psychobiological research with adolescent populations tends to focus on negative mood, stress, and psychopathology, but the role of positive emotions is insufficiently understood. The current study examines the relative contributions of both negative and positive affective experiences to the basal activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, measured by levels of cortisol across the waking day. METHODS: A sample of 315 ethnica…
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Diurnal Cortisol Rhythms
BACKGROUND: Prior research indicates that blacks and Hispanics/Latinos have flatter diurnal cortisol declines across the day, a profile associated with poorer health. The stability of racial and ethnic differences in cortisol levels over time is not well understood, and additional research is needed to establish racial and ethnic differences in psychosocial stress levels as related to changes in cortisol levels. METHODS: With data from a communit…
Race/ethnic and socioeconomic differences in stress and immune function in The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
Stress and immune function may be important mediators of the strong association between social factors and health over the life course, but previous studies have lacked the data to fully explore these links in a population-based sample. This study utilizes data from Waves I-IV of the U.S. National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) to test the associations of race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status (SES) with levels of perceived…
The high price of debt
Positive Youth, Healthy Adults
Neighborhoods, Obesity, and Diabetes — A Randomized Social Experiment
BACKGROUND: The question of whether neighborhood environment contributes directly to the development of obesity and diabetes remains unresolved. The study reported on here uses data from a social experiment to assess the association of randomly assigned variation in neighborhood conditions with obesity and diabetes. METHODS: From 1994 through 1998, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) randomly assigned 4498 women with children li…
Physiological stress responses to the 2008 U.S. presidential election
This study examines physiological stress responses to the 2008 U.S. presidential election. The week before and after Election Day, participants provided three daily saliva samples, assayed for cortisol (a principal “stress hormone”) and testosterone. Results revealed that, on Election Day, all participants on average and Republicans in particular exhibited stunted cortisol and testosterone rhythms, perhaps reflecting participants’ anticipation. A…
Concerns about appearing prejudiced get under the skin
Measured Blood Pressure and Hypertension among Young Adults
Measurement and distribution of systolic and diastolic blood pressure and related health risk factors in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) were compared with data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007-2008. Sociodemographic patterns of blood pressure, prevalence of hypertension, and measurement characteristics in Add Health were also examined. Prevalence of hypertension (20.88%) in…
Adolescents' expectations for the future predict health behaviors in early adulthood
Assessing salivary cortisol in large-scale, epidemiological research
Sleep timing and quantity in ecological and family context
Associations between demographic characteristics, school schedules, activity choices, family functioning, and sleep behaviors were estimated using nationally representative time-diary data from 2,454 children (ages 5.5 to 11.9 years) and adolescents (ages 12.0 to 19.1 years). For weekdays, African American adolescents, Asian children, and those with earlier school start times and longer travel times to school reported fewer sleep hours. More time…
The high price of debt
Home sweet home(s)
Associations between histories of family disruption (residential moves and separations from parent figures) and adolescent adjustment (including educational, internalizing, externalizing, and sexual be-havior outcomes) were examined in a random sample of 267 African American girls from 3 urban poverty neighborhoods. Higher numbers of residential moves and parental separations significantly predicted greater adolescent adjustment problems after ho…
Psychological and biological responses to race-based social stress as pathways to disparities in educational outcomes
We present the race-based disparities in stress and sleep in context model (RDSSC), which argues that racial/ethnic disparities in educational achievement and attainment are partially explained by the effects of race-based stressors, such as stereotype threat and perceived discrimination, on psychological and biological responses to stress, which, in turn, impact cognitive functioning and academic performance. Whereas the roles of psychological c…
Adolescents' expectations for the future predict health behaviors in early adulthood
Concerns about appearing prejudiced get under the skin
Race/ethnic and socioeconomic differences in stress and immune function in The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
Stress and immune function may be important mediators of the strong association between social factors and health over the life course, but previous studies have lacked the data to fully explore these links in a population-based sample. This study utilizes data from Waves I-IV of the U.S. National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) to test the associations of race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status (SES) with levels of perceived…
The Effects of Childhood and Adolescent Adversity on Substance Use Disorders and Poor Health in Early Adulthood
Early life stress and HPA axis function independently predict adult depressive symptoms in metropolitan Cebu, Philippines
OBJECTIVES: Alterations in adult hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity have increasingly been linked with early life stress and adult depression, but a limited number of studies have used longitudinal data to explore HPA axis dysregulation as an underlying mechanism driving the long-term depressive impacts of early stressors. Here we address potential long-term impacts of early life, family-based stress on depressive symptoms among y…
Perceptions of parental secure base support in African American adolescents and young adults
Within the field of relationship science there is increasing interest in the connections between close relationships and physical health. In the present study, we examined whether adolescents' (∼12 years old) and young adults' (∼20 years old) perceptions of their parents as a secure base prospectively predict C-reactive protein (CRP), a commonly used marker of inflammatory activity, at age 32 in a well-characterized sample of African Americans. W…
Emotional Pathways to the Biological Embodiment of Racial Discrimination Experiences
Findings suggest that daily NSE and average negative emotions are important pathways by which racial discrimination gets under the skin, or is embodied, in stress biology
Physiological stress responses to the 2008 U.S. presidential election
This study examines physiological stress responses to the 2008 U.S. presidential election. The week before and after Election Day, participants provided three daily saliva samples, assayed for cortisol (a principal “stress hormone”) and testosterone. Results revealed that, on Election Day, all participants on average and Republicans in particular exhibited stunted cortisol and testosterone rhythms, perhaps reflecting participants’ anticipation. A…
Measured Blood Pressure and Hypertension among Young Adults
Measurement and distribution of systolic and diastolic blood pressure and related health risk factors in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) were compared with data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007-2008. Sociodemographic patterns of blood pressure, prevalence of hypertension, and measurement characteristics in Add Health were also examined. Prevalence of hypertension (20.88%) in…
Adult Attachment
(1997). Adult Attachment: Implications for the Therapeutic Process in a Home Visitation Intervention. Applied Developmental Science: Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 43-52
Investing in our children
Home sweet home(s)
Associations between histories of family disruption (residential moves and separations from parent figures) and adolescent adjustment (including educational, internalizing, externalizing, and sexual be-havior outcomes) were examined in a random sample of 267 African American girls from 3 urban poverty neighborhoods. Higher numbers of residential moves and parental separations significantly predicted greater adolescent adjustment problems after ho…
Day-to-day dynamics of experience–cortisol associations in a population-based sample of older adults
In 156 older adults, day-to-day variations in cortisol diurnal rhythms were predicted from both prior-day and same-day experiences, to examine the temporal ordering of experience–cortisol associations in naturalistic environments. Diary reports of daily psychosocial, emotional, and physical states were completed at bedtime on each of three consecutive days. Salivary cortisol levels were measured at wakeup, 30 min after awakening, and at bedtime e…
Sleep timing and quantity in ecological and family context
Associations between demographic characteristics, school schedules, activity choices, family functioning, and sleep behaviors were estimated using nationally representative time-diary data from 2,454 children (ages 5.5 to 11.9 years) and adolescents (ages 12.0 to 19.1 years). For weekdays, African American adolescents, Asian children, and those with earlier school start times and longer travel times to school reported fewer sleep hours. More time…
Drivers and limitations for the successful development and functioning of EIPs (eco-industrial parks)
Assessing salivary cortisol in large-scale, epidemiological research
Neighborhoods, Obesity, and Diabetes — A Randomized Social Experiment
BACKGROUND: The question of whether neighborhood environment contributes directly to the development of obesity and diabetes remains unresolved. The study reported on here uses data from a social experiment to assess the association of randomly assigned variation in neighborhood conditions with obesity and diabetes. METHODS: From 1994 through 1998, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) randomly assigned 4498 women with children li…
Physiological stress responses to the 2008 U.S. presidential election
This study examines physiological stress responses to the 2008 U.S. presidential election. The week before and after Election Day, participants provided three daily saliva samples, assayed for cortisol (a principal “stress hormone”) and testosterone. Results revealed that, on Election Day, all participants on average and Republicans in particular exhibited stunted cortisol and testosterone rhythms, perhaps reflecting participants’ anticipation. A…
Concerns about appearing prejudiced get under the skin
Measured Blood Pressure and Hypertension among Young Adults
Measurement and distribution of systolic and diastolic blood pressure and related health risk factors in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) were compared with data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007-2008. Sociodemographic patterns of blood pressure, prevalence of hypertension, and measurement characteristics in Add Health were also examined. Prevalence of hypertension (20.88%) in…
Adolescents' expectations for the future predict health behaviors in early adulthood
Positive Youth, Healthy Adults
The high price of debt
Race/ethnic and socioeconomic differences in stress and immune function in The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
Stress and immune function may be important mediators of the strong association between social factors and health over the life course, but previous studies have lacked the data to fully explore these links in a population-based sample. This study utilizes data from Waves I-IV of the U.S. National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) to test the associations of race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status (SES) with levels of perceived…
Developmental histories of perceived racial discrimination and diurnal cortisol profiles in adulthood
Developmental origins of flatter cortisol rhythms
OBJECTIVE: Low socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with increased psychosocial stress among low-income persons, which could contribute to differences in activity of the HPA axis (assessed by diurnal cortisol profiles). The current article investigates associations of SES from different developmental stages with cortisol profiles. METHODS: Using data from a large, socioeconomically diverse birth cohort (N = 1,490) in Cebu, Philippines, the cu…
Positive and Negative Affect and Arousal
OBJECTIVES: Psychobiological research with adolescent populations tends to focus on negative mood, stress, and psychopathology, but the role of positive emotions is insufficiently understood. The current study examines the relative contributions of both negative and positive affective experiences to the basal activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, measured by levels of cortisol across the waking day. METHODS: A sample of 315 ethnica…
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Diurnal Cortisol Rhythms
BACKGROUND: Prior research indicates that blacks and Hispanics/Latinos have flatter diurnal cortisol declines across the day, a profile associated with poorer health. The stability of racial and ethnic differences in cortisol levels over time is not well understood, and additional research is needed to establish racial and ethnic differences in psychosocial stress levels as related to changes in cortisol levels. METHODS: With data from a communit…
Assessment of the cortisol awakening response
The cortisol awakening response (CAR), the marked increase in cortisol secretion over the first 30-45 min after morning awakening, has been related to a wide range of psychosocial, physical and mental health parameters, making it a key variable for psychoneuroendocrinological research. The CAR is typically assessed from self-collection of saliva samples within the domestic setting. While this confers ecological validity, it lacks direct researche…
Positive upshots of cortisol in everyday life
Cortisol, the major physiological end product of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, is usually associated with stress and negative affect. However, a new body of research highlights the complex, adaptive significance of elevated cortisol within individuals in everyday life. Whereas most studies do not have the power to test the dynamic transactions between cortisol and affect within a person throughout the entire waking day, we employed an …
Prenatal Stress and the Cortisol Awakening Response in African-American and Caucasian Women in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy
Evidence for a Complex Relationship Among Weight Retention, Cortisol and Breastfeeding in Postpartum Women
Psychological and biological responses to race-based social stress as pathways to disparities in educational outcomes
We present the race-based disparities in stress and sleep in context model (RDSSC), which argues that racial/ethnic disparities in educational achievement and attainment are partially explained by the effects of race-based stressors, such as stereotype threat and perceived discrimination, on psychological and biological responses to stress, which, in turn, impact cognitive functioning and academic performance. Whereas the roles of psychological c…
Diurnal cortisol slopes and mental and physical health outcomes
Psychology (23 works) · Medicine (22 works) · Developmental psychology (15 works) · Stress Responses and Cortisol (15 works) · Psychiatry (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Demography (9 works) · Internal Medicine (7 works) · Young adult (7 works) · Environmental health (6 works)