Heidi S Kane
Biographic Data
| ID | 105651 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Heidi S Kane |
| GIVEN NAMES | Heidi S |
| FAMILY NAME | Kane |
| SIGNATURE | KANE H S |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Dallas |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7277-6914 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 59 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
When feeling good does not always help you sleep: Cultural moderation of the positive affect–sleep link
Positive affect has been linked to better sleep. However, this evidence primarily comes from Western societies with a long-standing cultural tradition of prioritizing the pursuit of positivity. Here, we tested whether such benefits generalize to East Asian societies, where positive affect is less culturally valued. In these cultural contexts, individuals strive to achieve emotional balance, and thus, elevating positive emotions may not confer the…
Is daily emotion suppression associated with poor sleep? The moderating role of culture
Emotion suppression is widely assumed to be unhealthy. Yet, this conclusion may be limited to independent Western cultures that value self-expression. In a pre-registered, daily diary study of European American and East Asian college students, we tested whether culture moderates the effects of daily use of emotion suppression on sleep-a critical component of healthy living among young adults. A total of 117 college students (62 European Americans…
Positive crossover: Parent perceived partner responsiveness and health of youth with asthma
Romantic relationship functioning has implications that extend beyond the romantic dyad. This study tests whether a key positive aspect of relationships, perceived partner responsiveness , can cross over from parents' romantic relationships to children's health and well‐being via parenting behavior. In a sample of 112 youth with asthma and their primary caregivers, when caregivers perceived higher partner responsiveness in their romantic relation…
Threats to Belonging and Health: Understanding the Impact of the Covid‐19 Pandemic using Decades of Research
The COVID‐19 pandemic, an external stressor with multiple stressful sequelae, has fundamentally changed people's lives over multiple years. In this article, we first review research demonstrating that the pandemic has negatively impacted people's sense of belonging and health over time. Next, we draw upon decades of theoretical and empirical work demonstrating that threats to belonging and mental health problems are highly interrelated, with incr…
Emotional approach coping and daily support behavior in romantic relationships
People differ in the degree to which they seek emotional support from romantic partners during times of stress. Moreover, receiving emotional support from partners is not always beneficial. Emotional approach coping (EAC)-the tendency to cope with stress by processing and expressing emotions-may play an important role in determining who seeks and who benefits from emotional support. This report used dyadic data from a two-week daily diary study (…
Romantic relationship distress, gender, socioeconomic status, and inflammation: A preregistered report
Poor quality romantic relationships increase risk for health problems; elevated systemic inflammation is one promising underlying mechanism. This registered report utilized data from three publicly available data sets with large sample sizes (Add Health, MIDUS, NSHAP) to test this possibility. An internal meta‐analysis across all three studies determined that romantic relationship distress was unrelated to inflammation (assessed via C‐reactive pr…
Parental attachment anxiety: Associations with allostatic load in mothers of 1-year-olds
Growing evidence indicates that individual differences in attachment style are related to health outcomes. The present study extends this literature by examining whether attachment anxiety in both mothers and fathers predicts maternal health the year following the birth of a child in a sample of 698 low-income, racially diverse couples. We hypothesized that maternal perceptions of partner responsiveness would mediate these associations. Maternal …
The effects of interpersonal emotional expression, partner responsiveness, and emotional approach coping on stress responses
[Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported online in Emotion on Sep 5 2019 (see record 2019-52812-001). In the article, two text call outs for figures are incorrect. At the end of the "Negative emotional responses" section under the "Psychological Stress Responses" heading, "(see Figure 7)" should have been deleted. Under the "Negative task-related ruminative thoughts" heading in that same section, "(see Figure 5)" in the first …
Mothers’ Attachment is Linked to Their Children’s Anti-Inflammatory Gene Expression via Maternal Warmth
Research has demonstrated links between adult romantic attachment and one’s own physical health; little is known about links between adult attachment orientations and offspring health. Prior work has shown that parents’ greater attachment anxiety and avoidance predict less warmth toward their children. Extensive work has also shown that lower maternal warmth has negative downstream effects on offspring health. We tested the novel hypothesis that …
Asthma-Related Immune Responses in Youth With Asthma: Associations With Maternal Responsiveness and Expressions of Positive and Negative Affect in Daily Life
OBJECTIVES: Stressful family environments early in life have negative effects on physical health. However, less is known about the health effects of positive aspects of families. We examined the associations between maternal responsiveness and immune markers among youth with asthma and identified youth expressions of positive affect as a potential mechanism of these associations. METHODS: Forty-three youths with asthma (26 boys; aged 10-17 years)…
To Love is to Suffer: Older Adults’ Daily Emotional Contagion to Perceived Spousal Suffering
Marital satisfaction can increase daily emotional contagion to spousal suffering among older couples dealing with chronic conditions. Wives' distress may be more dependent on perceiving high levels of partner suffering compared with husbands' distress
The Attachment System and Physiology in Adulthood: Normative Processes, Individual Differences, and Implications for Health
Attachment theory provides a conceptual framework for understanding intersections between personality and close relationships in adulthood. Moreover, attachment has implications for stress‐related physiology and physical health. We review work on normative processes and individual differences in the attachment behavioral system, as well as their associations with biological mechanisms related to health outcomes. We highlight the need for more bas…
Psychological, physiological, and behavioral responses to a partner in need: The role of compassionate love
This study examined the role of compassionate love (CL) in shaping cognitive, emotional, physiological, and behavioral responses to partner distress ( N = 56 couples). One member of each couple (the support provider) observed his/her partner perform an easy or difficult stress task (designed to vary signals of partner distress). Support providers in the difficult (vs. easy) condition showed more partner focus, emotional distress, and blood pressu…
Psychoneuroimmunology: Mechanisms, Individual Differences, and Interventions
Researchers in the field of psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) study the intricate multifaceted relationship between changes in the nervous system that accompany psychological states and corresponding changes in immune system function, in the context of health and disease. This chapter outlines the physiological basis for the bidirectional relationships between the nervous and immune systems, noting the advancement in the knowledge of how the autonomic …
Mere presence is not enough: Responsive support in a virtual world
Feeling supported and feeling satisfied: How one partner's attachment style predicts the other partner's relationship experiences
This study explored the association between one partner's attachment style and the other partner's relationship experiences (N = 305 couples). It was hypothesized that individuals would be more satisfied in their relationship when their partners were more secure (lower in attachment avoidance and anxiety), and that this association would be mediated by perceived caregiving. Results indicated that men were less satisfied when their female partners…
Feeling supported and feeling satisfied: How one partner's attachment style predicts the other partner's relationship experiences
This study explored the association between one partner's attachment style and the other partner's relationship experiences (N = 305 couples). It was hypothesized that individuals would be more satisfied in their relationship when their partners were more secure (lower in attachment avoidance and anxiety), and that this association would be mediated by perceived caregiving. Results indicated that men were less satisfied when their female partners…
Psychological, physiological, and behavioral responses to a partner in need: The role of compassionate love
This study examined the role of compassionate love (CL) in shaping cognitive, emotional, physiological, and behavioral responses to partner distress ( N = 56 couples). One member of each couple (the support provider) observed his/her partner perform an easy or difficult stress task (designed to vary signals of partner distress). Support providers in the difficult (vs. easy) condition showed more partner focus, emotional distress, and blood pressu…
Mere presence is not enough: Responsive support in a virtual world
To Love is to Suffer: Older Adults’ Daily Emotional Contagion to Perceived Spousal Suffering
Marital satisfaction can increase daily emotional contagion to spousal suffering among older couples dealing with chronic conditions. Wives' distress may be more dependent on perceiving high levels of partner suffering compared with husbands' distress
Emotional approach coping and daily support behavior in romantic relationships
People differ in the degree to which they seek emotional support from romantic partners during times of stress. Moreover, receiving emotional support from partners is not always beneficial. Emotional approach coping (EAC)-the tendency to cope with stress by processing and expressing emotions-may play an important role in determining who seeks and who benefits from emotional support. This report used dyadic data from a two-week daily diary study (…
Parental attachment anxiety: Associations with allostatic load in mothers of 1-year-olds
Growing evidence indicates that individual differences in attachment style are related to health outcomes. The present study extends this literature by examining whether attachment anxiety in both mothers and fathers predicts maternal health the year following the birth of a child in a sample of 698 low-income, racially diverse couples. We hypothesized that maternal perceptions of partner responsiveness would mediate these associations. Maternal …
Feeling supported and feeling satisfied: How one partner's attachment style predicts the other partner's relationship experiences
This study explored the association between one partner's attachment style and the other partner's relationship experiences (N = 305 couples). It was hypothesized that individuals would be more satisfied in their relationship when their partners were more secure (lower in attachment avoidance and anxiety), and that this association would be mediated by perceived caregiving. Results indicated that men were less satisfied when their female partners…
Mere presence is not enough: Responsive support in a virtual world
Psychoneuroimmunology: Mechanisms, Individual Differences, and Interventions
Researchers in the field of psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) study the intricate multifaceted relationship between changes in the nervous system that accompany psychological states and corresponding changes in immune system function, in the context of health and disease. This chapter outlines the physiological basis for the bidirectional relationships between the nervous and immune systems, noting the advancement in the knowledge of how the autonomic …
The Attachment System and Physiology in Adulthood: Normative Processes, Individual Differences, and Implications for Health
Attachment theory provides a conceptual framework for understanding intersections between personality and close relationships in adulthood. Moreover, attachment has implications for stress‐related physiology and physical health. We review work on normative processes and individual differences in the attachment behavioral system, as well as their associations with biological mechanisms related to health outcomes. We highlight the need for more bas…
Psychological, physiological, and behavioral responses to a partner in need: The role of compassionate love
This study examined the role of compassionate love (CL) in shaping cognitive, emotional, physiological, and behavioral responses to partner distress ( N = 56 couples). One member of each couple (the support provider) observed his/her partner perform an easy or difficult stress task (designed to vary signals of partner distress). Support providers in the difficult (vs. easy) condition showed more partner focus, emotional distress, and blood pressu…
Asthma-Related Immune Responses in Youth With Asthma: Associations With Maternal Responsiveness and Expressions of Positive and Negative Affect in Daily Life
OBJECTIVES: Stressful family environments early in life have negative effects on physical health. However, less is known about the health effects of positive aspects of families. We examined the associations between maternal responsiveness and immune markers among youth with asthma and identified youth expressions of positive affect as a potential mechanism of these associations. METHODS: Forty-three youths with asthma (26 boys; aged 10-17 years)…
To Love is to Suffer: Older Adults’ Daily Emotional Contagion to Perceived Spousal Suffering
Marital satisfaction can increase daily emotional contagion to spousal suffering among older couples dealing with chronic conditions. Wives' distress may be more dependent on perceiving high levels of partner suffering compared with husbands' distress
Mothers’ Attachment is Linked to Their Children’s Anti-Inflammatory Gene Expression via Maternal Warmth
Research has demonstrated links between adult romantic attachment and one’s own physical health; little is known about links between adult attachment orientations and offspring health. Prior work has shown that parents’ greater attachment anxiety and avoidance predict less warmth toward their children. Extensive work has also shown that lower maternal warmth has negative downstream effects on offspring health. We tested the novel hypothesis that …
The effects of interpersonal emotional expression, partner responsiveness, and emotional approach coping on stress responses
[Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported online in Emotion on Sep 5 2019 (see record 2019-52812-001). In the article, two text call outs for figures are incorrect. At the end of the "Negative emotional responses" section under the "Psychological Stress Responses" heading, "(see Figure 7)" should have been deleted. Under the "Negative task-related ruminative thoughts" heading in that same section, "(see Figure 5)" in the first …
Romantic relationship distress, gender, socioeconomic status, and inflammation: A preregistered report
Poor quality romantic relationships increase risk for health problems; elevated systemic inflammation is one promising underlying mechanism. This registered report utilized data from three publicly available data sets with large sample sizes (Add Health, MIDUS, NSHAP) to test this possibility. An internal meta‐analysis across all three studies determined that romantic relationship distress was unrelated to inflammation (assessed via C‐reactive pr…
Parental attachment anxiety: Associations with allostatic load in mothers of 1-year-olds
Growing evidence indicates that individual differences in attachment style are related to health outcomes. The present study extends this literature by examining whether attachment anxiety in both mothers and fathers predicts maternal health the year following the birth of a child in a sample of 698 low-income, racially diverse couples. We hypothesized that maternal perceptions of partner responsiveness would mediate these associations. Maternal …
Threats to Belonging and Health: Understanding the Impact of the Covid‐19 Pandemic using Decades of Research
The COVID‐19 pandemic, an external stressor with multiple stressful sequelae, has fundamentally changed people's lives over multiple years. In this article, we first review research demonstrating that the pandemic has negatively impacted people's sense of belonging and health over time. Next, we draw upon decades of theoretical and empirical work demonstrating that threats to belonging and mental health problems are highly interrelated, with incr…
Emotional approach coping and daily support behavior in romantic relationships
People differ in the degree to which they seek emotional support from romantic partners during times of stress. Moreover, receiving emotional support from partners is not always beneficial. Emotional approach coping (EAC)-the tendency to cope with stress by processing and expressing emotions-may play an important role in determining who seeks and who benefits from emotional support. This report used dyadic data from a two-week daily diary study (…
Is daily emotion suppression associated with poor sleep? The moderating role of culture
Emotion suppression is widely assumed to be unhealthy. Yet, this conclusion may be limited to independent Western cultures that value self-expression. In a pre-registered, daily diary study of European American and East Asian college students, we tested whether culture moderates the effects of daily use of emotion suppression on sleep-a critical component of healthy living among young adults. A total of 117 college students (62 European Americans…
Positive crossover: Parent perceived partner responsiveness and health of youth with asthma
Romantic relationship functioning has implications that extend beyond the romantic dyad. This study tests whether a key positive aspect of relationships, perceived partner responsiveness , can cross over from parents' romantic relationships to children's health and well‐being via parenting behavior. In a sample of 112 youth with asthma and their primary caregivers, when caregivers perceived higher partner responsiveness in their romantic relation…
When feeling good does not always help you sleep: Cultural moderation of the positive affect–sleep link
Positive affect has been linked to better sleep. However, this evidence primarily comes from Western societies with a long-standing cultural tradition of prioritizing the pursuit of positivity. Here, we tested whether such benefits generalize to East Asian societies, where positive affect is less culturally valued. In these cultural contexts, individuals strive to achieve emotional balance, and thus, elevating positive emotions may not confer the…
Psychology (15 works) · Developmental psychology (12 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Anxiety (7 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Medicine (6 works)