Elliot Friedman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3581777 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elliot Friedman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elliot |
| FAMILY NAME | Friedman |
| SIGNATURE | FRIEDMAN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3587-2138 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 61 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Sustained Purpose in Life is Associated With Slower Cognitive Decline in Older Adults
Objectives Purpose in life is positively associated with cognitive function and better maintenance of cognitive function over time in aging adults. However, purpose in life itself declines over time, and we examined whether such changes are related to changes in cognition and whether this varied by race and ethnicity. Method The current study used 3 waves of data from the nationally representative survey, Health and Retirement Study (HRS; N = 9,8…
Poorer subjective hearing is associated with less frequent and more negative social interactions in older adults
These results support the possibility that impaired hearing may affect the quality of routine social interactions, potentially increasing the risk of social isolation and loneliness
Early-Life Parental Affection, Social Relationships in Adulthood, and Later-Life Cognitive Function
Objective Although research has demonstrated the long-term health consequences of childhood adversities, less is known about the long-term impact of positive childhood experiences, such as parental affection. Method Using longitudinal data (1995–2014) from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study, we analyze structural equation models estimating direct and indirect pathways from early-life parental affection to changes in later-life cogniti…
Social connectedness, functional capacity, and longevity
Self-Rated Health and Mortality
Poor self-rated health consistently predicts reduced longevity, even when objective disease conditions and risk factors are considered. Purpose in life is also a reliable predictor of diverse health outcomes, including greater longevity. Given prior work in which we showed that purpose in life moderated the association between chronic conditions and health-related biological factors, the aim of the current study was to examine the role of purpose…
Not Seeing Double
OBJECTIVE: Prior research on the causality and directionality between disease and functional limitations is ambiguous. The current study used longitudinal monozygotic twin data to test both directions linking disease burden and functional limitations in middle-aged and older adults, controlling for genetic and familial factors. We also examined potential moderation by psychological well-being. METHODS: The twin subsample from the first two waves …
Inflammation Partially Mediates the Association of Multimorbidity and Functional Limitations in a National Sample of Middle-Aged and Older Adults
Inflammation may be an important biological mechanism through which chronic medical conditions are linked to disability in later life
Stressful Events, Social Support, and Cognitive Function in Middle-Aged Adults With a Family History of Alzheimer’s Disease
Psychosocial factors may influence cognition in at-risk individuals; influence varies by cognitive domain and ε4 status
Widowed Mothers' Coresidence With Adult Children
The discussion considers coresidence as an intergenerational transfer and its importance for the contemporary aging society. Data are needed on characteristics of all offspring to test theories about parent-child relationships
Perceived neighborhood quality, sleep quality, and health status
Living Well With Medical Comorbidities
Objectives. We take a biopsychosocial perspective on age-related diseases by examining psychological correlates of having multiple chronic conditions and determining whether positive psychological functioning predicts advantageous profiles of biological risk factors. Method. Respondents to the national survey of Midlife in the United States who participated in clinical assessments of health and biological processes ( n = 998) provided information…
The Social Patterns of a Biological Risk Factor for Disease
The limited explanatory power of socioeconomic position and, particularly, behavioral risk factors, in elucidating the relationship between race and CRP among men, signals the need for research to examine additional mediators, including more direct measures of stress and discrimination
Income, Education, and Inflammation
OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations between income and education and three markers of inflammation: interleukin-6 (IL-6), C-reactive protein (CRP), and fibrinogen. Socioeconomic status is inversely linked with health outcomes, but the biological processes by which social position "gets under the skin" to affect health are poorly understood. METHOD: Cross-sectional analyses involved participants (n = 704) from the second wave of the national po…
The Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW), a novel infrastructure for population health research
SHOW generates data to assess health disparities across state communities as well as trends on prevalence of health outcomes and determinants. SHOW also serves as a platform for ancillary epidemiologic studies and for studies to evaluate the effect of community-specific interventions. It addresses key gaps in our current data resources and increases capacity for etiologic, applied and translational population health research. It is hoped that thi…
Sleep Duration in the United States
Sleep duration is associated with cardiovascular disease and diabetes risk factors, depression, automobile and workplace accidents, and prospective mortality. Little is known, however, about sleep patterns in the US population. The 2004-2007 National Health Interview Survey-Sample Adult Files provide nationally representative data for 110,441 noninstitutionalized US adults aged 18 years or older, and multinomial logistic regression examines wheth…
Socioeconomic Status Predicts Objective and Subjective Sleep Quality in Aging Women
OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that socioeconomic status (SES) would be associated with sleep quality measured objectively, even after controlling for related covariates (health status, psychosocial characteristics). Epidemiological studies linking SES and sleep quality have traditionally relied on self-reported assessments of sleep. METHODS: Ninety-four women, 61 to 90 years of age, participated in this study. SES was determined by pretax hou…
Psychological Well-Being and Ill-Being
Background: Increasingly, researchers attend to both positive and negative aspects of mental health. Such distinctions call for clarification of whether psychological well-being and ill-being comprise opposite ends of a bipolar continuum, or are best construed as separate, independent dimensions of mental health. Biology can help resolve this query – bipolarity predicts ‘mirrored’ biological correlates (i.e. well-being and ill-being correlate sim…
Reduced Primary Antibody Responses in a Genetic Animal Model of Depression
OBJECTIVE: Clinical depression is associated with multiple abnormalities of immune function, including reduced virus-specific responses. This study tested the hypothesis that the Flinders Sensitive Line (FSL) rat, a promising genetic animal model of depression, would exhibit reductions in antigen-specific primary antibody responses to immunization. METHODS: FSL (N = 13) and control Flinders Resistant Line (FRL; N = 14) rats were immunized with th…
Interleukin‐1 induces sleep‐like behavior and alters call structure in juvenile rhesus macaques
To date, there have been no investigations of the behavioral effects of interleukin‐1 (IL‐1) in nonhuman primates. In this study the locomotor behavior and vocalizations of juvenile rhesus monkeys were monitored for 45 minutes following intravenous injections of recombinant human IL‐1 alpha. In addition, their reaction to a broadcasted recording of infant monkey distress calls was determined 20 minutes after the beginning of each test session. IL…
Perceived neighborhood quality, sleep quality, and health status
The Social Patterns of a Biological Risk Factor for Disease
The limited explanatory power of socioeconomic position and, particularly, behavioral risk factors, in elucidating the relationship between race and CRP among men, signals the need for research to examine additional mediators, including more direct measures of stress and discrimination
Living Well With Medical Comorbidities
Objectives. We take a biopsychosocial perspective on age-related diseases by examining psychological correlates of having multiple chronic conditions and determining whether positive psychological functioning predicts advantageous profiles of biological risk factors. Method. Respondents to the national survey of Midlife in the United States who participated in clinical assessments of health and biological processes ( n = 998) provided information…
Widowed Mothers' Coresidence With Adult Children
The discussion considers coresidence as an intergenerational transfer and its importance for the contemporary aging society. Data are needed on characteristics of all offspring to test theories about parent-child relationships
Social connectedness, functional capacity, and longevity
Inflammation Partially Mediates the Association of Multimorbidity and Functional Limitations in a National Sample of Middle-Aged and Older Adults
Inflammation may be an important biological mechanism through which chronic medical conditions are linked to disability in later life
Early-Life Parental Affection, Social Relationships in Adulthood, and Later-Life Cognitive Function
Objective Although research has demonstrated the long-term health consequences of childhood adversities, less is known about the long-term impact of positive childhood experiences, such as parental affection. Method Using longitudinal data (1995–2014) from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study, we analyze structural equation models estimating direct and indirect pathways from early-life parental affection to changes in later-life cogniti…
Stressful Events, Social Support, and Cognitive Function in Middle-Aged Adults With a Family History of Alzheimer’s Disease
Psychosocial factors may influence cognition in at-risk individuals; influence varies by cognitive domain and ε4 status
Interleukin‐1 induces sleep‐like behavior and alters call structure in juvenile rhesus macaques
To date, there have been no investigations of the behavioral effects of interleukin‐1 (IL‐1) in nonhuman primates. In this study the locomotor behavior and vocalizations of juvenile rhesus monkeys were monitored for 45 minutes following intravenous injections of recombinant human IL‐1 alpha. In addition, their reaction to a broadcasted recording of infant monkey distress calls was determined 20 minutes after the beginning of each test session. IL…
Reduced Primary Antibody Responses in a Genetic Animal Model of Depression
OBJECTIVE: Clinical depression is associated with multiple abnormalities of immune function, including reduced virus-specific responses. This study tested the hypothesis that the Flinders Sensitive Line (FSL) rat, a promising genetic animal model of depression, would exhibit reductions in antigen-specific primary antibody responses to immunization. METHODS: FSL (N = 13) and control Flinders Resistant Line (FRL; N = 14) rats were immunized with th…
Psychological Well-Being and Ill-Being
Background: Increasingly, researchers attend to both positive and negative aspects of mental health. Such distinctions call for clarification of whether psychological well-being and ill-being comprise opposite ends of a bipolar continuum, or are best construed as separate, independent dimensions of mental health. Biology can help resolve this query – bipolarity predicts ‘mirrored’ biological correlates (i.e. well-being and ill-being correlate sim…
Socioeconomic Status Predicts Objective and Subjective Sleep Quality in Aging Women
OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that socioeconomic status (SES) would be associated with sleep quality measured objectively, even after controlling for related covariates (health status, psychosocial characteristics). Epidemiological studies linking SES and sleep quality have traditionally relied on self-reported assessments of sleep. METHODS: Ninety-four women, 61 to 90 years of age, participated in this study. SES was determined by pretax hou…
Sleep Duration in the United States
Sleep duration is associated with cardiovascular disease and diabetes risk factors, depression, automobile and workplace accidents, and prospective mortality. Little is known, however, about sleep patterns in the US population. The 2004-2007 National Health Interview Survey-Sample Adult Files provide nationally representative data for 110,441 noninstitutionalized US adults aged 18 years or older, and multinomial logistic regression examines wheth…
Income, Education, and Inflammation
OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations between income and education and three markers of inflammation: interleukin-6 (IL-6), C-reactive protein (CRP), and fibrinogen. Socioeconomic status is inversely linked with health outcomes, but the biological processes by which social position "gets under the skin" to affect health are poorly understood. METHOD: Cross-sectional analyses involved participants (n = 704) from the second wave of the national po…
The Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW), a novel infrastructure for population health research
SHOW generates data to assess health disparities across state communities as well as trends on prevalence of health outcomes and determinants. SHOW also serves as a platform for ancillary epidemiologic studies and for studies to evaluate the effect of community-specific interventions. It addresses key gaps in our current data resources and increases capacity for etiologic, applied and translational population health research. It is hoped that thi…
Living Well With Medical Comorbidities
Objectives. We take a biopsychosocial perspective on age-related diseases by examining psychological correlates of having multiple chronic conditions and determining whether positive psychological functioning predicts advantageous profiles of biological risk factors. Method. Respondents to the national survey of Midlife in the United States who participated in clinical assessments of health and biological processes ( n = 998) provided information…
The Social Patterns of a Biological Risk Factor for Disease
The limited explanatory power of socioeconomic position and, particularly, behavioral risk factors, in elucidating the relationship between race and CRP among men, signals the need for research to examine additional mediators, including more direct measures of stress and discrimination
Stressful Events, Social Support, and Cognitive Function in Middle-Aged Adults With a Family History of Alzheimer’s Disease
Psychosocial factors may influence cognition in at-risk individuals; influence varies by cognitive domain and ε4 status
Widowed Mothers' Coresidence With Adult Children
The discussion considers coresidence as an intergenerational transfer and its importance for the contemporary aging society. Data are needed on characteristics of all offspring to test theories about parent-child relationships
Perceived neighborhood quality, sleep quality, and health status
Inflammation Partially Mediates the Association of Multimorbidity and Functional Limitations in a National Sample of Middle-Aged and Older Adults
Inflammation may be an important biological mechanism through which chronic medical conditions are linked to disability in later life
Not Seeing Double
OBJECTIVE: Prior research on the causality and directionality between disease and functional limitations is ambiguous. The current study used longitudinal monozygotic twin data to test both directions linking disease burden and functional limitations in middle-aged and older adults, controlling for genetic and familial factors. We also examined potential moderation by psychological well-being. METHODS: The twin subsample from the first two waves …
Self-Rated Health and Mortality
Poor self-rated health consistently predicts reduced longevity, even when objective disease conditions and risk factors are considered. Purpose in life is also a reliable predictor of diverse health outcomes, including greater longevity. Given prior work in which we showed that purpose in life moderated the association between chronic conditions and health-related biological factors, the aim of the current study was to examine the role of purpose…
Early-Life Parental Affection, Social Relationships in Adulthood, and Later-Life Cognitive Function
Objective Although research has demonstrated the long-term health consequences of childhood adversities, less is known about the long-term impact of positive childhood experiences, such as parental affection. Method Using longitudinal data (1995–2014) from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study, we analyze structural equation models estimating direct and indirect pathways from early-life parental affection to changes in later-life cogniti…
Social connectedness, functional capacity, and longevity
Sustained Purpose in Life is Associated With Slower Cognitive Decline in Older Adults
Objectives Purpose in life is positively associated with cognitive function and better maintenance of cognitive function over time in aging adults. However, purpose in life itself declines over time, and we examined whether such changes are related to changes in cognition and whether this varied by race and ethnicity. Method The current study used 3 waves of data from the nationally representative survey, Health and Retirement Study (HRS; N = 9,8…
Poorer subjective hearing is associated with less frequent and more negative social interactions in older adults
These results support the possibility that impaired hearing may affect the quality of routine social interactions, potentially increasing the risk of social isolation and loneliness
Medicine (16 works) · Psychology (15 works) · Gerontology (10 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (9 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Disease (5 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Internal Medicine (5 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (5 works)