Eli Puterman
Biographic Data
| ID | 85010 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eli Puterman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eli |
| FAMILY NAME | Puterman |
| SIGNATURE | PUTERMAN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5898-2348 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 70 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
HIV medication adherence in the migration and settlement journey
Medication adherence is the cornerstone of HIV care and management and involves taking HIV medication as prescribed. Though barriers to adherence are well-documented, little research to date has examined the everyday experiences of medication adherence of people living with HIV. As migrant women living with HIV (mWLWH) are disproportionately impacted by HIV in Canada, it is pertinent to better understand their unique experiences of medication adh…
From ‘Avoid Frailty’ to ‘The THRIVE Strategy for Lifelong Wellness’
The AVOID Frailty framework, developed by the Canadian Frailty Network, promotes five evidence-based behaviors to reduce frailty risk in older adults: physical activity, vaccination, medication optimization, social interaction, and nutrition. Although widely adopted, its deficit-based framing may limit engagement and appeal. This commentary proposes a positively framed alternative, the THRIVE Strategy for Lifelong Wellness, which retains the core…
Moving beyond illness
Peer-led community-based physical activity programming has gained popularity owing to its potential to improve health, wellbeing, and social connection, particularly within marginalised communities. The Positively Dance program was a community-based participatory research project designed by and for women living with HIV and/or other chronic illnesses. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine participants’ perceptions and experiences …
Effects of older adults’ social identification on psychological flourishing and exercise program adherence
Background With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many exercise programs moved online. The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which older adults’ social identification with other exercise program members contributed to their psychological flourishing and exercise program adherence.Methods The study represented a secondary analysis of data derived from the Seniors COVID-19 Pandemic and Exercise (SCOPE) Trial, in which older adult…
Bidirectional week-to-week relationships between weekly psychological stress across multiple life domains and engagement with an exercise intervention
BACKGROUND: Engaging in physical activity can reduce the risk of multiple morbidities and premature mortality. Psychological stress can hinder the development and maintenance of physical activity behaviors. There is a dearth of research on how these two processes interact. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the week-to-week bidirectional associations between weekly psychological stress across multiple domains (e.g. social, economi…
Stressors and Subjective Cognition in Daily Life
OBJECTIVE: Growing research indicates that daily stress is associated with poorer same-day cognitive performance, for example, memory and attention. However, it is unclear whether this relationship holds across diverse ages and engagement in physical activity (PA), or whether these factors might buffer the relationship between daily stress and subjective cognitive function. METHODS: Ecological momentary assessment data were collected from adults …
Strength of evidence for five happiness strategies
Implementing active play standards
With an increasing number of children attending regular early childhood education and care (ECEC), this setting presents an opportunity to develop physical activity habits and movement skills of children. These behaviours play an important role in the development and well-being of children. In 2017, an Active Play Standard was introduced in British Columbia, Canada, to mandate practices related to physical activity, screen time and movement skill…
Canadian healthcare workers’ mental health and health behaviours during the Covid-19 pandemic
Results demonstrate that the impacts of COVID-19 on HCWs' mental health and health behaviours were significant, and varied by sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., sex, age, income)
Physical activity and substance use among Canadian adolescents
Physical activity may play a role in promoting or preventing substance use among youth. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between different types of physical activity [i.e., non-competitive school sport, competitive school sport, outside of school sport and minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) per day] and substance use (i.e., current smoking, e-cigarette, cannabis, binge drinking) among Canadian youth. …
Exploring occupations and well-being before and during the Covid-19 pandemic in adults with and without inflammatory arthritis
To decrease the spread of the COVID-19 virus, public health officials in British Columbia, Canada ordered large-scale physical distancing requirements, leading to school and business closures, banning of large gatherings, and travel restrictions. These requirements shifted people’s occupational repertoires, with vulnerable populations (e.g., those with chronic health conditions) possibly being differentially impacted. To learn more about people’s…
The role of interparental relationship variability in parent–child interactions
Objective The goal of this study was to examine how variability in interparental relationship functioning predicts the quality of parent–child interactions in daily life among families in which a child had autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and families of neurotypical children. Background Parent–child interactions predict a host of key outcomes for children, and one contributor to the health of parent–child interactions is the quality of the relati…
Early childhood education and care
More than a feeling
Stress can influence health throughout the lifespan, yet there is little agreement about what types and aspects of stress matter most for human health and disease. This is in part because "stress" is not a monolithic concept but rather, an emergent process that involves interactions between individual and environmental factors, historical and current events, allostatic states, and psychological and physiological reactivity. Many of these processe…
Advancing Research on Psychosocial Stress and Aging with the Health and Retirement Study
The HRS provides one of the most comprehensive assessments of psychosocial stress in existing population-based studies and offers the potential for a deeper understanding of how psychosocial factors are related to healthy aging trajectories. The next generation of research examining stress and trajectories of aging in the HRS should test complex longitudinal and mediational relationships, include contextual factors in analyses, and include more c…
Trait acceptance predicts fewer daily negative emotions through less stressor-related rumination
People who are more accepting of their thoughts and feelings experience fewer negative emotions. Although several studies document the connection between acceptance and negative emotions, little, if any research, sheds light on how being receptive to one's internal experience results in less negativity in everyday life. In a daily diary study (N = 183), we found that people who were more accepting of their thoughts and feelings experienced fewer …
Predictors of HIV testing among men who have sex with men
Men who have sex with men (MSM) represent almost half of new HIV infections in Canada each year. However, the vast majority of research on HIV testing among MSM has been conducted in major urban centres. The present study addressed this gap by investigating HIV testing behaviour and predictors of HIV testing among MSM living outside major urban centres, in the Interior of British Columbia. An anonymous online survey of 153 MSM assessed HIV testin…
A Longitudinal Relationship Between Depressive Symptoms and Development of Metabolic Syndrome
OBJECTIVE: Despite variability in the burden of elevated depressive symptoms by sex and race and differences in the incidence of metabolic syndrome, few prior studies describe the longitudinal association of depressive symptoms with metabolic syndrome in a diverse cohort. We tested whether baseline and time-varying depressive symptoms were associated with metabolic syndrome incidence in black and white men and women from the Coronary Artery Risk …
The Association of Early and Recent Psychosocial Life Stress With Leukocyte Telomere Length
OBJECTIVES: Chronic exposure to psychosocial stressors is related to worse somatic health. This association applies both to stressors early in life, such as childhood adversities, and more recent life stress, such as stressful life events. This study examined whether accelerated telomere shortening, as an indicator of cellular aging, might be an explanatory mechanism. METHODS: We examined whether childhood adversities and recent stressful life ev…
Relationship between Perceived Discrimination and Sedentary Behavior in Adults
Among black men and white women, discriminatory experiences were correlated with more screen time sedentary behavior
Race, life course socioeconomic position, racial discrimination, depressive symptoms and self-rated health
Financial Strain and Impaired Fasting Glucose
OBJECTIVES: Physical activity and financial strain are independent, and opposite, predictors of disease. This study examines whether physical activity modifies the concurrent and prospective relation between financial strain and impaired fasting glucose. METHODS: Participants were part of the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study, a prospective study examining the development of disease. Participants were recruited in 1985 to 198…
Physical Activity Moderates Effects of Stressor-Induced Rumination on Cortisol Reactivity
OBJECTIVE: Physically active individuals have lower rates of morbidity and mortality, and recent evidence indicates that physical activity may be particularly beneficial to those experiencing chronic stress. The tendency to ruminate increases and prolongs physiological stress responses, including hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis responses as indexed by cortisol reactivity to stressful experiences. We examined the association between rumi…
Multiwave Associations Between Depressive Symptoms and Endothelial Function in Adolescent and Young Adult Females
OBJECTIVE: Depression has been linked to endothelial dysfunction, and some research suggests that past depressive episodes are associated with a lasting, negative impact on the endothelium. However, investigations in this area have been predominantly cross-sectional, raising questions about the direction of these associations. Using a multiwave design, we sought to extend previous research in this area by examining whether depressive symptoms hav…
Coping and health behaviours in times of global health crises
We examined perceived threats of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and West Nile Virus using an Internet-based questionnaire. Higher levels of perceived threats of diseases were associated with increases in a variety of ways of coping, including empathic responding and wishful thinking. In turn, we examined how coping with the perceived health threat was related to two specific health related behaviours: taking recommended precautions, and avoidi…
Race, life course socioeconomic position, racial discrimination, depressive symptoms and self-rated health
Advancing Research on Psychosocial Stress and Aging with the Health and Retirement Study
The HRS provides one of the most comprehensive assessments of psychosocial stress in existing population-based studies and offers the potential for a deeper understanding of how psychosocial factors are related to healthy aging trajectories. The next generation of research examining stress and trajectories of aging in the HRS should test complex longitudinal and mediational relationships, include contextual factors in analyses, and include more c…
The role of interparental relationship variability in parent–child interactions
Objective The goal of this study was to examine how variability in interparental relationship functioning predicts the quality of parent–child interactions in daily life among families in which a child had autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and families of neurotypical children. Background Parent–child interactions predict a host of key outcomes for children, and one contributor to the health of parent–child interactions is the quality of the relati…
Canadian healthcare workers’ mental health and health behaviours during the Covid-19 pandemic
Results demonstrate that the impacts of COVID-19 on HCWs' mental health and health behaviours were significant, and varied by sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., sex, age, income)
Exploring occupations and well-being before and during the Covid-19 pandemic in adults with and without inflammatory arthritis
To decrease the spread of the COVID-19 virus, public health officials in British Columbia, Canada ordered large-scale physical distancing requirements, leading to school and business closures, banning of large gatherings, and travel restrictions. These requirements shifted people’s occupational repertoires, with vulnerable populations (e.g., those with chronic health conditions) possibly being differentially impacted. To learn more about people’s…
Coping and health behaviours in times of global health crises
We examined perceived threats of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and West Nile Virus using an Internet-based questionnaire. Higher levels of perceived threats of diseases were associated with increases in a variety of ways of coping, including empathic responding and wishful thinking. In turn, we examined how coping with the perceived health threat was related to two specific health related behaviours: taking recommended precautions, and avoidi…
Physical Activity Moderates Effects of Stressor-Induced Rumination on Cortisol Reactivity
OBJECTIVE: Physically active individuals have lower rates of morbidity and mortality, and recent evidence indicates that physical activity may be particularly beneficial to those experiencing chronic stress. The tendency to ruminate increases and prolongs physiological stress responses, including hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis responses as indexed by cortisol reactivity to stressful experiences. We examined the association between rumi…
Multiwave Associations Between Depressive Symptoms and Endothelial Function in Adolescent and Young Adult Females
OBJECTIVE: Depression has been linked to endothelial dysfunction, and some research suggests that past depressive episodes are associated with a lasting, negative impact on the endothelium. However, investigations in this area have been predominantly cross-sectional, raising questions about the direction of these associations. Using a multiwave design, we sought to extend previous research in this area by examining whether depressive symptoms hav…
Financial Strain and Impaired Fasting Glucose
OBJECTIVES: Physical activity and financial strain are independent, and opposite, predictors of disease. This study examines whether physical activity modifies the concurrent and prospective relation between financial strain and impaired fasting glucose. METHODS: Participants were part of the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study, a prospective study examining the development of disease. Participants were recruited in 1985 to 198…
Race, life course socioeconomic position, racial discrimination, depressive symptoms and self-rated health
Relationship between Perceived Discrimination and Sedentary Behavior in Adults
Among black men and white women, discriminatory experiences were correlated with more screen time sedentary behavior
The Association of Early and Recent Psychosocial Life Stress With Leukocyte Telomere Length
OBJECTIVES: Chronic exposure to psychosocial stressors is related to worse somatic health. This association applies both to stressors early in life, such as childhood adversities, and more recent life stress, such as stressful life events. This study examined whether accelerated telomere shortening, as an indicator of cellular aging, might be an explanatory mechanism. METHODS: We examined whether childhood adversities and recent stressful life ev…
Predictors of HIV testing among men who have sex with men
Men who have sex with men (MSM) represent almost half of new HIV infections in Canada each year. However, the vast majority of research on HIV testing among MSM has been conducted in major urban centres. The present study addressed this gap by investigating HIV testing behaviour and predictors of HIV testing among MSM living outside major urban centres, in the Interior of British Columbia. An anonymous online survey of 153 MSM assessed HIV testin…
A Longitudinal Relationship Between Depressive Symptoms and Development of Metabolic Syndrome
OBJECTIVE: Despite variability in the burden of elevated depressive symptoms by sex and race and differences in the incidence of metabolic syndrome, few prior studies describe the longitudinal association of depressive symptoms with metabolic syndrome in a diverse cohort. We tested whether baseline and time-varying depressive symptoms were associated with metabolic syndrome incidence in black and white men and women from the Coronary Artery Risk …
Trait acceptance predicts fewer daily negative emotions through less stressor-related rumination
People who are more accepting of their thoughts and feelings experience fewer negative emotions. Although several studies document the connection between acceptance and negative emotions, little, if any research, sheds light on how being receptive to one's internal experience results in less negativity in everyday life. In a daily diary study (N = 183), we found that people who were more accepting of their thoughts and feelings experienced fewer …
More than a feeling
Stress can influence health throughout the lifespan, yet there is little agreement about what types and aspects of stress matter most for human health and disease. This is in part because "stress" is not a monolithic concept but rather, an emergent process that involves interactions between individual and environmental factors, historical and current events, allostatic states, and psychological and physiological reactivity. Many of these processe…
Advancing Research on Psychosocial Stress and Aging with the Health and Retirement Study
The HRS provides one of the most comprehensive assessments of psychosocial stress in existing population-based studies and offers the potential for a deeper understanding of how psychosocial factors are related to healthy aging trajectories. The next generation of research examining stress and trajectories of aging in the HRS should test complex longitudinal and mediational relationships, include contextual factors in analyses, and include more c…
Early childhood education and care
Physical activity and substance use among Canadian adolescents
Physical activity may play a role in promoting or preventing substance use among youth. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between different types of physical activity [i.e., non-competitive school sport, competitive school sport, outside of school sport and minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) per day] and substance use (i.e., current smoking, e-cigarette, cannabis, binge drinking) among Canadian youth. …
Exploring occupations and well-being before and during the Covid-19 pandemic in adults with and without inflammatory arthritis
To decrease the spread of the COVID-19 virus, public health officials in British Columbia, Canada ordered large-scale physical distancing requirements, leading to school and business closures, banning of large gatherings, and travel restrictions. These requirements shifted people’s occupational repertoires, with vulnerable populations (e.g., those with chronic health conditions) possibly being differentially impacted. To learn more about people’s…
The role of interparental relationship variability in parent–child interactions
Objective The goal of this study was to examine how variability in interparental relationship functioning predicts the quality of parent–child interactions in daily life among families in which a child had autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and families of neurotypical children. Background Parent–child interactions predict a host of key outcomes for children, and one contributor to the health of parent–child interactions is the quality of the relati…
Implementing active play standards
With an increasing number of children attending regular early childhood education and care (ECEC), this setting presents an opportunity to develop physical activity habits and movement skills of children. These behaviours play an important role in the development and well-being of children. In 2017, an Active Play Standard was introduced in British Columbia, Canada, to mandate practices related to physical activity, screen time and movement skill…
Canadian healthcare workers’ mental health and health behaviours during the Covid-19 pandemic
Results demonstrate that the impacts of COVID-19 on HCWs' mental health and health behaviours were significant, and varied by sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., sex, age, income)
Stressors and Subjective Cognition in Daily Life
OBJECTIVE: Growing research indicates that daily stress is associated with poorer same-day cognitive performance, for example, memory and attention. However, it is unclear whether this relationship holds across diverse ages and engagement in physical activity (PA), or whether these factors might buffer the relationship between daily stress and subjective cognitive function. METHODS: Ecological momentary assessment data were collected from adults …
Strength of evidence for five happiness strategies
Effects of older adults’ social identification on psychological flourishing and exercise program adherence
Background With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many exercise programs moved online. The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which older adults’ social identification with other exercise program members contributed to their psychological flourishing and exercise program adherence.Methods The study represented a secondary analysis of data derived from the Seniors COVID-19 Pandemic and Exercise (SCOPE) Trial, in which older adult…
Bidirectional week-to-week relationships between weekly psychological stress across multiple life domains and engagement with an exercise intervention
BACKGROUND: Engaging in physical activity can reduce the risk of multiple morbidities and premature mortality. Psychological stress can hinder the development and maintenance of physical activity behaviors. There is a dearth of research on how these two processes interact. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the week-to-week bidirectional associations between weekly psychological stress across multiple domains (e.g. social, economi…
HIV medication adherence in the migration and settlement journey
Medication adherence is the cornerstone of HIV care and management and involves taking HIV medication as prescribed. Though barriers to adherence are well-documented, little research to date has examined the everyday experiences of medication adherence of people living with HIV. As migrant women living with HIV (mWLWH) are disproportionately impacted by HIV in Canada, it is pertinent to better understand their unique experiences of medication adh…
From ‘Avoid Frailty’ to ‘The THRIVE Strategy for Lifelong Wellness’
The AVOID Frailty framework, developed by the Canadian Frailty Network, promotes five evidence-based behaviors to reduce frailty risk in older adults: physical activity, vaccination, medication optimization, social interaction, and nutrition. Although widely adopted, its deficit-based framing may limit engagement and appeal. This commentary proposes a positively framed alternative, the THRIVE Strategy for Lifelong Wellness, which retains the core…
Moving beyond illness
Peer-led community-based physical activity programming has gained popularity owing to its potential to improve health, wellbeing, and social connection, particularly within marginalised communities. The Positively Dance program was a community-based participatory research project designed by and for women living with HIV and/or other chronic illnesses. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine participants’ perceptions and experiences …
Psychology (20 works) · Medicine (18 works) · Psychiatry (13 works) · Clinical Psychology (11 works) · Gerontology (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Physical Activity and Health (6 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Physical activity (5 works)