academic article

• Discrimination and sleep disturbance among older Black Americans: A longitudinal analysis of the Health and Retirement Study..  Sleep health.  10:691-696. 2024
• Chronic stress exposure, social support, and sleep quality among African Americans: findings from the National Survey of American Life-Reinterview..  Ethnicity & health.  29:620-644. 2024
• "So, Do Not Fear": Religion and the prevalence, persistence, and severity of anxiety disorders among Black Americans..  Journal of affective disorders.  247-254. 2024
• Neighborhood social cohesion and physical disorder in relation to social isolation in older adults: racial and ethnic differences.  BMC public health.  2024
• Trajectories of depressive symptoms among older African Americans: the influence of neighborhood characteristics and gender..  Aging & mental health.  27:2220-2228. 2023
• Racial discrimination and 12-month and lifetime anxiety disorders among African American men and women: Findings from the National Survey of American Life..  Journal of affective disorders.  180-187. 2023
• Discrimination and social isolation among African Americans: The moderating role of skin tone..  Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology.  30:374-384. 2022
• Discrimination and Hypertension Among Older African Americans and Caribbean Blacks: The Moderating Effects of John Henryism..  The Journals of Gerontology: Series B.  77:2049-2059. 2022
• Religious Involvement and Sleep Among Older African Americans..  Journal of Aging and Health.  34:413-423. 2022
• Hope, Purpose, and Religiosity: The Impact of Psychosocial Resources on Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms Among Middle-Aged and Older Blacks..  Journal of Aging and Health.  34:363-377. 2022
• Neighborhood Characteristics and Inflammation Among Older Black Americans: The Moderating Effects of Hopelessness and Pessimism..  The Journals of Gerontology: Series A.  77:315-322. 2022
• Biopsychosocial Risk Profiles Among African American and Non-Hispanic White Adults: Findings From The Health and Retirement Study.  The Journals of Gerontology: Series A.  2022
• Race, Ethnicity, and Age Differences in Social Relationships and Obesity: Findings From the National Survey of American Life.  Journal of Aging and Health.  2022
• The Moderating Role of Race and Ethnicity in the Relationship Between Negative Family Interactions and Mental Health Among Older Adults.  The Gerontologist.  2022
• "What Doesn't Kill You, Makes You Stronger": Psychosocial Resources and the Mental Health of Black Older Adults..  Annual review of gerontology & geriatrics.  41:269-302. 2021
• Hopelessness Among Middle-Aged and Older Blacks: The Negative Impact of Discrimination and Protecting Power of Social and Religious Resources..  Innovation in aging.  4:-. 2020
• Professional service use among older African Americans, Black Caribbeans, and Non-Hispanic Whites for serious health and emotional problems..  Social work in health care.  59:199-217. 2020
• When Is Hope Enough? Hopefulness, Discrimination and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Allostatic Load..  Behavioral Medicine.  46:189-201. 2020
• Instrumental Social Support Exchanges in African American Extended Families..  Journal of family issues.  39:3535-3563. 2018
• Discrimination, Serious Psychological Distress, and Church-Based Emotional Support Among African American Men Across the Life Span..  The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences.  73:198-207. 2018
• Extended family and friendship support and suicidality among African Americans..  Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology.  52:299-309. 2016