selected publications
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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