Published Manuscripts
*Mentored student
Wilson, S. J., & Marini, C. M. (in press). Older Adults’ Social Profiles of Loneliness and Links to Biological and Functional Aging in the United States and Mexico. Psychosomatic Medicine.
**Recipient of NIH Stress Measurement Network’s Exemplar Research in Stress and Aging award, and featured in special issue on Geroscience, Aging and Behavioral Medicine**
Madison, A. A.*, Wilson, S. J., Shrout, M. R., Malarkey, W. B., & Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K. (in press). Conflict and Inflammaging: Inter-Partner Conflict Tactics Predict Inflammation Only Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults. Psychosomatic Medicine. doi: 10.1097/psy.0000000000001179
**Featured in special issue on Geroscience, Aging and Behavioral Medicine**
Wilson, S. J., Cole, S. W., Shrout, M. R., Malarkey, W. B., Andridge, R., & Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K. (2023). Expression of emotions and genes: Proinflammatory gene expression rises with spousal distress. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 153, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106116
**Selected as Editor’s Choice for this volume of Psychoneuroendocrinology**
Shrout, M. R., Black, A. E., Wilson, S. J., Renna, M. E., Madison, A., Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K., & Reis, H. T. (2023). How aging couples’ emotional and physiological associations change across positive, supportive, and conflictual discussions: Roles of capitalization and responsive behaviors. Biological Psychology, 177, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108500
Shrout, M. R., Wilson, S. J., Renna, M., Madison, A., & Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K. (2023). “We’ve Got This:” Middle-Aged and Older Couples’ Satisfying Relationships and We-Talk Promote Better Physiological, Relational, and Emotional Responses to Conflict. Psychosomatic Medicine, 85(2), 154-164. doi: 10.1097/psy.0000000000001162
Novak, J. R., Wilson, S. J., Ermer, A. E., & Harper, J. M. (2023). Aging Together: Dyadic Profiles of Older Couples’ Marital Quality, Psychological Well-Being, and Physical Health. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 40(6), 1897-1919. doi: 10.1177/02654075221135451
Wilson, S. J., & Marini, C. M. (2023). The days add up: Daily marital discord and depressive reactivity as predictors of change in depression and perceived marital risk across 10 years. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 40(4), 1172-1193. doi: 10.1177/02654075221116277
**Featured in special issue on Integrating Multiple Time-Scales to Advance Relationship Science **
Wilson, S. J., Novak, J. R., Yorgason, J. B., Martire, L. M., & Lyons, K. S. (2022). New Opportunities for Advancing Dyadic Health Science in Gerontology. The Gerontologist. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnac187
Sunahara, C. S.*, Wilson, S. J., Rosenfield, D., Alvi, T., Szeto, A., Mendez, A. J., & Tabak, B. A. (2022). Oxytocin reactivity to a lab-based stressor predicts support seeking after stress in daily life: Implications for the Tend-and-Befriend theory. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 145, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105897
Wilson, S. J., & Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K. (2022). The story of us: Older and younger couples’ language use and emotional responses to jointly told relationship narratives. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 77(12), 2192-2201. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbac080.
Wilson, S. J., & Novak, J. R. (2022). The implications of being “in it together”: Relationship satisfaction and joint health behaviors predict better health and stronger concordance between partners. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 56, 1014-1025. doi: 10.1093/abm/kaab099
**Selected as a Top Publication by the Dyadic Research Interest Group of the Gerontological Society of America**
Wilson, S. J., Jaremka, L. M., Fagundes, C. P., Andridge, R., & Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K. (2022). Does it matter whether I or we talk about us? Distinguishing we-talk in couples’ conflict discussions and partners’ private thoughts. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39(4), 1066-1086. doi: 10.1177/02654075211051116
**Featured in Relationship Matters Podcast with Dr. Bjarne Holmes**
Wilson, S. J., Bailey, B. E., Malarkey, W. B., & Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K. (2021). Linking marital support to aging-related biomarkers: Both age and marital quality matter. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 76(2), 273-282. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbz106
Marini, C. M., Wilson, S. J., Sliwinski, M. J., & Martire, L. M. (2021). Rumination, depressive symptoms, and sleep quality: Social support as a buffer. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 76(10), 1948 – 1959.
Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K., Wilson, S. J., Shrout, M. R., Madison, A. A., Andridge, R., Peng, J., Malarkey, W. B., & Bailey, M. L. (2021). The gut reaction to couples’ relationship troubles: A route to gut dysbiosis through changes in depressive symptoms. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 125, epub ahead of print.
Marini, C. M., Wilson, S. J., Stanford, A. M., Martire, L. M., & Franks, M. M. (2021). Short and long-term effects of support visibility on support providers’ negative affect. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 76(3), 461-470.
Novak, J. R., Wilson, S. J., Gast, J., Miyairi, M., & Peak, T. (2021). Associations between partner’s diet undermining and poor diet in mixed-weight, older gay married couples: A dyadic multiple mediation model. Psychology & Health, 36(10), 1147-1164.
**Selected as Editor’s Choice for this volume of Psychology & Health**
Wilson, S. J., Peng, J., Andridge, R., Jaremka, L. M., Fagundes, C. P., Malarkey, W. B., Belury, M. A., & Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K. (2020). For better and worse? The importance of closeness, satisfaction, and age in spouses’ cardiometabolic similarity. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 120, epub ahead of print.
Wilson, S. J., Padin, A. C., Bailey, B. E., Andridge, R., Malarkey, W. B., & Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K. (2020). Spousal bereavement after dementia caregiving: A turning point for immune health. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 118, epub ahead of print.
**Selected for the NIH Matilda White Riley Behavioral and Social Sciences Early Stage Investigator Award and the Gerontological Society of America Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award **
Madison, A.*, Andridge, R., Padin, A. C., Wilson, S. J., Bailey, M., Alfano, C., Povoski, S., Lipari, A., Agnese, D., Carson, W., Malarkey, W. B., Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K. (2020). Endotoxemia coupled with heightened inflammation predicts future depressive symptoms. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 122, epub ahead of print.
Padin, A. C.*, Hebert, J. R., Woody, A., Wilson, S. J., Shivappa, N., Belury, M. A., Malarkey, W. B., Sheridan, J. R., & Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K. (2019). A proinflammatory diet is associated with inflammatory gene expression among healthy, non-obese adults: Can social ties protect against the risks? Brain, Behavior, & Immunity, 82, 36 – 44.
Wilson, S. J., Padin, A. C., Birmingham, D. J., Malarkey, W. B., & Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K. (2019). When distress becomes somatic: Dementia family caregivers’ distress and genetic vulnerability to pain and sleep problems. Gerontologist, 59(5), e451 – e460.
Wilson, S. J., Woody, A., Padin, A. C., Lin, J., Malarkey, W. B., & Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K. (2019). Loneliness and telomere length: Immune and parasympathetic function in associations with accelerated aging. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 53(6), 541 – 550.
Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K., Wilson, S. J., & Madison, A. (2019). Marriage and gut (microbiome) feelings: Tracing novel dyadic pathways to accelerated aging. Psychosomatic Medicine, 81(8), 704 – 710.
Padin, A.C.*, Wilson, S.J., Bailey, B., Lustberg, M.B., Farrar, W.B., Povoski, S.P., Agnese, D.M., Reinbolt, R. E., Wesolowski, R., Williams, N., Sardesai, S., Ramaswamy, B., Noonan, A.M., Vandeusen, J.B., Haas, G.J., Kiecolt-Glaser, J.K. (2019). Physical activity after breast cancer surgery: Does depression make exercise feel more effortful than it actually is? International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 26(3), 237 – 246.
Wilson, S. J., Martire, L. M., & Zhaoyang, R. (2019). Couples’ day-to-day pain concordance and marital interaction quality. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36(3), 1023 – 1040.
Wilson, S. J., Martire, L. M., & Graham-Engeland, J. E. (2018). Capturing patients’ symptom expression and spouses’ cardiovascular responses continuously: The feasibility of examining a mechanism of disease risk in the home. Families, Systems, and Health, 36(4), 518 – 522.
Wilson, S. J., Bailey, B. E., Jaremka, L. M., Fagundes, C. P., Andridge, R., Malarkey, W. B., Gates, K. M., Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K. (2018). When couples’ hearts beat together: Synchrony in heart rate variability during conflict predict heightened inflammation throughout the day. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 93, 107 – 116.
Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K., Wilson, S. J., Bailey, M., Andridge, R., Peng, J., Jaremka, L.M., Fagundes, C. P., Malarkey, W. B., Laskowski, B., & Belury, M. A. (2018). Marital distress, depression, and a leaky gut: Translocation of bacterial endotoxin as a pathway to inflammation. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 98, 52 – 60.
Knobloch-Fedders, L. M., & Wilson, S. J. (2018). Interpersonal behavior within couple therapy sessions: Concurrent and prospective associations with depressive symptoms and relationship distress. Psychotherapy Research, 31, 1 – 12.
Wilson, S. J., Andridge, R., Peng, J., Bailey, B. E., Malarkey, W. B., & Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K. (2017). Thoughts after marital conflict and full-thickness wounds: Age-graded pathways to healing. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 85, 6 – 13.
Wilson, S. J., Martire, L. M., & Sliwinski, M. J. (2017). Daily spouse responsiveness predicts longer-term trajectories of physical function. Psychological Science, 28(6), 786 – 797.
Wilson, S. J., Jaremka, L. M., Fagundes, C. P., Andridge, R., Peng, J., Malarkey, W. B., Habash, D., Belury, M. A., & Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K. (2017). Shortened sleep fuels inflammatory responses to marital conflict: Emotion regulation matters. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 79, 74 – 83.
**Results cited in Men’s Health (June 2017), Quartz (June 2017), U. S. News & World Report (July 2017), TIME (July 2017), New York Times (September 2017), Knowable Magazine (October 2017), and New York Times (November 2019). Radio interviews were given on Dr. Radio on Sirius XM Radio: Everyday Health with Dr. Carol Bernstein (June 2017), Couples’ Corner with Dr. Michael Aronoff (September 2017), Heartbeat Show with Dr. Greg Ribakove (May 2018).**
Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K., & Wilson, S. J. (2017). Lovesick: How couples’ relationships influence health. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 17, 421 – 443.
Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K., & Wilson, S. J. (2017). Caregiver vulnerability and brain structural markers: Compounding risk. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 25(6), 592 – 594.
Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K., & Wilson, S. J. (2016). Psychiatric disorders, morbidity, and mortality: Tracing mechanistic pathways to accelerated aging. Psychosomatic Medicine, 78(7), 772 – 775.
Martire, L. M., Wilson, S. J., Small, B. J., Conley, Y. P., Janicki, P. K., & Sliwinski, M. J. (2016). COMT and OPRM1 genotype associations with daily knee pain variability and activity induced pain. Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 10, 6 – 12.
Wilson, S. J., Barrineau, M. J., Berg, C. A., & Butner, J. (2014). Shared possible selves, other-focus, and perceived wellness of couples with prostate cancer. Journal of Family Psychology, 28(5), 684 – 691.
Wilson, S. J., Martire, L. M., Keefe, F. J., Mogle, J. A., Stephens, M. A. P., & Schulz, R. (2013). Daily verbal and nonverbal expression of osteoarthritis pain and spouse responses. Pain, 154(10), 2045 – 53.
Kahalley, L. S., Conklin, H. M., Tyc, V. L, Hudson, M. M., Wilson, S. J., Wu, S., Xiong, X., & Hinds, P. S. (2013). Slower processing speed after treatment for pediatric brain tumor and ALL. Psycho-Oncology, 22(9), 1979 – 1986.
Kahalley, L. S., Wilson, S. J., Tyc, V. L., Conklin, H. M., Hudson, M. M., Wu, S., Xiong, X., Stancel, H. H., & Hinds, P. S. (2013). Are the psychological needs of adolescent survivors of pediatric cancer adequately identified and treated? Psycho-Oncology, 22(2), 447 – 458.
Kahalley, L. S., Tyc, V. L., Wilson, S. J., Nelms. J., Hudson, M. M., Wu, S., Xiong, X., & Hinds, P. S. (2011). Adolescent cancer survivors’ smoking intentions are associated with aggression, attention, and smoking history. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 5(2), 123-131.
Kahalley, L.S., Conklin, H.M., Tyc, V.L., Wilson, S. J., Hinds, P.S., Wu, S., Xiong, X., & Hudson, M.M. (2011). ADHD and secondary ADHD criteria fail to identify many at-risk survivors of pediatric ALL and brain tumor. Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 57(1), 110-118.
Published Chapters
Wilson, S. J., Woody, A., & Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K. (2019). Inflammation as a biomarker method in lifespan developmental methodology. In B. Knight (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Berg, C. A., Sewell, K., Hughes, A., Wilson, S. J., & Brewer, C. (2016). A developmental perspective to dyadic coping across adulthood. In J. Bookwala (Ed.), Couple Relationships in Mid and Late Life: Current Perspectives (pp. 259-280). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Wilson, S. J., & Berg, C. A. (2015). Spousal support: Physical health conditions. In S. K. Whitbourne (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging (pp. 1350 – 1353). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.