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Erica O’Brien
Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Mississippi
Contact Information
Email: eml5781@psu.edu
Selected Publications
2021
Predictors of engagement in young and older adults: The role of specific activity experience. Psychol Aging, 36(2), 131-142. presented at the 2021 Mar. doi:10.1037/pag0000561
. (2021). Cognitive Interference in the Context of Daily Stressors, Daily Awareness of Age-Related Change, and General Aging Attitudes. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, 76(5), 920-929. presented at the 2021 04 23. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbaa155
. (2021). 2020
Perceived Benefits and Costs Contribute to Young and Older Adults' Selectivity in Social Relationships. GeroPsych (Bern), 33(1), 42-51. presented at the 2020 Mar. doi:10.1024/1662-9647/a000218
. (2020). Differential focus on probability and losses between young and older adults in risky decision-making. Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn, 27(4), 532-552. presented at the 2020 07. doi:10.1080/13825585.2019.1642442
. (2020). 2019
Resource or Hindrance? The benefits and costs of social support for functional difficulties and its implications for depressive symptoms. Aging Ment Health, 23(5), 618-624. presented at the 2019 05. doi:10.1080/13607863.2018.1437595
. (2019). 2018
Use of descriptive and experiential information in decision making by young and older adults. Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn, 25(4), 500-519. presented at the 2018 07. doi:10.1080/13825585.2017.1327014
. (2018). The role of cognitive costs, attitudes about aging, and intrinsic motivation in predicting engagement in everyday activities. Psychol Aging, 33(6), 953-964. presented at the 2018 Sep. doi:10.1037/pag0000289
. (2018). 2017
Context influences on the relationship between views of aging and subjective age: The moderating role of culture and domain of functioning. Psychol Aging, 32(5), 419-431. presented at the 2017 Aug. doi:10.1037/pag0000181
. (2017). Context Influences on the Subjective Experience of Aging: The Impact of Culture and Domains of Functioning. Gerontologist, 57(suppl_2), S127-S137. presented at the 2017 08 01. doi:10.1093/geront/gnx015
. (2017).