Publications

Please feel free to reach out to Dr. Meaghan Barlow (mbarlow@wlu.ca) if you would like a free copy or summary of any article.

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In Press:

Barlow, M. A., Willroth, E. C., John, O., Wrosch, C. & Mauss, I. B. (in press). When Daily Emotions Spill into Life Satisfaction: Age Differences in Emotion Globalizing. Psychology and Aging.

Wrosch, C., *Borenstein-Laurie, J., Barlow, M. A., & Renaud, J. (in press). The importance of optimism for adaptive self-regulation:  Associations with subjective well-being and physical health. In F. M. Sirois (Ed.), Palgrave Handbook of Positive Psychology and Health. Springer Nature.

Under review:

Barlow, M. A., Wrosch, C., & Hoppmann, C. (2023). The Interpersonal Benefits of Goal Adjustment Capacities: The Sample Case of Coping with Poor Sleep in Couples. Under Review.

Published:

Hamm, J. M., Barlow, M. A., Garcia, O. G., & Duggan, K. (2023).Context-Dependent Shifts in Self-Regulatory Personality Processes During COVID-19: Changes in Control Predict Dynamic Shifts in Goal Reengagement Capacity. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. 17, e12771. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12771

*Borenstein-Laurie, J., Barlow, M. A., Scheier, M. F. & Wrosch, C. (2023). Examining Intra- and Inter-Personal Health Effects of Optimism and Pessimism: The Role of Subjective Well-Being in Romantic Couples. Journal of Personality. 91(3), 700-717. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12768

Barlow, M. A., Wrosch, C., Hamm, J., *Sacher, T., Miller, G. E., & Kunzmann, U. (2022). Discrete Negative Emotions and Goal Disengagement in Older Adulthood: Context Effects and Associations with Emotional Well-Being. Emotion. 22(7), 1583–1594. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001091

Hamm, J. M., Tan, J., Barlow, M. A., Delaney, R., & Duggan, K. (2022). Goal Adjustment Capacities in Uncontrollable Life Circumstances: Benefits for Psychological Well-Being During COVID-19. Motivation and Emotion. 46(3), 319-335. doi: 10.1007/s11031-022-09941-6

Scheier, M. F., Wrosch, C., Barlow, M. A., Swanson, J. D., & Tindle, H. A. (2021). It Remains Meaningful to Distinguish Optimism from Pessimism: A Reply to VanderWeele and Kubzansky (2021). American Psychologist, 76, 1194–1195. doi: 10.1037/amp0000920

Martiniello, N., Barlow, M. A., & Wittich, W. (2021). Exploring correlates of braille reading performance in adults and older adults with visual impairment: A retrospective study. Scientific Studies on Reading. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/10888438.2021.1969402

Hamm, J. M., Wrosch, C., Barlow, M. A., & Kunzmann, U. (2021). A tale of two emotions: The diverging salience and health consequences of calmness and excitement in old age. Psychology and Aging, 36, 626-641. doi: 10.1037/pag0000512.

Scheier, M. F., Swanson, J. D., Barlow, M. A., Greenhouse, J. B., Wrosch, C., & Tindle, H. A. (2020). Optimism versus pessimism as predictors of physical well-being: A meta-analytic study of dispositional optimism. American Psychologist, 76, 529–548. doi: 10.1037/amp0000666

Holding, A., Barlow, M. A., Koestner, R., & Wrosch, C. (2020). Why are we together? A dyadic longitudinal investigation of relationship motivation, goal progress and adjustment. Journal of Personality, 88, 464-477. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12503

Barlow, M. A., Wrosch, C., & McGrath, J. (2020). Goal adjustment capacities and quality of life: A meta-analysis. Journal of Personality, 88, 307-323. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12492

Barlow, M. A., Wrosch, C., Gouin, J. P. & Kunzmann, U. (2019). Is anger, but not sadness, associated with chronic inflammation in older adulthood? Psychology and Aging, 34, 330-340. doi: 10.1037/pag0000348

Wrosch, C., Barlow, M. A., & Kunzmann, U. (2018). Age-related changes in older adults’ anger and sadness: The role of perceived control. Psychology and Aging, 33, 350-360. doi: 10.1037/pag0000229

Barlow, M. A., Wrosch, C., Heckhausen, J., & Schulz, R. (2017). Control strategies for managing physical health problems in old age: Evidence for the motivational theory of life-span development. In J. W. Reich & F. J. Infurna (Eds), Perceived control: Theory, research, and practice in the first 50 years. Oxford University Press.

Pila, E., Barlow, M. A., Wrosch, C., & Sabiston, C. (2016). Comparing the body to superior others: Associations with daily exercise and body evaluation in men and women. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 27, 120-127. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2016.08.001

Barlow, M. A., Liu, S., & Wrosch, C. (2015). Chronic illness and loneliness in older adulthood: The role of self-protective control strategies. Health Psychology, 34, 870-879. doi: 10.1037/hea0000182

In preparation:

Barlow, M. A., Ford, B. Q., & Mauss, I. B. (in prep). The experience of happiness across the adult lifespan.

Barlow, M. A., Wrosch, C., & Mauss, I. B. (in prep). Age-related associations of daily discrete emotions and well-being.

Hamm, J. M., Wrosch, C., Barlow, M. A., & Kunzmann, U. (in prep). Discrete Emotion Profiles in Old Age: Stability and Change for Better or Worse.

Liu, S., Barlow, M. A., & Wrosch, C. (in prep). Intra-individual changes in regret intensity among older adults: The roles of perceived stress and self-esteem