Research Area Specialist Sr
Publications
- Kira S Birditt, Newton, Nicky J, Angela Elizabeth Turkelson, Polenick, Courtney A, Zhou, Zexi, Fingerman, Karen L. 2024. Daily Rumination among Older Men and Women: The Role of Perceived Family and Non-Family Social Partner Life Stress. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B 79(5):gbae027.
- Kira S Birditt, Angela Elizabeth Turkelson, Javaid, Sarah, Gonzalez,Richard D, Toni C Antonucci. 2023. Implications of Cumulative Life Event Stress for Daily Stress Exposure and Cardiovascular Reactivity Among Black and White Americans. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B 78(7):1224-1235.
- Kira S Birditt, Angela Elizabeth Turkelson, Polenick, Courtney A, Cranford, James A, Jennifer Ann Smith, Erin Bakshis Ware, Blow, Frederic C. 2023. Alcohol Use and Mortality among Older Couples in the United States: Evidence of Individual and Partner Effects. The Gerontologist
- Kira S Birditt, Angela Elizabeth Turkelson, Polenick, Courtney A, Cranford, James A, Blow, Frederic C. 2022. Alcohol Use and Blood Pressure Among Older Couples: The Moderating Role of Negative Marital Quality. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B 77(9):1592-1602.
- Courtney A. Polenick, Kira S Birditt, Angela Elizabeth Turkelson, Sadie M. Shattuck, Helen C. Kales. 2022. Longitudinal associations between chronic condition discordance and perceived control among older couples. Psychology and Aging 37(3):371-387.
- Lauren A. Tighe, Kira S Birditt, Angela Elizabeth Turkelson, Narayan Sastry. 2022. Under my skin: Parenting behavior and children’s cortisol in the Los Angeles family and neighborhood survey. Developmental Psychobiology 64(4):e22263-undefined.
- Kira S Birditt, Angela Elizabeth Turkelson, Polenick, Courtney Allyn, Kales, Helen C. 2019. Individual-Level and Couple-Level Discordant Chronic Conditions: Longitudinal Links to Functional Disability. Annals of Behavioral Medicine