Social Contexts and Policy for Optimal Aging; Enhancing Biological and Physical Function in Later Life
Education
PhD University of Nevada Reno Interdisciplinary Social Psychology 2019
Research Interests
Connections between couples’ relationships, stress, and health across adulthood and later life; dyadic coping and chronic illness management; psychoneuroimmunology and aging biomarkers; dyadic, biobehavioral, and longitudinal methods
Teaching Interests
Couple and family relationships across the life course; stress and coping; adult development and aging; health and biosocial processes; human sexuality; research and statistical methods (dyadic methods, multilevel modeling, structural equation modeling.
Grants
2023 - Purdue University Clifford B. Kinley Trust Award
2022 - Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute Kl2/K12 Early Career Investigator Award
2022 - Purdue College of Health and Human Sciences Healthy Lifestyles and Vital Longevity Research Grant (2)
Selected Publications
Shrout, M.R., Wilson, S.J., Farrell, A.K., Rice, T.M., Weiser, D.A., Novak, J.R., & Monk, J.K. (2024). Dyadic, biobehavioral, and sociocultural approaches to romantic relationships and health: Implications for research, practice, and policy. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12943
Shrout, M. R., Weigel, D. J., & Laurenceau, J. P. (2024). Couples and concealable chronic illness: Investigating couples' communication, coping, and relational well-being over time. Journal of Family Psychology38(1), 136-148. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001136
Shrout, M. R., Wilson, S. J., Renna, M. E., Madison, A. 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. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000001162
Shrout, M. R., Black, A. E., Wilson, S. J., Renna, M. E., Madison, A. 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, 108500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108500
Shrout, M. R., Renna, M. E., Madison, A. A., Malarkey, W.B., & Kiecolt-Glaser, J.K. (2023). Marital negativity's festering wounds: The emotional, immunological, and relational toll of couples' negative communication patterns. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 149, 105989. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105989
Shrout, M. R., Madison, A. A., Renna, M. E., Alfano, C. M., Povoski, S. P., Lipari, A. M., Agnese, D. Carson III, W. E., Malarkey, W. B., Bailey, M. T., & Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K. (2022). The gut connection: Gut leakiness as a pathway from breast cancer survivors' relationship satisfaction to inflammation across treatment. Brain,Behavior, and Immunity, 100, 145-154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2021.11.012
Shrout, M. R. (2021). The health consequences of stress in couples: A review and new integrated Dyadic Biobehavioral Stress Model. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity - Health, 16, 100328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2021.100328
Shrout, M. R., Renna, M. E., Madison, A. A., Alfano, C. M., Povoski, S. P., Lipari, A. M., Agnese, D. M., Farrar, W. B., Carson III, W. E., & Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K. (2021). Breast cancer survivors' satisfying marriages predict better psychological and physical health: A longitudinal comparison of satisfied, dissatisfied, and unmarried women. Psycho-Oncology, 30(5), 699-707. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.5615
Shrout, M. R., Renna, M. E., Madison, A. A., Jaremka, L. M., Fagundes, C. P., Malarkey, W. B., & Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K. (2020). Cortisol slopes and conflict: A spouse's perceived stress matters. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104839
Shrout, M. R., Renna, M. E., Madison, A. A., Alfano, C. M., Povoski, S. P., Lipari, A. M., Agnese, D. M., Yee, L. D., Carson III, W. E., & Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K. (2020). Relationship satisfaction predicts lower stress and inflammation in breast cancer survivors: A longitudinal study of within-person and between-person effects. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104708
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