Associate Professor of Psychology & Social Behavior
Ph.D. University of Southern California
Phone:
(949) 824-1450
Email:
scharles@uci.edu
Office:
4326 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway
Specializations:
emotional processes across the adult life span, subjective experience and cognitive processes, health and emotion
Department:
Psychology and Social Behavior Curriculum Vitae:
My research examines emotional processes across the adult life span. I am interested in how affective experience varies across the life course, and how differences in affective experience may be related to differences in cognitive and health-related processes. I am also interested in the interplay between health and emotion, including the relationship between physical health factors (both health behavior and health status) and emotional processes, and how these relationships may vary as a function of age.
Web Links of Research Sites
Selected Publications
- Charles, S.T., & Carstensen, L.L. (in press). Unpleasant situations elicit different emotional responses in younger and older adults. Psychology & Aging.
- Charles, S.T., Gatz, M., Kato, K., & Pedersen, N.L. (in press). Physical health twenty-five years later: The predictive ability of neuroticism. Health Psychology.
- Charles, S.T., & Almeida, D.M. (2007). Genetic and environmental effects on daily life stressors: More evidence for greater variation in later life. Psychology and Aging, 22, 231-240.
- Charles, S.T., & Piazza, J.R. (2007). Memories of social interactions: Age differences in emotional intensity. Psychology & Aging, 22, 300-309.
- Piazza, J.R., Charles, S.T., & Almeida, D.M. (2007). Living with chronic health conditions: Age differences in affective well-being. Journal of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological and Behavioral Sciences, 62, 313-321.
- Charles, S.T., & Carstensen, L.L. (2007). Emotion regulation and aging. In J.J. Gross (Ed.), Handbook of Emotion Regulation (pp. 307-320). New York: Guilford Press.
- Charles, S.T., & Almeida, D.M. (2006). The association between somatic symptoms and negative affect: Not all symptoms are created equal. Psychology and Health, 21, 1-18.
- Charles, S.T. (2005). Viewing Injustice: Age Differences in Emotional Experience. Psychology and Aging, 20, 159-164.
- Charles, S.T., Mather, M., & Carstensen, L.L. (2003). Aging and emotional memory: The forgettable nature of negative images for older adults. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 132, 310-324.
- Charles, S.T., & Pasupathi, M. (2003). Age-Related Patterns of Variability in Self-Descriptions: Implications for Everyday Affective Experience. Psychology and Aging, 18, 524-536.
- Charles, S. T., Reynolds, C., & Gatz, M, (2001). Age-related differences and change in positive and negative affect over twenty-five years. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 136-151.
- Charles, S. T., Gatz, M., Pedersen, N. L., & Dahlberg, L. (1999). Genetic and behavioral risk factors for self-reported joint pain among a population-based sample of Swedish twins. Health Psychology, 18, 644-654.
- Carstensen, L. L., Isaacowitz, D. M., & Charles, S. T. (1999). Taking time seriously: A theory of socioemotional selectivity theory. American Psychologist, 54, 165-181.