158 - David Almeida: Can Stress Be Good For You?

Jane chats with Dr. David Almeida, a  Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State. He is the Principal Investigator of the National Study of Daily Experiences (NSDE), the largest longitudinal diary study of daily experiences and health in the United States. Dr. Almeida’s work examines how daily experiences of stress are associated with health and well-being. 

In this episode, Jane and Dr. Almeida discuss the ways in which people experience and react to stress in their daily lives, who is most likely to experience and be reactive to stress, ways to manage stress, and even some unexpected upside of experiencing stress in daily life.

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Some papers relevant to today’s discussion: 

•  Changes in daily stress reactivity and changes in physical health across 18 years of adulthood
• Longitudinal change in daily stress across 20 years of adulthood: Results from the National Study of Daily Experiences
• The Mixed Benefits of a Stressor-Free Life 

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