Selected Publications
Adam, E. K., Collier Villaume, S., Thomas, S., Doane, L. D., & Grant, K. E. (2023). Stress and hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis activity in adolescence and early adulthood. In L. J. Crockett, G. Carlo, & J. E. Schulenberg (Eds.), APA handbook of adolescent and young adult development (pp. 55–72). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000298-004
Stalder, T., Lupien, S. J., Kudielka, B. M., Adam, E. K., Pruessner, J. C., Wüst, S., Dockray, S., Smyth, N., Evans, P., Kirschbaum, C., Miller, R., Wetherell, M. A., Finke, J. B., Klucken, T., & Clow, A. (2022, 2022/12/01/). Evaluation and update of the expert consensus guidelines for the assessment of the cortisol awakening response (CAR). Psychoneuroendocrinology, 146, 105946. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105946
Barry, T. J., Sewart, A. R., Adam, E. K., Zinbarg, R. E., Mineka, S., & Craske, M. G. (2021). The longitudinal association between individual differences in recall of positive specific autobiographical memories and daily cortisol. Biological Psychology, 162, 108086.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2021.108086
Kim, A. W., Adam, E. K., Bechayda, S. A., & Kuzawa, C. W. (2021). Early life stress and HPA axis function independently predict adult depressive symptoms in metropolitan Cebu, Philippines. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 175(1), 308-308.https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24105
Kessler, C., Vrshek-Schallhorn, S., Mineka, S., Zinbarg, R., Craske, M., & Adam, E. (2021). Experiences of adversity in childhood and adolescence and cortisol in late adolescence. Development and Psychopathology, 1-16.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579421001152
Collier Villaume, S., Stephens, J.E., Nwafor, E.E., Umaña-Taylor, A., & Adam, E.K. (2021). High parental education protects against changes in adolescent stress and mood early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Adolescent Health, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.06.012
Stephens, J.E., Kessler, C.L., Buss, C., Miller, G..E., Grobman, W.A., Border, A.E., Keenan-Devlin, L., Adam, E.K. (2020). Early and current life adversity: Past and present influences on maternal diurnal cortisol rhythms during pregnancy. Developmental Psychobiology, 63 (2), 305-319.https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22000
Adam, E. K., Hittner, E. F., Thomas, S. E., Collier Villaume, S., & Nwafor, E. E. (2020). Racial discrimination and ethnic racial identity in adolescence as modulators of HPA axis activity. Development and Psychopathology. 32(5). 1669-1684.https://doi.org/10.1017/S095457942000111X
Hittner, E. F., & Adam, E. K. (2020). Emotional pathways to the biological embodiment of racial discrimination experiences. Psychosomatic Medicine, 82(4), 420-431.https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000000792
Adam, E. K., Collier Villaume, S., & Hittner, E. (2020). Reducing stress disparities: Shining new light on pathways to equity through the study of stress biology. In L. Tach, R. Dunifon, & D. L. Miller (Eds.), Confronting Inequality: How Policies and Practices Shape Children’s Opportunities. Washington: APA Books, 11-47.
Ellison, R., Stephens, J., Nwafor, E., Adam, E., & Grant, K. (2019). Stress and the Teenage Brain: The Impact of Daily Stressors on Adolescent Cognition. Clinical Neuropsychologist, 33(4), 685.
Heissel, J.A., Sharkey, P., Torrats-Espinosa, G., Grant, K., & Adam, E. K. (2018). Violence and vigilance: The acute effects of community violent crime on sleep and cortisol. Child Development, 89(4), e323-e331. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12889
Adam, E. K., Quinn, M. E., Tavernier, R., McQuillan, M.T., Dahlke, K.A., & Gilbert, K. E. (2017). Diurnal cortisol slopes and mental and physical health outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Psychoneuroendocrinology, 83, 25-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.05.018
Levy, D. J., Heissel, J., Richeson, J.A. & Adam, E. K. (2016). Psychological and Biological Responses to Race-Based Social Stress as Pathways to Disparities in Educational Outcomes. American Psychologist, 71(6), 455-473.https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/a0040322
Tavernier, R., Choo, S. B., Grant, K., & Adam, E. K. (2016). Daily affective experiences predict objective sleep outcomes among adolescents. Journal of Sleep Research, 25: 62-69.https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.12338
Stalder, T., Kirschbaum, C., Kudielka, B. M., Adam, E. K., Pruessner, J. C., Wust, S., Dockray, S., Smyth, N., Evans, P., Hellhammer, D. H., Miller, R., Wetherell, M. A., Lupien, S. J., Clow, A. (2016). Assessment of the cortisol awakening response: Expert consensus guidelines. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 63: 414-432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.10.010
Ehrlich, K. B., Miller, G. E., Rohleder, N., Adam, E. K. (2016). Trajectories of relationship stress and inflammatory processes in adolescence. Development and Psychopathology, 28: 127-138. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579415000334
Adam, E. K., Heissel, J. A., Zeiders, K. H., Richeson J. A., Brodish, A., Ross, E. C., Ehrlich, K. B., Levy, D. J., Kemeny, M. E., Malanchuk, O., Peck, S., Fuller-Rowell, T. and Eccles, J. (2015). Developmental histories of perceived racial discrimination and diurnal cortisol profiles in adulthood: A 20-year prospective study. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 62: 279-291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.08.018
DeSantis, A. S., Adam, E. K., Hawkley, L. C., Kudielka, B. M., Cacioppo, J. T. (2015). Racial/ethnic differences in diurnal cortisol rhythms: Are they consistent over time?. Psychosomatic Medicine, 77: 6-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000000131
Frost, A., Hoyt, L. T., Chung, A. L., Adam, E. K. (2015). Daily life with depressive symptoms: Gender differences in adolescents’ everyday emotional experiences. Journal of Adolescence, 43: 132-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2015.06.001
DeSantis, A. S., Adam, E. K., Kuzawa, C. W. (2015). Developmental origins of flatter diurnal cortisol rhythms: Associations of socioeconomic status with cortisol in young adults. American Journal of Human Biology, 27: 458-467. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.22668
Hoyt, L. T., Craske, M. G., Mineka, S., & Adam, E. K. (2015). Positive and negative affect and arousal: Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations with adolescent cortisol diurnal rhythms. Psychosomatic Medicine, 77: 392-401. https://doi.org/10.1097/psy.0000000000000178
Zeiders, K., Till-Hoyt, L. T., & Adam, E. K. (2014). Associations between self-reported discrimination and diurnal cortisol rhythms among young adults: The moderating role of racial-ethnic minority status. . Psychoneuroendocrinology, 50: 280-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.08.023
Hostinar, C.E., McQuillan, M. T., Mirous, H. J., Grant, K. E., & Adam, E. K. (2014). Cortisol responses to a Group Public Speaking Task for Adolescents: Variations by age, gender, and race. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 50: 155-166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.08.015
Adam, E., S. Vrshek-Schallhorn, A. Kendall, S. Mineka, R. Zinbarg, and M. Craske. 2014. Prospective associations between the cortisol awakening response and first onsets of anxiety disorders over a six-year follow-up. Psychoneuroendocrinology 44: 47–59. 2013 Curt Richter Award Winner. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.02.014
Pendry, P., and E. Adam 2013. Child-related interparental conflict in infancy predicts child cognitive functioning in a nationally representative sample. Journal of Child and Family Studies 22(4):502–15. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1007/s10826-012-9603-3
Sweet, E., A. Nandi, E. Adam, and T. McDade 2013. The high price of debt: Household financial debt and its impact on mental and physical health. Social Science and Medicine 91:94–100. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.socscimed.2013.05.009
Adam, E. 2012. Emotion-cortisol transactions occur over multiple time scales in development: Implications for research on emotion and the development of emotional disorders. In Physiological Measures of Emotion from a Developmental Perspective: State of the Science, ed. T. Dennis, K. Buss, and P. Hastings. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development 77(2): 17–27.http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5834.2012.00657.x
Gunnar, M., and E. Adam. 2012. The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical system and emotion: Current wisdom and future directions. In Physiological Measures of Emotion from a Developmental Perspective: State of the Science, ed. T. Dennis, K. Buss, and P. Hastings. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development 77(2): 109–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5834.2011.00669.x
Trawalter, S., E. Adam, P. L. Chase-Lansdale, and J. Richeson. 2012. Concerns about appearing prejudiced get under the skin: Stress responses to interracial contact in the moment and across time. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 48(3): 682–93. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.jesp.2011.12.003
Adam, E., L. T. Hoyt, and D. Granger. 2011. Diurnal alpha amylase patterns in adolescents: Associations with puberty and with momentary mood states. Biological Psychology 88:170–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.07.007
Adam, E., L. Chyu, L. Hoyt, L. Doane, J. Boisjoly, G. Duncan, L. Chase-Lansdale, and T. McDade. 2011. Adverse adolescent relationship histories and young adult health: Cumulative effects of loneliness, low parental support, relationship instability, intimate partner violence and loss. Journal of Adolescent Health 49(3): 278–86 (NIHMS 260479). https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.jadohealth.2010.12.012
Ludwig, J., L. Sanbonmatsu, L. Gennetian, E. Adam, G. Duncan, et al. 2011. Neighborhoods, obesity, and diabetes—A randomized social experiment. New England Journal of Medicine 365(16): 1509–19. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmsa1103216
Adam, E., L. Doane, R. Zinbarg, S. Mineka, M. Craske, and J. Griffith. 2010. Prospective prediction of major depressive disorder from diurnal cortisol patterns in late adolescence. Psychoneuroendocrinology 35(6):921–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.12.007
Adam, E., and M. Kumari. 2009. Assessing salivary cortisol in large-scale, epidemiological research. Psychoneuroendocrinology 34(10): 1423–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.06.011
Adam, E., J. Sutton, L. Doane, and S. Mineka. 2008. Incorporating HPA-axis measures into preventative interventions for adolescent depression: Are we there yet? Development and Psychopathology 20(3): 975–1001. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954579408000461
Adam, E., E. Snell, and P. Pendry. 2007. Sleep timing and quantity in ecological and family context: A nationally representative time-diary study. Special issue on Sleep and Family Processes. Journal of Family Psychology 21(1): 4–19. https://doi.org/10.1037/0893-3200.21.1.4
Adam, E., L. Hawkley, B. Kudielka, and J. Cacioppo. 2006. Day-to-day dynamics of experience-cortisol associations in a population-based sample of older adults. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103:17058–63. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0605053103
Adam, E. 2006. Transactions among trait and state emotion and adolescent diurnal and momentary cortisol activity in naturalistic settings. Psychoneuroendocrinology 31(5): 664–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2006.01.010
Adam, E. 2004. Beyond quality: Parental and residential stability and children’s adjustment. Current Directions in Psychological Science 13(5): 210–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0963-7214.2004.00310.x
Adam, E., M. Gunnar, and A. Tanaka. 2004. Adult attachment, parent emotion, and observed parenting behavior: Mediator and moderator models. Child Development 75:(1): 110–22. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00657.x
Dr. Adam’s full CV is available here and her Google Scholar profile is available here.