Publications

* denotes students

In Press:

*Rutledge, J., & Barlow, M. A. (In Press). Don’t Stop Believin’: Emotion Beliefs and Daily Well-Being across Adulthood. Accepted at Psychology & Aging.

Under review:

*Albarazi, H., Kappes, C., Rühs, F., & Barlow, M.A (under review). Exploring the Potential of Letting Go: An Expanded Meta-analytic Perspective on Goal Adjustment and Well-being. Under Review at Journal of Personality.

Published:

Wrosch, C., *Borenstein-Laurie, J., Barlow, M. A., & Renaud, J. (2025). The importance of optimism for adaptive self-regulation: Associations with subjective well-being and physical health. In F. M. Sirois (Ed.), Palgrave Handbook of Positive Psychology and Health. Springer Nature.

*Rutledge, J. (co-first author), *Williams, J. (co-first author), & Barlow, M. A. (2024). The relationship between life regrets and well-being: a systematic review. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1515373. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1515373

Barlow, M. A., Wrosch, C., & Hoppmann, C. (2024). The Interpersonal Benefits of Goal Adjustment Capacities: The Sample Case of Coping with Poor Sleep in Couples. Frontiers in Social Psychology, 15, 1287470. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1287470

Barlow, M. A., Willroth, E. C., John, O., Wrosch, C. & Mauss, I. B. (2023). When Daily Emotions Spill into Life Satisfaction: Age Differences in Emotion Globalizing. Psychology and Aging, 38, 644–655. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000771

Hamm, J. M., Barlow, M. A., Garcia, O. G., & Duggan, K. A. (2023). Context-dependent shifts in self-regulatory personality processes during COVID-19: Changes in control predict dynamic shifts in goal reengagement capacity. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. 17, e12771. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12771

*Borenstein-Laurie, J., Barlow, M. A., Scheier, M. F. & Wrosch, C. (2023). Examining Intra- and Inter-Personal Health Effects of Optimism and Pessimism: The Role of Subjective Well-Being in Romantic Couples. Journal of Personality. 91, 700–717. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12768

Barlow, M. A., Wrosch, C., Hamm, J., *Sacher, T., Miller, G. E., & Kunzmann, U. (2022). Discrete Negative Emotions and Goal Disengagement in Older Adulthood: Context Effects and Associations with Emotional Well-Being. Emotion, 22, 1583–1594. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001091

Hamm, J. M., Tan, J., Barlow, M. A., Delaney, R., & Duggan, K. (2022). Goal Adjustment Capacities in Uncontrollable Life Circumstances: Benefits for Psychological Well-Being During COVID-19. Motivation and Emotion. 46(3), 319-335. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-022-09941-6

Scheier, M. F., Wrosch, C., Barlow, M. A., Swanson, J. D., & Tindle, H. A. (2021). It Remains Meaningful to Distinguish Optimism from Pessimism: A Reply to VanderWeele and Kubzansky (2021). American Psychologist, 76, 1194–1195. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000920

Martiniello, N., Barlow, M. A., & Wittich, W. (2021). Exploring correlates of braille reading performance in adults and older adults with visual impairment: A retrospective study. Scientific Studies on Reading. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888438.2021.1969402

Hamm, J. M., Wrosch, C., Barlow, M. A., & Kunzmann, U. (2021). A tale of two emotions: The diverging salience and health consequences of calmness and excitement in old age. Psychology and Aging, 36, 626-641. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000512

Scheier, M. F., Swanson, J. D., Barlow, M. A., Greenhouse, J. B., Wrosch, C., & Tindle, H. A. (2021). Optimism versus pessimism as predictors of physical well-being: A meta-analytic study of dispositional optimism. American Psychologist, 76, 529–548 https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000666

Holding, A., Barlow, M. A., Koestner, R., & Wrosch, C. (2020). Why are we together? A dyadic longitudinal investigation of relationship motivation, goal progress and adjustment. Journal of Personality, 88, 464-477. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12503

Barlow, M. A., Wrosch, C., & McGrath, J. (2020). Goal adjustment capacities and quality of life: A meta-analysis. Journal of Personality, 88, 307-323. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12492

Barlow, M. A., Wrosch, C., Gouin, J. P. & Kunzmann, U. (2019). Is anger, but not sadness, associated with chronic inflammation in older adulthood? Psychology and Aging, 34, 330-340. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000348

Wrosch, C., Barlow, M. A., & Kunzmann, U. (2018). Age-related changes in older adults’ anger and sadness: The role of perceived control. Psychology and Aging, 33, 350-360. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000229

Barlow, M. A., Wrosch, C., Heckhausen, J., & Schulz, R. (2017). Control strategies for managing physical health problems in old age: Evidence for the motivational theory of life-span development. In J. W. Reich & F. J. Infurna (Eds), Perceived control: Theory, research, and practice in the first 50 years. Oxford University Press.

Pila, E., Barlow, M. A., Wrosch, C., & Sabiston, C. (2016). Comparing the body to superior others: Associations with daily exercise and body evaluation in men and women. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 27, 120-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2016.08.001

Barlow, M. A., Liu, S., & Wrosch, C. (2015). Chronic illness and loneliness in older adulthood: The role of self-protective control strategies. HealthPsychology, 34, 870-879. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000182

In preparation:

*†Curtain, C. (co-first author), *†Smith, A.G. (co-first author), & Barlow, M. A. (in prep). The Age-Related Role of Emotion Judgements in the Association Between Daily Control and Well-Being.

Holding, A. & Barlow, M. A. (in prep). Letting Go Across the Lifespan: Exploring Motivations, Characteristics, and Implications for Well-Being.

*Gagnon, A. & Barlow, M. A. (in prep). How Meaning Making Affects the Emotional Experience of Life Event Recollection.

*Caceros, E. S., Barlow, M. A., Park, H.-J., Veldman, J., & Kachanoff, F. (in prep). Personal and Collective Emotion Restriction.