Tamara Sims

Psychology · Social Sciences

15h-index1.2kcitations23works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Aging and Gerontology Research(9), Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction(8), Cultural Differences and Values(6), Behavioral Health and Interventions(5), Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research(4)

Publications23 total

The future is now: Age-progressed images motivate community college students to prepare for their financial futures.
Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied·2020· 28 citedOpen Access
Feeling excited or taking a bath: Do distinct pathways underlie the positive affect–health link in the U.S. and Japan?
Emotion·2019· 18 citedOpen Access
Valuing excitement makes people look forward to old age less and dread it more.
Psychology and Aging·2018· 23 citedOpen Access
Culture and social hierarchy: Self- and other-oriented correlates of socioeconomic status across cultures.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·2018· 187 citedOpen Access
Asian Americans respond less favorably to excitement (vs. calm)-focused physicians compared to European Americans.
Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology·2017· 36 citedOpen Access
WHAT FEELINGS DO PEOPLE WANT TO FEEL WHEN FUTURE TIME IS LIMITED?
Innovation in Aging·2017Open Access
THE SIGHTLINES PROJECT: TRACKING KEY INDICATORS OF LONGEVITY ACROSS GENERATIONS
Innovation in Aging·2017Open Access
HOW AND WHEN DO OLDER ADULTS EXPERIENCE BETTER EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING?
Innovation in Aging·2017Open Access
Information and Communication Technology Use Is Related to Higher Well-Being Among the Oldest-Old
The Journals of Gerontology Series B·2016· 217 cited
Older age may offset genetic influence on affect: The COMT polymorphism and affective well-being across the life span.
Psychology and Aging·2016· 9 citedOpen Access
Emotional aging in different cultures: Implications of affect valuation theory.
American Psychological Association eBooks·2016· 10 cited
Limited time perspective increases the value of calm.
Emotion·2015· 43 cited
Wanting to maximize the positive and minimize the negative: Implications for mixed affective experience in American and Chinese contexts.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·2015· 158 citedOpen Access
Consumer Behavior, Culture, and Emotion
Oxford University Press eBooks·2015· 19 cited
Selectivity as an emotion regulation strategy: lessons from older adults
Current Opinion in Psychology·2015· 90 cited
Patients respond more positively to physicians who focus on their ideal affect.
Emotion·2014· 36 citedOpen Access
Just How Bad Negative Affect Is for Your Health Depends on Culture
Psychological Science·2014· 119 citedOpen Access
The Elusiveness of a Life-span Model of Emotion Regulation.
PubMed·2014· 7 citedOpen Access
Choosing a physician depends on how you want to feel: The role of ideal affect in health-related decision making.
Emotion·2013· 45 citedOpen Access
When Feeling Bad Can Be Good
Social Psychological and Personality Science·2012· 120 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Jeanne L. Tsai(9), Laura L. Carstensen(7), Helene H. Fung(6), Da Jiang(5), Yuri Miyamoto(3), Hazel Rose Markus(3), Mayumi Karasawa(3), Ewart A. C. Thomas(3), Mary K. Goldstein(3), Jiah Yoo(2), Cynthia S. Levine(2), Shinobu Kitayama(2), Norito Kawakami(2), Christopher L. Coe(2), Gayle D. Love(2), Carol D. Ryff(2), Birgit Koopmann‐Holm(2), Alan M. Garber(2), Andrew E. Reed(1), Dawn Carr(1)