Carol D. Ryff

University of Wisconsin System — United States

Psychology · Social Sciences

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Research Topics

Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction(156), Health disparities and outcomes(82), Optimism, Hope, and Well-being(64), Aging and Gerontology Research(43), Resilience and Mental Health(21)

Publications406 total

Major Lifetime Discrimination Exposure Accelerates Brain Microstructural Aging: Diffusion MRI Evidence from MIDUS
Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine·2026
Childhood SES gradients in adult functional limitations: Does state-level macro-economic context matter?
Social Science & Medicine·2025
Understanding links between race/ethnicity and health: Does participation in the musical arts matter?
Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts·2025Open Access
Editorial: Personal competences in the academic and work environment: advancing towards psychological wellbeing
Frontiers in Psychology·2025Open Access
Cumulative stress and epigenetic aging: Examining the role of psychological moderators.
Health Psychology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Educational disparities in 20-year trajectories of psychological well-being in a national sample
Scientific Reports·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Sphingolipid profiling as a biomarker of type 2 diabetes risk: evidence from the MIDUS and PREDIMED studies
Cardiovascular Diabetology·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
Predictors of vaccine uptake during a pandemic: The interplay of lifetime discrimination, educational attainment, and family support
Journal of Health Psychology·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
SUBJECTIVE COGNITIVE DECLINE AND RISK OF MORTALITY AMONG BEREAVED PARENTS IN OLD AGE
Innovation in Aging·2024Open Access
Lipidomic Signature of Healthy Diet Adherence and Its Association with Cardiometabolic Risk in American Adults
Nutrients·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Reversal of metabolic syndrome through mediterranean diet intervention and psychological well-being in Chile: Preliminary results from the chilemed study
Clinical Nutrition ESPEN·2024
The Privilege of Well-Being in an Increasingly Unequal Society
Current Directions in Psychological Science·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Decades of scientific research on human happiness
2024· 2 cited
Purpose in life as a resilience factor for brain health: diffusion MRI findings from the Midlife in the U.S. study
Frontiers in Psychiatry·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Enduring Heroism in the Face of Inequality and Injustice: Who Steps Up and Why?
Heroism Science An Interdisciplinary Journal·2024Open Access
Meaningful Aging via Lifelong Growth and Development
Studies in humanism and atheism·2024
Heroic Life Pursuits and Eudaimonia
2024
Introduction to this Special Issue on New Thinking on Psychological Health: Find Purpose and Meaning in Life
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·2023Open Access
CHILDHOOD SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS GRADIENTS IN FUNCTIONAL LIMITATIONS: THE ROLE OF MACRO-ECONOMIC CONTEXT
Innovation in Aging·2023Open Access
Healthy Eating as Potential Mediator of Inverse Association between Purpose in Life and Waist Circumference: Emerging Evidence from US and Chilean Cohorts
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Burton H. Singer(17), Gayle D. Love(7), Corey L. M. Keyes(6), Richard J. Davidson(5), Heather L. Urry(4), Melissa A. Rosenkranz(4), Elliot Friedman(3), Pamela S. Schmutte(3), Marilyn J. Essex(3), Dov Shmotkin(2), Michael Marmot(2), Larry L. Bumpass(2), Nadine F. Marks(2), Jack B. Nitschke(2), Isa Dolski(2), Daren C. Jackson(2), Kim M. Dalton(2), Corrina J. Mueller(2), Teresa E. Seeman(2), Mary S. Hayney(2)