DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

Research Interests

Dan Mroczek’s research focuses on 1.) lifespan personality development, including change, stability, and trajectory models of key traits, 2) the influence of personality – and personality change -- on physical health, mortality, and other important life outcomes (e.g. income/net worth, well-being dimensions).  He also has several methodological interests, in particular multilevel modeling, survival analysis, longitudinal design, secondary and archival data analysis, and integrated data analysis (IDA). His research is supported by the National Institute on Aging.

Selected Publications

Mroczek DK, Hauner K, Greene GJ, Kaiser K, Peipert JD, Golf M, Kircher S,  Shaunfield S, Lylerohr, M, Cella, D (2024).  Obstacles to Biosimilar Acceptance and Uptake in Oncology: A Review.  JAMA Oncology.

Atherton, O.E., Willroth, E.C., Weston, S.J., Mroczek, D.K., & Graham, E.K. (2024). Longitudinal associations among the Big Five personality traits and healthcare utilization in the U.S. Social Science and Medicine, 340, 116494. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116494.

Graham, EK, Atherton, OE, Mroczek, DK, McGhee, C., Pieramici, LD., Lewis-Thames, MW, Curtis, LM, Cella, D., Opsasnick, LA, Lovett, RM, O’Conor, R, Wolf, M. (2024) Longitudinal Associations Between Multimorbidities and Patient-Reported Quality of Life. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences. 79(2): 1-11. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbad173.

Anthony D Ong, Eileen K Graham, Kathryn Jackson, Olivia E Atherton, Jing Luo, Emily C Willroth, Emorie D Beck, Tomiko Yoneda, Dakota W Cintron, Daniel K Mroczek, Andrew Steptoe, Associations Between Generativity and Social Asymmetry Among Older Adults in Japan, The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Volume 79, Issue 2, February 2024, gbad183, https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbad183

Mroczek, D.K., Graham, E.K., Yoneda, T., & Luo, J. (in press) Personality Change and Development in Adulthood.  In Lachman, M. Spro, A., Charles, S., & Neupet, S. (Es.), APA Handbook of Adult Development & Aging.  Washington, DC: APA Books.

Lam, P., Mroczek, D., & Chen, E. (In press). Lifecourse Perspectives in Health Psychology. Handbook of Health Psychology

Luo, J., Zhang, B., Graham, E. K., & Mroczek, D. K. (2023). Does personality always matter for health? Examining the moderating effect of age on the personality-health link from life span developmental and aging perspectives. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 125(5), 1189–1206.https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000485

Beck, E. D., Yoneda, T., James, B., Bennet, D. A., Hassenstab, J., Katz, M. Lipton, R., Morris, J. Mroczek, D.K., Graham, E. K. (2023). Personality Predictors of Dementia Diagnosis and Neuropathological Burden: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/gbc6s

Matz, S. C., Beck, E. D., Atherton, O. E., White, M., Rauthmann, J. F., Mroczek, D. K., Kim, M., & Bogg, T. (2023). Personality Science in the Digital Age: The Promises and Challenges of Psychological Targeting for Personalized Behavior-Change Interventions at Scale. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916231191774