PAULA G WILLIAMS portrait
  • Associate Chair, Psychology Department
  • Professor, Psychology Department
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Publications

  • Carlson SE & Baron KG (2023). The thief of (bed)time: Examination of the daily associations between bedtime procrastination and multidimensional sleep health. Sleep health. Vol. 9, 903909903-909. Published, 12/01/2023.
  • Carlson SE & Baron KG (2023). The thief of (bed)time: Examination of the daily associations between bedtime procrastination and multidimensional sleep health. Sleep health. Vol. 9, 903909903-909. Published, 12/01/2023.
  • Kaliush, P. R (2023). Dynamic associations among sleep, emotion dysregulation, and desire to live in a perinatal sample. Psychosomatic Medicine. Accepted, 12/2023.
  • Johnson, K.T. (2023). Individual differences in aesthetic engagement and proneness to aesthetic chill: Associations with stress-related growth orientation. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Published, 12/2023.
  • Williams, P.G. (2023). Personality and emotional adjustment in health risk and resilience. APA Handbook of Health Psychology. Accepted, 12/2023.
  • Carlson SE & Suchy Y (2023). A daily examination of executive functioning and chronotype in bedtime procrastination. Sleep. Vol. 46. Published, 08/01/2023.
  • Carlson SE & Suchy Y (2023). A daily examination of executive functioning and chronotype in bedtime procrastination. Sleep. Vol. 46. Published, 08/01/2023.
  • Deits-Lebehn C & Smith TW (2023). Heart rate variability during social interaction: Effects of valence and emotion regulation. International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology. Vol. 190, 202920-29. Published, 07/01/2023.
  • Deits-Lebehn C & Smith TW (2023). Heart rate variability during social interaction: Effects of valence and emotion regulation. International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology. Vol. 190, 202920-29. Published, 07/01/2023.
  • Carlson SE, Smith TW, Williams PG & Parkhurst KA (2023). Partialing alters interpersonal correlates of negative affective symptoms and traits: A circumplex illustration. Journal of personality. Vol. 91, 683699683-699. Published, 04/01/2023.
  • Carlson SE, Smith TW, Williams PG & Parkhurst KA (2023). Partialing alters interpersonal correlates of negative affective symptoms and traits: A circumplex illustration. Journal of personality. Vol. 91, 683699683-699. Published, 04/01/2023.
  • Williams, P.G. (2023). Individual differences in aesthetic engagement and proneness to aesthetic chill: Associations with awe. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Accepted, 01/2023.
  • Carlson, S.E (2023). The thief of (bed)time: Examination of the daily associations between bedtime procrastination and multidimensional sleep health. Sleep Health. Accepted, 01/2023.
  • Carlson, S.E (2023). A daily examination of executive functioning and chronotype in bedtime procrastination. SLEEP. Published, 01/2023.
  • Kaliush, P. R (2023). A multilevel developmental psychopathology model of childbirth and the perinatal transition. Development and Psychopathology. Published, 01/2023.
  • Deits-Lebehn, C (2023). Heart rate variability during social interaction: Effects of valence and emotion regulation. International Journal of Psychophysiology. Published, 01/2023.
  • Carlson, S.E (2023). Partialing alters interpersonal correlates of negative affective symptoms and traits: A circumplex illustration. Journal of Personality. Published, 01/2023.
  • Hinkson KD, Drake-Brooks MM, Christensen KL & Chatterley MD (2022). An examination of the mental health and academic performance of student veterans. Journal of American college health : J of ACH. Vol. 70, 233423412334-2341. Published, 11/01/2022.
  • Suchy, Y. (2022). Sleep, fatigue, and pain in older adulthood. A Handbook of Geriatric Neuropsychology: Practice Essentials, 2nd Edition. Published, 07/01/2022.
  • Johnson KT & Williams PG (2022). Resilience to stress-related sleep disturbance: Examination of early pandemic coping and affect. Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association. Vol. 41, 291300291-300. Published, 03/01/2022.
  • Williams, P.G. (2022). Individual differences in aesthetic engagement and proneness to aesthetic chill: Associations with awe. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Vol. Advance online publication. Published, 01/01/2022.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/aca0000458
  • Johnson, K.T. (2022). The importance of information: Prenatal education surrounding birth-related pelvic floor trauma mitigates symptom-related distress . Journal of Women’s Health Physical Therapy. Published, 01/01/2022.
  • Williams, P.G. (2021). Validation of a mobile smart phone app to assess sleep quality. Air Force Research Laboratory (technical report). Published, 08/2021.
  • Hinkson, K.D. (2021). Examination of the mental health and academic performance of a nationwide sample of student veterans. Journal of American College Health. Published, 01/2021.
  • Tobin, S. (2021). Challenges and opportunities for applying consumer wearables to sleep medicine and research. Sleep Medicine Clinics. Published, 01/2021.
  • Johnson, K.T. (2021). Individual differences in aesthetic engagement and proneness to aesthetic chill: Associations with stress-related growth orientation. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Published, 01/2021.
  • Williams, P.G. (2021). Individual differences in habitual short sleep duration and dysfunction: Subjective health versus objective cardiovascular disease risk. Health Psychology. Published, 01/2021.
  • Tinajero, R. (2020). Reported history of childhood trauma and stress-related vulnerability: Associations with emotion regulation, executive functioning, daily hassles, and pre-sleep arousal. Stress and Health. Published, 01/2020.
  • Smith, T.W. (2020). Toward a social psychophysiology of vagally-mediated heart rate variability: Self-regulation, emotion, and interpersonal processes. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. Published, 01/2020.
  • Grove, J. (2020). Prospective association between suicide cognitions and emotional responses to a laboratory stressor: The mediating role of nightly subjective sleep quality. Journal of Affective Disorders. Published, 01/2020.
  • Curtis, B. J. (2019). Neural reward processing in self-reported short sleepers: Examination of gambling task brain activation in the Human Connectome Project database. SLEEP. Published, 01/01/2019.
  • Baron, C.E. (2019). Relationship partner social behavior and CPAP adherence: The role of autonomy support. Health Psychology. Published, 01/01/2019.
  • Williams, P.G. (2019). Toward an individual differences approach to habitual short sleep duration: A reply to Massar and Chee. SLEEP. Published, 01/01/2019.
  • Williams, P.G. (2019). The association between individual differences in executive functioning and resting high frequency heart rate variability. Biological Psychology. Published, 01/01/2019.
  • Tinajero, R. & Williams, P.G., Cribbet, M.R., Rau, H.K, Bride, D.L., & Suchy, Y. (2018). Nonrestorative sleep in healthy adults without insomnia: Associations with executive functioning, fatigue, and pre-sleep arousal. Sleep Health. Vol. 4, 284-291. Published, 01/2018.
  • Williams, P.G. & Johnson, K.T., Curtis, B.J., King, J.B., & Anderson, J.S. (2018). Individual differences in aesthetic engagement are reflected in resting-state fMRI connectivity: Implications for stress resilience. NeuroImage. Vol. 179, 156-165. Published, 01/2018.
  • Curtis, B.J. & Williams, P.G., & Anderson, J.S. (2018). Objective cognitive functioning in self-reported habitual short sleepers not reporting daytime dysfunction: Examination of impulsivity via delay discounting. SLEEP. Published, 01/2018.
  • Williams, P.G. & Rau, H.K., Suchy, Y., Thorgusen, S., & Smith, T.W. (2017). On the validity of self-report assessment of cognitive abilities: Attentional Control Scale associations with cognitive performance, emotional adjustment, and personality. Psychological Assessment. Vol. 29, 519-530. Published, 01/2017.
  • Grove, J. & Smith, T.W., Crowell, S.E., Williams, P.G., & Jordan, K.D. (2017). Borderline personality features, interpersonal correlates, and blood pressure response to social stressors: Implications for cardiovascular risk. Personality and Individual Differences. Vol. 113, 38-47. Published, 01/2017.
  • Williams, P.G. & Tinajero, R., & Suchy, Y. (2017). Executive functioning and health. Oxford Reviews Online. Published, 01/2017.
  • Smith, T.W., & Williams, P.G. (2016). Assessment of social traits in married couples: Self-reports versus spouse ratings around the interpersonal circumplex. Psychological Assessment, 28, 726-736. Published, 12/2016.
  • Williams, P.G., Rau, H.K., Suchy, Y., Thorgusen, S., & Smith, T.W. (2016). On the validity of self-report assessment of cognitive abilities: Attentional Control Scale associations with cognitive performance, emotional adjustment, and personality. Psychological Assessment. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pas0000361. Published, 01/2016.
  • Curtis, B.J., Williams, P.G., Jones, C.R., & Anderson, J.S. (2016). Sleep duration and resting fMRI functional connectivity: Examination of short sleepers with and without perceived daytime dysfunction. Brain and Behavior, 0:1–13. e00576, doi: 10.1002/brb3.576. Published, 01/2016.
  • Smith, T. W., Williams, P.G., & Ruiz, J.M. (2016). Clinical health psychology. In J.C. Norcross, G.R. VandenBos, and D.K. Freedheim (Editors-in-Chief), APA Handbook of Clinical Psychology: Vol. 1 Roots and Branches (pp. 223-257). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association. Published, 01/2016.
  • Rau, H.K., Suchy, Y., Butner, J.E., & Williams, P.G. (2015). Latent profiles of executive functioning in healthy, young adults: Evidence of individual differences in hemispheric asymmetry. Psychological Research, DOI 10.1007/s00426-015-0706-5. Published, 12/2015.
  • Smith, T.W., & Williams, P.G. (2015). Self-reports and spouse ratings of neuroticism: Perspectives on emotional adjustment in couples. Journal of Family Psychology, 29, 302-307. Published, 12/2015.
  • Rau, H.K., & Williams, P.G. (2015). Dispositional mindfulness: A critical review of construct validation research [Special Issue: Mindfulness]. Personality and Individual Differences, DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2015.09.035. Published, 12/2015.
  • Jordan, K.D., Williams, P.G., & Smith, T.W. (2015). Interpersonal distinctions among hypochondriacal traits: Styles, goals, vulnerabilities, and perceptions of health care providers. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 34, 459-475. Published, 12/2015.
  • Smith, T.W., Williams, P.G., & Segerstrom, S.C. (2015). Personality and physical health. In L. Cooper and R. Larsen (Eds), APA Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology (Vol 4): Personality Processes and Individual Differences (pp. 639-661). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association. Published, 01/2015.
  • Cribbet, M.R., Carlisle, M., Cawthon, R.M., Uchino, B., Williams, P.G., Smith, T.W., Gunn, H.E., & Light, K.C. (2014). Cellular aging and restorative processes: Subjective sleep quality and duration moderate the association between age and telomere length in a sample of middle-aged and older adults. SLEEP, 37, 65-70. Published, 01/2014.
  • Crowell, S., Skidmore, C., Rau, H.K., & Williams, P.G. (2013). Psychosocial stress, emotional regulation, and resilience in adolescence. In W. O’Donohue, L. Bennuto, & L.W. Tolle (Eds.), Handbook of adolescent health psychology. New York, NY: Springer. Published, 01/2013.
  • Franchow, E., Suchy, Y., Thorgusen, S., & Williams, P.G. (2013). Beyond education: The contribution of Openness to cognitive reserve in older adulthood. Journal of Aging Sciences, 1, 109. doi: 10.4172/2329-8847.1000109. Published, 01/2013.
  • Hartz, A., Ross, J.J., Noyes, R., & Williams, P.G. Somatic symptoms and psychological characteristics associated with insomnia in postmenopausal women. Sleep Medicine.. Published, 01/2013.
  • Williams, P.G., Cribbet, M.R., Rau, H.K, Gunn, H.E., & Czajkowski, L. The effects of poor sleep on cognitive, affective, and physiological responses to a laboratory stressor. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. Published, 01/2013.
  • Smith, T.W., & Williams, P.G. Behavioral medicine and clinical health psychology. In M. J. Lambert (Ed), Bergin and Garfield’s Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change, New York: John Wiley & Sons. Published, 01/2013.
  • Cribbet, M.R. & Williams, P.G. (2012). Personality. In M.D. Gellman & J.R. Turner (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine, New York, NY: Springer. Published, 07/2012.
  • Rau, H.K. & Williams, P. (2012). Illness Cognitions and Perceptions. In M.D. Gellman & J.R. Turner (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. New York, NY: Springer. Published, 07/2012.
  • Rau, H.K. & Williams, P. (2012). Illness Behavior. In M.D. Gellman & J.R. Turner (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. New York, NY: Springer. Published, 07/2012.
  • Williams, P.G., & Suchy, Y. (2011). Executive functioning, stress regulation, and health. In Y. Suchy (Ed.), Clinical neuropsychology of emotion, part IV. New York: Guilford Press. Published, 01/2011.
  • Smith, T.W., Cribbet, M.R., Nealey-Moore, J.B., Uchino, B.N., Williams, P.G., MacKenzie, J., & Thayer, J.F. (2011). Matters of the variable heart: Respiratory sinus arrhythmia as an index of sex differences in self-regulation in marriage. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100, 103-119. Published, 01/2011.
  • Cribbet, M.R., Williams, P.G., Gunn, H.E., & Rau, H.K. (2011). Interactive effects of tonic and phasic respiratory sinus arrhythmia on affective responses to stress. Emotion, 11, 188-193. Published, 01/2011.
  • Williams, P. G., Smith, T. W., Gunn*, H. E., & Uchino, B. N. (2011). Personality and stress: Individual differences in exposure, reactivity, recovery, and restoration. In Contrada, R. & Baum, A. (Eds.), Handbook of stress science: Biology, psychology, and health (pp. 231-245). New York, NY: Springer. Published, 01/2011.
  • Williams, P.G., & Suchy, Y. (2011). Personality, temperament, and individual differences in executive functioning. In Y. Suchy (Ed.), Clinical neuropsychology of emotion, part IV. New York: Guilford Press. Published, 01/2011.
  • Williams, P. G., & Suchy, Y. (2011). Personality, temperament, and individual differences in executive functioning. In Y. Suchy, Clinical Neuropsychology of Emotion, Part IV. New York: Guilford Press. Published, 01/2011.
  • Williams, P. G., & Suchy, Y. (2011). Executive functioning, stress regulation, and health. In Y. Suchy, Clinical Neuropsychology of Emotion, Part IV. New York: Guilford Press. Published, 01/2011.
  • Williams, P.G., Suchy, Y., & Kraybill, M.L. (2010). Five-Factor Model personality traits and executive functioning in older adults. Journal of Research in Personality, 44, 485-491. Published, 01/2010.
  • Suchy, Y., Williams, P.G., Kraybill, M.L., Franchow, E., & Butner, J. (2010). Instrumental activities of daily living among community-dwelling older adults: Personality associations with self-report, performance, and awareness of functional difficulties. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 65, 542-550. Published, 01/2010.
  • Williams, P.G., Smith, T.W., & Jordan, K.D. (2010). Health anxiety and hypochondriasis: Interpersonal extensions of the cognitive-behavioral perspective. In G. Beck (Ed.), Interpersonal processes in the anxiety disorders: Implications for understanding psychopathology and treatment (pp. 261-284). American Psychological Association. Published, 01/2010.
  • Williams, P. G., Suchy, Y., & Rau*, H. K. (2009). Individual differences in executive functioning: Implications for stress regulation. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 37, 126-140. Published, 2009.
  • Williams, P. G. & Moroz*, T. L. (2009). Personality vulnerability to stress-related sleep disruption: Pathways to adverse mental and physical health outcomes. Personality and Individual Differences, 46, 598-603. Published, 2009.
  • Williams, P. G., Rau*, H. K., Cribbet*, M. R., & Gunn*, H. E. (2009). Openness to Experience and stress regulation. Journal of Research in Personality, 43, 777-784. Published, 2009.
  • Williams, P. G. & Thayer, J. F. (2009). Executive functioning and health: Introduction to the Special Series. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 37, 101-105. Published, 2009.
  • Williams, P. G., Smith, T. W., & Cribbet, M. R. (2008). Personality and health: Current evidence, potential mechanisms, and future directions. In G. J. Boyle, G. Matthews, & D. H. Saklofske (Eds.), Personality theory and assessment: Vol. 1 Personality theories and models. pp. 635-658 Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Published, 2008.
  • Hutchinson, J. G., & Williams, P. G. (2007). Neuroticism, daily hassles, and depressive symptoms: An examination of moderating and mediating effects. Personality and Individual Differences, 42, 1367-1378. Published, 2007.
  • Williams, P. G. (2006). Personality and illness behavior. In M. Vollrath (Ed.), Handbook of personality and health. pp. 157-173. West Sussex, UK: Wiley. Published, 2006.
  • Williams, P. G., & Gunn, H. E. (2005). Gender, personality, and psychopathology. In M. Hersen, J. C. Thomas (Series Eds.) & J. C. Thomas, D. L. Segal (Vol. Eds.), Comprehensive handbook of personality and psychopathology: Vol. 1 Personality and everyday functioning. pp. 432-442. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Published, 2005.
  • Scalzo, C. A., Williams, P. G., & Holmbeck, G. N. (2005). Maternal self-assessed health and emotionality predict maternal response to child illness. Children’s Health Care, 34, 61-79. Published, 2005.
  • Williams, P. G. (2004). The psychopathology of self-assessed health: A cognitive approach to health anxiety and hypochondriasis [Special Issue: Cognition, Emotion, & Illness]. Cognitive Therapy & Research, 28, 629-644. Published, 2004.
  • Williams, P. G., O’Brien*, C. D., & Colder, C. R. (2004). The effects of neuroticism and extraversion on self-assessed health and health-relevant cognition. Personality and Individual Differences, 37, 83-94. Published, 2004.

Research Keywords

  • Personality and Health; Sleep; Stress

Presentations

  • Kaliush, P. R., Butner, J. E., Williams, P. G., Conradt, E., & Crowell, S. E. (2023, October). Advancing perinatal suicide research with dynamical systems theory. International Academy of Suicide Research (IASR)/American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) International Summit on Suicide Research. Barcelona, Spain. Poster, Presented, 10/2023.
  • Kaliush, P. R., Butner, J. E., Williams, P. G., Conradt, E., & Crowell, S. E. (2023, July). Advancing perinatal suicide research with dynamical systems theory. Poster presented at the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology Future Directions Forum. Regina, SK, Canada. Poster, Presented, 07/2023.
  • Carlson, S.E., Johnson, K.T., Williams, P.G. (2023, June). To delay perchance to sleep: The daily association between pre-sleep arousal and bedtime procrastination. Poster presented at the 37th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, Indianapolis, IN, United States. Poster, Presented, 06/2023.
  • Kaliush, P. R., Conradt, E., Williams, P. G., & Crowell, S. E. (2023, March). Perinatal sleep health, stress, and emotion dysregulation: A repeated measures study. Symposium paper (Symposium title: Importance of multilevel perinatal research for advancing child development and family health equity) presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Salt Lake City, UT. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 03/2023.
  • Kaliush, P. R., Williams, P. G., Conradt, E., & Crowell, S. E. (2023, March). Repeated measures examination of pre-sleep arousal, sleep quality, and emotion dysregulation during the perinatal period. Symposium paper (Symposium title: The Importance of Sleep Across the Perinatal Period: Implications for Maternal and Infant Well-being) presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Salt Lake City, UT. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 03/2023.
  • Halvorson, E., Rau, H., Williams, P.G., & Cribbet, M. (2023, March). Early life adversity associations with trait mindfulness. Poster presented at the 80th American Psychosomatic Society Annual Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Poster, Presented, 03/2023.
  • Guevara, J. E., Carlson, S., Cassim, T., Suchy, Y., Euler, M. J. & Williams, P. (2023, February). Examining the relationships between physiological, cognitive, and self-report indices of self-regulation. [Poster Presentation]. The International Neuropsychological Society 2023 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. Poster, Presented, 02/2023.
  • Individual differences in engagement with art, nature, and beauty: Associations with awe, stress resilience, and stress-related growth. Department of Psychology, Illinois State University. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/2022.
  • Kaliush, P. R., Baron, K., Williams, P. G., Conradt, E., & Crowell, S. E. (2022, June). Associations among pre-sleep arousal, facets of emotion dysregulation, and sleep quality and efficiency during pregnancy. Poster presented at SLEEP: Annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. Charlotte, NC. Poster, Presented, 06/2022.
  • Williams, P.G., Curtis, B.J., McKinney, T.L., Euler, M., Anderson, J., Baron, K.G., & Smith, T.W. (2022, June). Sleepy without stimulation: Examining subjective and objective sleepiness in actigraphy-verified habitual short sleepers not reporting daytime dysfunction. Poster presented at SLEEP: Annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. Charlotte, NC. Poster, Presented, 06/2022.
  • Individual differences in engagement with art, nature, and beauty: Associations with awe, stress resilience, and stress-related growth. Building 21, McGill University [virtual]. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/2022.
  • Carlson, S.E., Curtis, B.J., Bryan, C.J., Morrow, C.E., Baucom, B.R.W., & Williams, P.G. (2022, March). The impact of actor and partner overnight movement on sleep quality metrics in military couples. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Long Beach, CA. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 03/09/2022.
  • Carlson, S.E., Johnson, K.T., Curtis, B.J., & Williams, P.G. (2022, March). A daily diary study of bedtime procrastination and short sleep duration: Examination of subjective executive function and chronotype [Citation Poster]. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Long Beach, CA. Poster, Presented, 03/09/2022.
  • Williams, P.G., Carlson, S.E., Curtis, B.J., Baron, K., Depner, C.M., Baucom, B.R.W., Morrow, C., & Bryan, C.J. (2022, March). Examination of the Sleep Cycle mobile smartphone app in military couples: Associations with actigraphy and sleep diaries [Citation Poster]. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Long Beach, CA. Poster, Presented, 03/09/2022.
  • The role of engagement with art, nature, and beauty in fostering stress resilience. National Association for Interpretation Northwest Region Spring Virtual Workshop. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/2022.
  • Johnson, K.T., Williams, P.G., & Hill, J. (2021, June). Maternal birth injury: An understudied contributor to postpartum sleep disturbance and depression. SLEEP 2021 35th Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (virtual). Poster, Presented, 06/2021.
  • Johnson, K.T., Williams, P.G., & Curtis, B.J. (2020, December). Resilience to sleep disturbance during Covid-19: Growth oriented coping and positive affect. American Psychosomatic Society virtual conference. Poster, Presented, 12/2020.
  • Williams, P.G. & Johnson, K.T. (2020, December). Navigating a pandemic in a climate of misinformation: Environmental attitudes and adherence to COVID-19 Public Health Guidelines [Citation Poster]. American Psychosomatic Society virtual conference. Poster, Presented, 12/2020.
  • Carlson, S.E., Johnson, K.T., Curtis, B.J, Williams, P.G. (2020, December). Desynchronized: Changes in sleep timing and social jetlag during the Covid-19 pandemic [Citation Poster]. American Psychosomatic Society virtual conference. Poster, Presented, 12/2020.
  • Baucom, K.J.W., McBride, S., Deits-Lebehn, C., Fortenberry, K.T., Frame, K.A., Smith, T.W., Williams, P.G., & Baucom, B.R.W. (2020, November). Incorporating bluetooth proximity sensors into objective assessment of physical activity in couples [Symposium presentation]. The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, virtual convention. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/2020.
  • 2020, September. Understanding and managing stress: A general framework and COVID-19 considerations. Women in Health, Medicine, and Science, University of Utah (webinar). Presentation, Presented, 09/2020.
  • Williams, P.G., Barger, S.D., & Curtis, B.J. (2020, March). Individual differences in habitual short sleep duration: Examination of self-rated health versus objective cardiovascular disease risk. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Long Beach, CA (cancelled). Conference Paper, Refereed, Other, 03/2020.
  • Johnson, K., Williams, P.G., Gunn, H.E., Cribbet, M.R., & Rau, H.K. (2020, March). Individual differences in aesthetic engagement and stress resilience: Examination of growth orientation as a possible mechanism. Accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Long Beach, CA (cancelled). Poster, Other, 03/2020.
  • Johnson, K., & Williams, P.G. (2020, March). Reported frequency of childhood aesthetic experiences: Associations with Openness to Experience and stress resilience in adulthood. Accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Long Beach, CA (cancelled). Poster, Other, 03/2020.
  • 2019, October. Stress and graduate school: Considerations for Directors of Graduate Studies. Directors of Graduate Studies meeting, University of Utah. Presentation, Presented, 10/2019.
  • 2019, July. Graduate school and stress. Graduate student workshop, Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Snowbird, UT. Presentation, Presented, 07/2019.
  • Cribbet, M.R., Williams, P.G., Tinajero, R., Rau, H.K. (2019, June). Childhood adversity and adult sleep: The role of deprivation and threat. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, San Antonio, TX. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/2019.
  • Cribbet, M.R., Williams, P.G., Tinajero, R., Rau, H.K. (2019, March). Childhood adversity and adult sleep: The role of deprivation and threat. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Vancouver, BC. Poster, Presented, 03/2019.
  • Williams, P.G., Baucom, B., Jati, A., & Georgiou, P. (November, 2018). Physiological and affective responses to stress are encoded in vocal acoustic properties. Panel Discussion: What counts as evidence: Kernels of contradictions in nonverbal theory and methods. National Communication Association annual convention, Salt Lake City, UT. Panel, Presented, 11/2018.
  • Hinkson, K.D., Brooks, M.M., Burningham, C., Williams, P.G., Crowell, S., & Bryan, C.J. (November, 2018). Exploring postsecondary academic performance and academic problems as risk factors of suicidal ideation and behavior in a national sample of student veterans. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Washington, D.C. Poster, Presented, 11/2018.
  • Hinkson, K.D., Brooks, M.M., Burningham, C., Williams, P.G., Crowell, S., & Bryan, C.J. (November, 2018). Disaggregated clusters of PTSD as predictors of lower academic performance in student veterans. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Washington, D.C. Poster, Presented, 11/2018.
  • Managing Stress as a Graduate Student. The Graduate School, University of Utah. Presentation, Presented, 11/2018.
  • Dealing with difficult litigants and lawyers: Perspectives on reducing interpersonal stress. Annual Judicial Conference, Snowbird, UT. Panel, Presented, 09/2018.
  • Jati, A., Williams, P., Baucom, B. and Georgiou, P. (April, 2018). Towards predicting physiology from speech during stressful conversations: Heart rate and respiratory sinus arrhythmia. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Audio, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Calgary, Alberta, Canada . Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 04/2018.
  • Williams, P.G., Curtis, B.J., Johnson, K., King, J.B., & Anderson, J.S. (March, 2018). Individual differences in aesthetic engagement are reflected in resting-state fMRI connectivity: Implications for stress resilience. Paper presented at the 76th annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Louisville, KY. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 03/2018.
  • Williams, P.G., Baucom, B., Jati, A., & Georgiou, P. (March, 2018). Physiological and affective responses to stress are encoded in vocal acoustic properties. Paper presented at the 76th annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Louisville, KY. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 03/2018.
  • Johnson, K., Williams, P.G., Bride, D.L., Baucom, B., & Crowell, S. (March, 2018). Individual differences in aesthetic engagement and stress resilience: The role of positive reinterpretation & growth-oriented coping. Poster presented at the 76th annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Louisville, KY. Poster, Presented, 03/2018.
  • Williams, P. G., Curtis, B. J., Zawadzki, M. J., Suchy, Y., Rau, H. K., Jones, C. R., & Anderson, J. S. (June, 2017). Are short sleepers who deny dysfunction more dysfunctional than normal sleepers? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Personality, Sacramento, CA. Poster, Presented, 06/2017.
  • Tinajero, R., Rau, H.K., Bride, D., Suchy, Y., Cribbet, M.R., & Williams, P.G. (March, 2016). Reported history of childhood trauma and stress-related vulnerability: The role of emotion regulation and executive functioning. Poster presented at the 74th Annual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Denver, CO. Poster, Presented, 03/2016.
  • Williams, P.G., Butner, J., Rau, H.K., Bride, D., & Cribbet, M.R (January, 2016). Individual differences in self-regulatory capacity and autonomic nervous system activation during the pre-sleep period: A dynamical systems examination. Symposium paper (Symposium title: The Other Third of Our Lives: A Self-Regulatory Perspective on Sleep and Social Behavior) presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego,CA. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 01/2016.
  • Williams, P.G., Bride, D.L., Rau, H.K., Cribbet, M.R., Gunn, H.E., & Crowell, S. (June, 2015). Individual differences in stress restoration: Personality, sleep, and aesthetic experience. Symposium paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Personality, St. Louis, MO. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/2015.
  • Bride, D.L., Williams, P.G., Baucom, B., & Crowell, S. (June, 2015). Openness to experience and awe: Individual differences in response to an aesthetic stimulus. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Personality, St. Louis, MO. Poster, Presented, 06/2015.
  • Williams, P.G., Rau, H.K., Cribbet, M.R., Bride, D., & Suchy, Y. March, 2015). Individual differences reflecting neurovisceral integration: Composite scores on neuropsychological tests of executive function are significantly associated with resting high frequency-heart rate variability. Paper presented at the 73rd meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Savannah, GA. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 03/2015.
  • Williams, P.G., Butner, J., Rau, H.K., Bride, D., Cribbet, M.R, Silver, M., Wilson, S., & Baucom, B. (March, 2014). A dynamical systems analysis of autonomic nervous system activation in the pre-sleep period. Poster presented at the 72nd meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, San Francisco, CA. Poster, Presented, 03/2014.
  • Cribbet, M.R., Rau, H.K., Bride, D., & Williams, P.G. (March, 2014). Resting high frequency heart rate variability is associated with affective response to romantic partner interactions in daily life. Poster presented at the 72nd meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, San Francisco, CA. Poster, Presented, 03/2014.
  • Bride, D., Williams, P.G., Baucom, B., O’Connor, C., & Crowell, S. (March, 2014). Individual differences in emotional and physiological responses to aesthetic stimuli: Personality, sleep quality, and resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia. Poster presented at the 72nd meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, San Francisco, CA. Poster, Presented, 03/2014.
  • Silver, M., Rau, H.K., Cribbet, M.R., Vaux, L., & Williams, P.G. (March, 2014). Reported history of childhood trauma predicts increased pre-sleep arousal in healthy adults. Poster presented at the 72nd meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, San Francisco, CA. Poster, Presented, 03/2014.
  • Cribbet, M.R., Williams, P.G., Rau, H.K. & Vaux, L. (March, 2013). Associations among marital quality, sleep quality, and high frequency heart rate variability. Symposium paper presented at the 71st meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Miami, FL. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 03/2013.
  • Rau, H.K., Cribbet, M.R., Vaux, L., & Williams, P.G. (March, 2013). Trait mindfulness is associated with affective stability, self-reported executive functioning, and lower pre-sleep arousal in daily life. Paper presented at the 71st meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Miami, FL. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 03/2013.
  • Gunn, H.E., Critchfield, K.L., Mackaronis, J.E., MacArthur, L.E., Rau, H.K., Cribbet, M.R., & Williams, P.G. (March, 2013). An interpersonal analysis of psychosocial stress and sleep. Symposium paper presented at the 71st meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Miami, FL. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 03/2013.
  • Shinn, A., Rau, H.K., Williams, P.G., Cribbet, M.R., & Gunn, H.E. (2011, April). Stress exposure and psychophysiological reactivity to a laboratory stress task. Poster presented at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association annual meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. Poster, Presented, 04/2011.
  • Rau, H.K., Williams, P.G., Cribbet, M., Gunn, H., & Yant, K. (2011, March). Meta-awareness and stress regulation: Overestimation of attentional control abilities predicts poorer blood pressure recovery during stress. Poster presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, San Antonio, TX. Poster, Presented, 03/2011.
  • Thorgusen, S., Suchy, Y., Rau, H., Williams, P. (2011, February). Emotional distracters affect task performance under high executive demands. Poster presented at the 39th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA. Poster, Presented, 02/2011.
  • Williams, P.G. (September 2010). Individual differences in health cognition and stress regulation: Implications for the study of cognitive changes associated with cancer and cancer treatment. Cognitive, Affective, and Social Processes in Health Research Workgroup, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/2010.
  • Cribbet, M.R., Czajkowsi, L.A., Williams, P.G., & Gunn, H.E. (June, 2010). Confirmatory factor analysis of the Pre-Sleep arousal Scale in a sample of insomniacs and in a sample of controls. Poster presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, San Antonio, TX. Poster, Presented, 06/2010.
  • Czajkowsi, L.A., Cribbet, M.R., & Williams, P.G. (June, 2010). The effect of gender on pre-sleep arousal and functional outcomes in chronic insomnia. Poster presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, San Antonio, TX. Poster, Presented, 06/2010.
  • Rau, H.K., Williams, P.G., Cribbet, M., & Gunn, H. (April, 2010). The role of subjective perceptions of reactivity in stress regulation. Poster presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Medicine, Seattle, WA. Poster, Presented, 04/2010.
  • Cribet, M.R., Williams, P.G., Gunn, H.E., & Rau, H.K. (March, 2010). Interactive effects of tonic and phasic respiratory sinus arrhythmia on affective responses to stress. Poster presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Portland, OR. Poster, Presented, 03/2010.
  • Vaux, L.M., Williams, P.G., Rau, H.K., Cribbet, M., & Gunn, H. (March 2010). Executive attention moderates the association between trait worry and stress recovery. Poster presented at the 68th Annual Scientific Conference of the American Psychosomatic Society, Portland, OR. Poster, Presented, 03/2010.
  • Rau, H.K., Williams, P., Hazen, S., Cribbet, M., Gunn, H., & Shinn, A. (March, 2010). Individual differences in stress appraisal accuracy: Associations with personality and stress recovery. Poster presented at the 68th Annual Scientific Conference of the American Psychosomatic Society, Portland, OR. Poster, Presented, 03/2010.
  • Rau, H.K., Suchy, Y., Williams, P.G., & Butner, J. (February 2010). Profiles of executive functioning in healthy young adults. Poster presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Acapulco, Mexico. Poster, Presented, 02/2010.
  • Smith, T. W., Cribbet, M. R., Nealey-Moore, J. B., Uchino, B. N., Williams, P. G., MacKenzie, J., & Thayer, J. F. (2008, March). Matters of the variable heart: Respiratory sinus arrhythmia as an index of sex differences in self-regulation in marriage. Paper presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Baltimore, MD. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 2008.
  • Williams, P.G., Gunn, H., Cribbet, M., & Rau, H. (2008, March). Individual differences in stress-related perseverative cognition and pre-sleep arousal. Poster presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Baltimore, MD. Poster, Presented, 2008.
  • Rau, H.K., Williams, P.G., Gunn, H., Cribbet, M., & Curtis, C. (2008, March). Openness to experience and stress resilience. Poster presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Baltimore, MD. Poster, Presented, 2008.
  • Rau, H.K., Williams, P.G., Gunn, H., Cribbet, M., & Curtis, C. (2008, March). The role of Openness in psychophysiological reactivity to stressful events. Poster presented at the 29th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Diego, CA. Poster, Presented, 2008.
  • Gunn, H., Williams, P., Smith, T., Cribbet, M., & Rau, H. (2008, March). Gender differences in appraisal of and physiological recovery from agentic vs. communal laboratory stressors. Poster presented at the 29th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Diego, CA. Poster, Presented, 2008.
  • Rau, H.K., Suchy, Y., Williams, P., Thorgusen, S., & Simon, A. (2008, February). Neuroticism and the influence of emotional distractors on cognitive task performance. Poster presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Waikoloa, HI. Poster, Presented, 2008.
  • Rau, H.K., Suchy, Y., Williams, P., Thorgusen, S., & Simon, A. (2008, February). Attention, executive control, and neuroticism: The effect of verbal versus nonverbal threats. Poster presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Waikoloa, HI. Poster, Presented, 2008.
  • Rau, H., Suchy, Y., Williams, P., Thorgusen, S., & Simon, A. (2007, November). Attentional bias for threatening facial expressions is associated with performance on switching tasks. Poster presented at the 27th Annual National Academy of Neuropsychology Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona. Poster, Presented, 2007.
  • Williams, P. G., & Moroz, T. L. (2006, March). Neuroticism, stress, and sleep quality: The role of conscientiousness. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Denver, CO. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 2006.
  • Williams, P. G., Gunn, H. E., & Peat, C. (2006, January). Neuroticism mediates gender differences in physical and mental well-being. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 2006.
  • Williams, P. G., & Gunn, H. E. (2005, March). Gender moderates the effects of neuroticism on stress and well-being. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 2005.
  • Williams, P. G., & Moroz, T. L. (2004, March). Functional disability mediates the relationship between self-assessed health and depression in older adolescents. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 2004.