Selected Publications
Ly TK, Allen RS, Cundiff JM, DeCaro JA. (2024) Investigating the effects of discrimination experiences on everyday metamemory accuracy. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B 79. View the article. Full text pdf available upon request.
Pritzker SE, DeCaro JA, Gall-Risley B, Monocello LT, Pederson JR. (2023) Embodying intimacy in everyday interaction: A biolinguistic study of long-term partners in the Southeastern United States. Ethos 52:89-113. View the article. Full text pdf available upon request.
Wendel CJ, Cundiff JM, Cribbet MR, DeCaro JA. (2023) Early adversity and cardiovascular stress response: Stress reactivity or
sensitivity to context. Health Psychology 42:642–656. View the article. Full text pdf available upon request.
DeCaro JA, Helfrecht C. (2022) Applying minimally invasive biomarkers of chronic stress across complex ecological contexts. American Journal of Human Biology 34:e23814. View the article (open access).
Parmelee PA, Behrens EA, Costlow Hill E, Cox BS, DeCaro JA, Keefe FJ, Smith SM. (2021) Momentary associations of osteoarthritis pain and affect: Depression as moderator. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B 77:1240-1249. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
Thibodeau-Nielson RB, Turley D, DeCaro JA, Gilpin AT, Nancarrow AF. (2021) Physiological substrates of imagination in early childhood. Social Development 30:867-882. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
Thibodeau-Nielsen RB, Gilpin AT, Palermo F, Nancarrow AF, Brown Farrell C, Turley D, DeCaro JA, Lochman JE, Boxmeyer CL. (2020) Pretend play as a protective factor for developing executive functions among children living in poverty. Cognitive Development 56:100964. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
Smith DM, DeCaro JA, Murphy SL, Parmelee PA. (2019) Momentary reports of fatigue predict physical activity level: Wrist, waist, and combined accelerometry. Journal of Aging and Health 32:921–925. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
Aronoff JE, DeCaro JA. (2018) Life history theory and human behavior: Testing associations between environmental harshness, life history strategies, and testosterone. Personality and Individual Differences 139:110-115. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
Parmelee P, Scicolone M, Cox B, DeCaro J, Keefe F, Smith D. (2018) Global vs. momentary osteoarthritis pain and emotional distress: Emotional intelligence as moderator. Annals of Behavioral Medicine 52:713-723. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
DeCaro JA. (2017) Anthropology. In Hopkins B, Geangu E, Linkenauger S, eds., Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development, 2nd edition (pp. 745-750). Cambridge University Press. Full text pdf available upon request.
Thomas M, DeCaro JA. (2017). Body image models among low income African American mothers and daughters in the Southeast United States. Medical Anthropology Quarterly 32:293-310. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
Parmelee PA, Cox BS, DeCaro JA, Keefe FJ, Smith DM. (2017). Racial/ethnic differences in sleep quality among older adults with osteoarthritis. Sleep Health 3:163-169. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
Read-Wahidi MR, DeCaro JA. (2017). Guadalupan devotion as a moderator of psychosocial stress among Mexican immigrants in the rural southern United States. Medical Anthropology Quarterly 31:572-591. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
Lynn CD, Dominguez JT, DeCaro JA. (2016). Tattooing to “Toughen up”: Tattoo experience and secretory immunoglobulin A. American Journal of Human Biology 28:603-609. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
DeCaro JA. (2016). Beyond catecholamines: Measuring autonomic responses to psychosocial context. American Journal of Human Biology 28:309-317. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
DeCaro JA, Manyama M, Wilson W. (2016) Household-level predictors of maternal mental health and systemic inflammation among infants in Mwanza, Tanzania. American Journal of Human Biology 28:461-470. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
Hadley C, DeCaro JA. (2015) Does moderate iron deficiency protect against childhood illness? A test of the optimal iron hypothesis in Tanzania. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 157:675-679. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
Weaver LJ, Worthman CM, DeCaro JA, Madhu SV. (2015) The signs of stress: Embodiments of biosocial stress among type 2 diabetic women in New Delhi, India. Social Science & Medicine 131:122-130. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
Hadley C, DeCaro JA. (2014) Testing hypothesized predictors of immune activation in Tanzanian infants and children: community, household, caretaker and child effects. American Journal of Human Biology 26(4):523-529. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
Buzney CD, DeCaro JA. (2012) Explanatory models of female pubertal timing: Discordances between cultural models of maturation and the recollection and interpretation of personal developmental experiences. Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry 36(4):601-620. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
DeCaro JA, DeCaro E, Ashley DH. (2012) Investigating the social ecology of daily experience using computerized structured diaries: physical activity among Mexican-American young adults. Field Methods 24(3):328-347. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
DeCaro JA, Worthman CM. (2011) Changing family routines at kindergarten entry predict biomarkers of parental stress. International Journal of Behavioral Development 35(5):441-448. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
DeCaro JA, DeCaro E, Worthman CM. (2010) Sex differences in child nutritional and immunological status 5-9 years post contact in fringe highland Papua New Guinea. American Journal of Human Biology 22(5):657-666. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
DeCaro JA, Worthman CM. (2008) Culture and the socialization of child cardiovascular regulation at school entry in the US. American Journal of Human Biology 20(5):572-583. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
DeCaro JA, Worthman CM. (2008) Return to school accompanied by changing associations between family ecology and cortisol. Developmental Psychobiology 50(2):183-195. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
DeCaro JA. (2008) Methodological considerations in the use of salivary α-amylase as a stress marker in field research. American Journal of Human Biology 20(5):617-619. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
DeCaro JA, Worthman CM. (2007) Cultural models, parent behavior, and young child experience in working American families. Parenting: Science and Practice 7(2):177-203. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
Pritzker SE, DeCaro JA, Gall-Risley B, Monocello LT, Pederson JR. (2023) Embodying intimacy in everyday interaction: A biolinguistic study of long-term partners in the Southeastern United States. Ethos 52:89-113. View the article. Full text pdf available upon request.
Wendel CJ, Cundiff JM, Cribbet MR, DeCaro JA. (2023) Early adversity and cardiovascular stress response: Stress reactivity or
sensitivity to context. Health Psychology 42:642–656. View the article. Full text pdf available upon request.
DeCaro JA, Helfrecht C. (2022) Applying minimally invasive biomarkers of chronic stress across complex ecological contexts. American Journal of Human Biology 34:e23814. View the article (open access).
Parmelee PA, Behrens EA, Costlow Hill E, Cox BS, DeCaro JA, Keefe FJ, Smith SM. (2021) Momentary associations of osteoarthritis pain and affect: Depression as moderator. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B 77:1240-1249. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
Thibodeau-Nielson RB, Turley D, DeCaro JA, Gilpin AT, Nancarrow AF. (2021) Physiological substrates of imagination in early childhood. Social Development 30:867-882. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
Thibodeau-Nielsen RB, Gilpin AT, Palermo F, Nancarrow AF, Brown Farrell C, Turley D, DeCaro JA, Lochman JE, Boxmeyer CL. (2020) Pretend play as a protective factor for developing executive functions among children living in poverty. Cognitive Development 56:100964. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
Smith DM, DeCaro JA, Murphy SL, Parmelee PA. (2019) Momentary reports of fatigue predict physical activity level: Wrist, waist, and combined accelerometry. Journal of Aging and Health 32:921–925. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
Aronoff JE, DeCaro JA. (2018) Life history theory and human behavior: Testing associations between environmental harshness, life history strategies, and testosterone. Personality and Individual Differences 139:110-115. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
Parmelee P, Scicolone M, Cox B, DeCaro J, Keefe F, Smith D. (2018) Global vs. momentary osteoarthritis pain and emotional distress: Emotional intelligence as moderator. Annals of Behavioral Medicine 52:713-723. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
DeCaro JA. (2017) Anthropology. In Hopkins B, Geangu E, Linkenauger S, eds., Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development, 2nd edition (pp. 745-750). Cambridge University Press. Full text pdf available upon request.
Thomas M, DeCaro JA. (2017). Body image models among low income African American mothers and daughters in the Southeast United States. Medical Anthropology Quarterly 32:293-310. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
Parmelee PA, Cox BS, DeCaro JA, Keefe FJ, Smith DM. (2017). Racial/ethnic differences in sleep quality among older adults with osteoarthritis. Sleep Health 3:163-169. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
Read-Wahidi MR, DeCaro JA. (2017). Guadalupan devotion as a moderator of psychosocial stress among Mexican immigrants in the rural southern United States. Medical Anthropology Quarterly 31:572-591. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
Lynn CD, Dominguez JT, DeCaro JA. (2016). Tattooing to “Toughen up”: Tattoo experience and secretory immunoglobulin A. American Journal of Human Biology 28:603-609. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
DeCaro JA. (2016). Beyond catecholamines: Measuring autonomic responses to psychosocial context. American Journal of Human Biology 28:309-317. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
DeCaro JA, Manyama M, Wilson W. (2016) Household-level predictors of maternal mental health and systemic inflammation among infants in Mwanza, Tanzania. American Journal of Human Biology 28:461-470. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
Hadley C, DeCaro JA. (2015) Does moderate iron deficiency protect against childhood illness? A test of the optimal iron hypothesis in Tanzania. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 157:675-679. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
Weaver LJ, Worthman CM, DeCaro JA, Madhu SV. (2015) The signs of stress: Embodiments of biosocial stress among type 2 diabetic women in New Delhi, India. Social Science & Medicine 131:122-130. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
Hadley C, DeCaro JA. (2014) Testing hypothesized predictors of immune activation in Tanzanian infants and children: community, household, caretaker and child effects. American Journal of Human Biology 26(4):523-529. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
Buzney CD, DeCaro JA. (2012) Explanatory models of female pubertal timing: Discordances between cultural models of maturation and the recollection and interpretation of personal developmental experiences. Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry 36(4):601-620. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
DeCaro JA, DeCaro E, Ashley DH. (2012) Investigating the social ecology of daily experience using computerized structured diaries: physical activity among Mexican-American young adults. Field Methods 24(3):328-347. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
DeCaro JA, Worthman CM. (2011) Changing family routines at kindergarten entry predict biomarkers of parental stress. International Journal of Behavioral Development 35(5):441-448. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
DeCaro JA, DeCaro E, Worthman CM. (2010) Sex differences in child nutritional and immunological status 5-9 years post contact in fringe highland Papua New Guinea. American Journal of Human Biology 22(5):657-666. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
DeCaro JA, Worthman CM. (2008) Culture and the socialization of child cardiovascular regulation at school entry in the US. American Journal of Human Biology 20(5):572-583. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
DeCaro JA, Worthman CM. (2008) Return to school accompanied by changing associations between family ecology and cortisol. Developmental Psychobiology 50(2):183-195. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
DeCaro JA. (2008) Methodological considerations in the use of salivary α-amylase as a stress marker in field research. American Journal of Human Biology 20(5):617-619. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.
DeCaro JA, Worthman CM. (2007) Cultural models, parent behavior, and young child experience in working American families. Parenting: Science and Practice 7(2):177-203. View the abstract. Full text pdf available upon request.