Dr. Willroth (she/her) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences. Her current research examines how different components of wellbeing (e.g., emotion, life satisfaction, sense of purpose) vary and change across time, both in the short-term from moment-to-moment and in the long-term across the adult lifespan. She applies insights from this research to examine links between wellbeing and important health outcomes in middle and older adulthood, such as chronic illness, mortality, and dementia risk. In her free time, Dr. Willroth enjoys hosting Sunday night dinners, attending game nights, watching movies, and long-distance running. CV
- Wellbeing
- Emotion and Emotion Regulation
- Personality and Individual Differences
- Lifespan Development
- Healthy Aging
- Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias
Willroth, E.C., James, B.D., Graham, E.K., Kapasi, A., Bennett, D.A., & Mroczek, D.K. (in press). Well-being and cognitive resilience to dementia-related neuropathology. Psychological Science.
Willroth, E.C., John, O.P., Biesanz, J., & Mauss, I.B. (2020). Understanding short-term variability in life satisfaction: The individual differences in evaluating life satisfaction (IDELS) model. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 119, 229-248.
Willroth, E.C., Ong, A., Graham, E.K, & Mroczek, D.K. (2020). Being happy and becoming happier as independent predictors of physical health and mortality. Psychosomatic Medicine, 82, 633.
Willroth, E.C., Graham, E.K., & Mroczek, D.K. (2022). Challenges and opportunities in preregistration of coordinated data analysis: A template and tutorial. Psychology and Aging, 37, 136-140.
Willroth, E.C., Atherton, O.E, & Robins, R.W. (2021). Life satisfaction trajectories during the transition from adolescence to young adulthood: Findings from a longitudinal study of Mexican-origin youth. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 120, 192-205.
B.A., Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri
M.A., Experimental Psychology, College of William and Mary
Ph.D., Psychology, University of California Berkeley
Postdoctoral Training, Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine