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Dr. Tracy's overarching research and theoretical interests take a life-course perspective on the ways in which health-related stress, sleep, and circadian rhythms, in the context of couple and family relationships, shape trajectories of healthy aging and disease.
The publications below reflect the collaborative work of our research team — Dr. Eunjin Tracy together with the students, trainees, and collaborators who make this scholarship possible. They span peer-reviewed journal articles, outreach publications, and book chapters.
Complete and continually updated lists are also available on Google Scholar and ResearchGate.
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Bold indicates Dr. Eunjin Tracy. Work published before April 2018 appears under her former name, Lee.
+ indicates an undergraduate or graduate student author mentored by Dr. Tracy.
* indicates shared first authorship.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
59. Skoblow, H., Tracy, E. L., & Gilligan, M. (in press). Bidirectional Links Between Sleep and Relationship Quality: Findings from an 8-Year Longitudinal Study of Older Couples. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences.
58. Tracy, E. L., So, C., Chin, B., Xie, Y., Lehrer, H. M., Kanaley, J., Hasler, B. P., Buysse, D. J. (in press). Behavioral–social rhythms: Associations with pain, body mass index, and depressive symptoms among older adults with insomnia and older good sleepers. Journal of Behavioral Medicine
57. Litchman, M. L., Allen, N. A., Tracy, E. L., Grigorian, E. G., Campbell, M. S., Helgeson, V. S., & Berg, C. A. (In press). Navigating type 1 diabetes as a young couple: A qualitative analysis. Chronic Illness.
56. Tracy, E. L., Kim, E., Meinertz, N. R., & Nyang'au, G. K. (2025). The health cost of irregular sleep timing: Age differences in social jet lag and health outcomes among middle-aged and older adults. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 80(12), Article glaf216. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glaf216
55. Litchman, M. L., Berg, C. A., Porter, M., Campbell, M. S., Tracy, E. L., Kent de Grey, R. G., Mitchell, C., & Allen, N. A. (2025). Family member involvement when multiple family members have type 1 diabetes. Diabetic Medicine: A Journal of the British Diabetic Association, 42(12), Article e70145. https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.70145
54. Tracy, E. L.,* Morgan, D.,* Yan, S., Chao, P. S., Ansari, S., Kim, E., & Trull, T. J. (2025). The daily interplay between sleep and emotional dysregulation in emerging adults with heavy alcohol use patterns. Sleep Health, 11(5), 655–664. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2025.06.005
* shared first authorship
53. Tracy, E. L., Lehrer, H. M., Chao, P. S., So, C. J., Hasler, B. P., Kanaley, J. A., Manrique-Acevedo, C., Kim, E., Chin, B., & Buysse, D. J. (2025). Multidimensional sleep and self-rated physical health and depressive symptoms among retired older adults: A sex-stratified analysis. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 23(4), 540–551. https://doi.org/10.1080/15402002.2025.2493651
52. Miller, M. B., Wycoff, A. M., Tracy, E. L., Moskal, K. R., Borsari, B., Bartholow, B. D., Steinley, D., & McCrae, C. S. (2025). Daily associations between sleep and alcohol use among veterans: Acute and cumulative effects. Addiction, 120(5), 895–904. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16770
51. Tracy, E. L., Xie, Y., Buysse, D. J., Smagula, S. F., Soehner, A. M., & Hasler, B. P. (2025). An exploratory pilot study on social rhythm regularity, and its associations with sleep, circadian, affective, and alcohol use outcomes in late adolescents. Journal of Sleep Research, 34(3), Article e14346. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.14346
50. Tracy, E. L., So, C. J., Shoemaker, S. D., Kanaley, J. A., Trull, T., Manrique-Acevedo, C., McCrae, C. S., Borsari, B., & Miller, M. B. (2024). Bidirectional links between sleep and pain among heavy-drinking veterans with insomnia. Sleep Advances: A Journal of the Sleep Research Society, 5(1), Article zpae089. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleepadvances/zpae089
49. Tracy, E. L.,* Chin, B. N.,* Lehrer, H. M., Hasler, B. P., Thomas, M. C., Smagula, S., Kimutis, S., Hall, M. H., & Buysse, D. J. (2024). Behavioral–social rhythms and cardiovascular disease risk in retired night shift workers and retired day workers. Psychosomatic Medicine (Journal name changed to "Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine" recently.), 86(4), 227–233. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000001287
* shared first authorship
48. Berg, C. A., Tracy, E. L., Boggess, S. B., Butner, J. E., Loyola, M. D. R., & Wiebe, D. J. (2024). Global stress and daily general and type 1 diabetes stressors and links to daily affect and diabetes outcomes during emerging adulthood. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 47(1), 82–93. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-023-00425-7
47. Jain, N., Lehrer, H. M., Chin, B. N., Tracy, E. L., Evans, M. A., Krafty, R. T., Buysse, D. J., & Hall, M. H. (2023). Heart rate and heart rate variability following sleep deprivation in retired night shift workers and retired day workers. Psychophysiology, 60(12), Article e14374. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14374
46. Nie, Z., Tracy, E. L., Du, Y., & Yang, R. (2023). Depressive symptoms and falls among Chinese older adults: A bidirectional relationship. Geriatric Nursing, 50, 138–142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2023.01.002
45. Yang, R., Wang, H., Tracy, E. L., Jo, Y. J., Sward, K. A., Edelman, L. S., & Demiris, G. (2023). What is the relationship between falls, functional limitations, and depressive symptoms among Chinese older adults? The role of living alone. Maturitas, 168, 78–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2022.10.007
44. Chin, B. N., Lehrer, H. M., Tracy, E. L., Barinas-Mitchell, E., Wilckens, K. A., Carroll, L. W., Buysse, D. J., & Hall, M. H. (2023). Cardiometabolic function in retired night shift workers and retired day workers. Scientific Reports, 13, Article 5204. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20743-1
43. Tracy, E. L., Berg, C. A., Butner, J. E., Kent de Grey, R. G., Allen, N. A., Porter, M. E., & Helgeson, V. S. (2022). Relationship satisfaction moderates links between poor sleep quality and psychological distress among couples coping with type 1 diabetes. Sleep Health, 8(6), 705–713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2022.09.004
42. Tracy, E. L.,* Zhang, J.,* Wilckens, K., Krafty, R. T., Hasler, B. P., Hall, M. H., & Buysse, D. J. (2022). Homeostatic response to sleep deprivation and circadian rhythmicity are intact in older adults with insomnia. Sleep, 45(9), Article zsac162. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsac162
* shared first authorship
41. Helgeson, V. S., Allen, N. A., Tracy, E. L., Butner, J., & Berg, C. A. (2022). Diabetes stress contagion among romantic partners: A daily diary investigation. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 45(5), 716–727. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-022-00337-y
40. Mansfield, K. J., Colicchio, V. D., Kauwe Tuitama, A. I., Tracy, E. L., Neuberger, J. D., & Litchman, M. L. (2022). Care partner support following a diabetes self-management education and support intervention. Science of Diabetes Self-Management and Care, 48(4), 235–246. https://doi.org/10.1177/26350106221099872
39. Kim, J. J., Payne, E. S., & Tracy, E. L. (2022). Indirect effects of forgiveness on psychological health through anger and hope: A parallel mediation analysis. Journal of Religion and Health, 61(5), 3729–3746. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-022-01518-4
38. Kim, J. J., Tracy, E. L., & Enright, R. D. (2022). Motivations for forgiving an offender with practical implications for those in the helping professions: A qualitative study. Journal of Religion and Health, 61(5), 3761–3776. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-022-01505-9
37. Chin, B. N., Tracy, E. L., Lehrer, H. M., Carroll, L. W., Lacey, P. N., Kimutis, S. K., Buysse, D. J., & Hall, M. H. (2022). Social integration and sleep quality during the COVID-19 pandemic: Prospective evidence from a study of retired older adults. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 20(3), 337–342. https://doi.org/10.1080/15402002.2021.2021203
36. Tracy, E. L., Chin, B., Lehrer, H. M., Carroll, L. W., Buysse, D. J., & Hall, M. H. (2022). Coping strategies moderate the effect of perceived stress on sleep and health in older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Stress and Health, 38(4), 708–721. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3124
35. Zajdel, M., Helgeson, V. S., Butner, J. E., Tracy, E. L., & Berg, C. A. (2022). A multimethod approach to measuring communal coping in adults with type 1 diabetes. Health Psychology, 41(1), 23–31. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001123
34. Tracy, E. L., Putney, J. M., & Papp, L. M. (2022). Empty nest status, marital closeness, and perceived health: Testing couples' direct and moderated associations with an actor–partner interdependence model. Family Journal, 30(1), 30–35. https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807211027287
33. Helgeson, V. S., Zajdel, M., Tracy, E. L., Allen, N. A., Kent de Grey, R. G., Litchman, M. L., & Berg, C. A. (2022). Observed dyadic collaboration among couples coping with type 1 diabetes. Journal of Family Psychology, 36(1), 147–152. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000763
32. Kelly, C. S., Berg, C. A., Tracy, E. L., Staylor, K., Thomas, A., & Helgeson, V. S. (2022). Daily experiences of type 1 diabetes stress across adulthood. Diabetic Medicine: A Journal of the British Diabetic Association, 39(1), Article e14628. https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.14628
31. Tracy E. L., Reid, K. J., & Baron, K. G. (2021). The relationship between sleep and physical activity: The moderating role of daily alcohol consumption. Sleep, 44(10), Article zsab112. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsab112
30. Allen, N. A., Litchman, M. L., Neller, S., Tracy, E. L., Kent de Grey, R. G., Grigorian, E., Helgeson, V. S., & Berg, C. A. (2021). Couples managing type 1 diabetes using diabetes technology. Diabetes Spectrum, 34(4), 378–387. https://doi.org/10.2337/ds20-0045
29. Kent de Grey, R. G., Berg, C. A., Tracy, E. L., Kelly, C. S., Lee, J., Lichtman, M. L., Butner, J., Munion, A. K., & Helgeson, V. S. (2021). Can't you see I'm trying to help? Relationship satisfaction and the visibility and benefit of social support in type 1 diabetes. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38(3), 805–824. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407520973762
28. Tracy, E. L., Berg, C. A., Kelly, C. S., Kent de Grey, R. G., Litchman, M. L., Allen, N. A., & Helgeson, V. S. (2021). Daily stress spillover and crossover in couples coping with type 1 diabetes. Journal of Family Psychology, 35(5), 618–627. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000819
27. Tracy, E. L., Tracy, C. T., Kim, J. J., Yang, R., & Kim, E. (2021). Cascading effects of childhood abuse on physical health issues in later adulthood through trait anxiety and poor daily sleep quality. Journal of Health Psychology, 26(12), 2342–2348. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105320909876
26. Krall, J., Helgeson, V. S., Tracy, E. L., Campbell, M. S., Korytkowski, M., & Berg, C. A. (2020). Perspectives of parents with type 1 diabetes: Role of children in self-management and support. Diabetes Educator, 46(6), 552–558. https://doi.org/10.1177/0145721720964598
25. Tracy, E. L., & Utz, R. L. (2020). For better or for worse: Health and marital quality during midlife. Journal of Aging and Health, 32(10), 1625–1635. https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264320948305
24. Yang, R., Wang, J., Wang, H., Tracy, E. L., & Tracy, C. T. (2020). A cross-lagged model of depressive symptoms and mobility disability among middle-aged and older Chinese adults with arthritis. Geriatrics & Gerontology International, 20(10), 873–877. https://doi.org/10.1111/ggi.13993
23. Tracy, E. L., Berg, C. A., Kent de Grey, R. G., Allen, N. A., Litchman, M. L., Butner, J., & Helgeson, V. S. (2020). The benefits of daily exercise on blood glucose levels and affect among adults with type 1 diabetes. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 43(6), 1056–1061. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-020-00158-x
22. Berg, C. A., Helgeson, V. S., Kelly, C. S., Tracy, E. L., Litchman, M. L., & Butner, J. E. (2020). Age differences in reactivity to daily general and type 1 diabetes stressors. Psychology and Aging, 35(8), 1115–1126. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000519
21. Berg, C. A., Helgeson, V. S., Tracy, E. L., Butner, J. E., Kelly, C. S., Van Vleet, M., & Litchman, M. L. (2020). Daily illness appraisal and collaboration in couples with type 1 diabetes. Health Psychology, 39(8), 689–699. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000871
20. Yang, R., Wang, H., Edelman, L. S., Tracy, E. L., Demiris, G., Sward, K. A., & Donaldson, G. W. (2020). Loneliness as a mediator of the impact of social isolation on cognitive functioning of Chinese older adults. Age and Ageing, 49(4), 599–604. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaa020
19. Tracy, E. L., Berg, C. A., Kent De Grey, R. G., Butner, J., Litchman, M. L., Allen, N. A., & Helgeson, V. S. (2020). The role of self-regulation failures and self-care in the link between daily sleep quality and blood glucose among adults with type 1 diabetes. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 54(4), 249–257. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaz044
18. Lee, J., Helgeson, V. S., Van Vleet, M., Tracy, E. L., Kent de Grey, R. G., Zajdel, M., & Berg, C. A. (2020). Implications of we-talk for relationships and health among patients with type 1 diabetes and their spouses. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 37(1), 345–354. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407519865613
17. Yang, R.,+ Tracy, E. L., Jensen, F. B., Jiang, Y., & Linder, L. (2019). The effect of screen viewing duration and self-efficacy in limiting screen viewing on loneliness in adolescent-parent dyads: An application of the actor–partner interdependence model. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 47, 106–113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2019.05.007
16. Kelly, C. S., Berg, C. A., Lansing, A. H., Turner, S. L., Munion, A. K., Tracy, E. L., & Wiebe, D. J. (2019). Keeping parents connected in early emerging adulthood: Diabetes-related disclosure and solicitation. Journal of Family Psychology, 33(7), 809–818. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000565
15. Litchman, M. L., Wawrzynski, S. E., Allen, N. A., Tracy, E. L., Kelly, C. S., Helgeson, V. S., & Berg, C. A. (2019). Yours, mine, and ours: A qualitative analysis of the impact of type 1 diabetes management in older adult married couples. Diabetes Spectrum, 32(3), 239–248. https://doi.org/10.2337/ds18-0057
14. Berg, C. A., Wiebe, D. J., Tracy, E L., Kelly, C. S., Mello, D., Turner, S. L., Butner, J. E., Munion, A. K., Mansfield, J. H., White, P. C., Murray, M., & Suchy, Y. (2019). Parental Involvement and executive function in emerging adults with type 1 diabetes. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 44(8), 970–979. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsz025
13. Lee, E., Kim, S. W., & Enright, R. D. (2019). Beyond grief and survival: Posttraumatic growth through immediate family suicide loss in South Korea. Omega-Journal of death and dying, 79(4), 414–435. https://doi.org/10.1177/0030222817724700
12. Tracy, E. L., Berg, C. A., Baker, A. C., Mello, D., Litchman, M. L., & Wiebe, D. J. (2019). Health-risk behaviors and type 1 diabetes outcomes in the transition from late adolescence to early emerging adulthood. Children's Health Care, 48(3), 285–300. https://doi.org/10.1080/02739615.2018.1531758
11. Yang, R.,+ Tracy, E. L., & Wang, H. (2019). Longitudinal associations of depressive symptoms, subjective memory decline, and cognitive functioning among Chinese older adults: Between-person and within-person perspective. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 81, 105–110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2018.12.001
10. Helgeson, V. S., Berg, C. A., Kelly, C. S., Van Vleet, M., Zajdel, M., Tracy, E. L., & Litchman, M. L. (2019). Patient and partner illness appraisals and health among adults with type 1 diabetes. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 42(3), 480–492. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-018-0001-1
9. Tracy, E. L., & Papp, L. M. (2019). Associations between young adult dating partners' drinking and relationship satisfaction. Journal of Substance Use, 24(3), 245–250. https://doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2018.1552728
8. Tracy, E. L., Berg, C. A., Baucom, K. J. W., Turner, S. L., Kelly, C. S., Van Vleet, M., Butner, J., & Helgeson, V. S. (2019). Daily sleep quality and daily stressors in couples coping with type 1 diabetes. Health Psychology, 38(1), 75–83. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000690
7. Baucom, K. J. W., Turner, S. L., Tracy, E. L., Berg, C. A., & Wiebe, D. J. (2018). Depressive symptoms and diabetes management from late adolescence to emerging adulthood. Health Psychology, 37(8), 716–724. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000645
6. Lee, E., & Roberts, L. J. (2018). Between individual and family coping: A decade of theory and research on couples coping with health‐related stress. Journal of Family Theory & Review, 10(1), 141–164. https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12252
5. Lee, E., Kim, S. W., Kim, J. J., & Enright, R. D. (2017). Family conflict and forgiveness among survivors of suicide. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 22(8), 689–697. https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2017.1388344
4. Lee, E., & Papp, L. M. (2017). Linkages between young adult dating partners' daily alcoholic drinks: Risk for alcohol problems as a moderator. Journal of Substance Use, 22(3), 282–288. https://doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2016.1184335
3. Lee, E., Enright, R., & Kim, J. (2015). Forgiveness postvention with a survivor of suicide following a loved one suicide: A case study. Social Sciences, 4(3), 688–699. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci4030688
2. Lee, E., Won Kim, S., & Enright, R. D. (2015). Case study of a survivor of suicide who lost all family members through parent–child collective suicide. Crisis, 36(1), 71–75. https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000286
1. Lee, E. (2012). The relationship between approaches to learning and academic achievement among kindergarten students. International Journal of Arts and Sciences, 5, 305–313.
Outreach Publications
Outreach Publications
(One as first author.)
1. Tracy, E. L, Kim, E., Garcia, A. S., & Trussell, J. (2026). Helping Preschoolers Establish Healthy Sleep Habits. University of Missouri Extension. https://extension.missouri.edu/publications/gh6134
Book Chapters
Book Chapters
(One as first author and one as coauthor.)
2. Tracy, E. L., & Troxel, W. M. (2019). Family relationships in the context of sleep. In D. T. Duncan, I. Kawachi, & S. Redline (Eds.), The social epidemiology of sleep (pp. 225–250). Oxford University Press.
1. Kelly, C., Turner, S., Lee, E., & Berg, C. A. (2018). Healthcare across the life span. In M. H. Bornstein, M. E. Arterberry, K. L. Fingerman, & J. E. Lansford (Eds). Encyclopedia of lifespan human development. SAGE Publications.
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