David Almeida, PhD

David Almeida, PhD

Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University
David Almeida, PhD

Dr. Alameida is a life-span developmental psychologist with a primary focus on stress and coping during middle adulthood. His research examines the effects of biological and self-reported indicators of stress on health. His primary interest has been the role of daily stress on healthy aging but has also examined stress processes in specific populations and contexts, such as the workplace and family interactions, parents of children with developmental disabilities, and family caregivers. He developed an instrument, the Daily Inventory of Stressful Experiences that has been used in large scale epidemiologic and intervention studies on health and well-being. 

He is the Principal Investigator of the National Study of Daily Experiences (NSDE) one of the in-depth studies that are part of the MacArthur Foundation National Survey of Midlife in the United States (MIDUS, http://www.midus.wisc.edu/). Previously, he directed the Workplace Practices and Daily Family Well-Being Project a component of the Work, Family, Health Study.