Publications

Bourne, K. A., Foster, K. T., Xu, A. X., & Levine, C. S. (in press). Schools’ respect for identity-based differences and student outcomes: Examining the role of multiple marginalized identities. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. Link

Bourne, K. A., Xu, A. X., & Levine, C. S. (in press). Who should learn about race in school? Lay theories about the relevance of lessons about race to students of color and White students. Social Psychological and Personality Science. Link

Song, R., & Levine, C. S. (2025). Gentrification creates social class disparities in belonging. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 129(3), 529–550. Link

Levine, C. S., *Bourne, K. A., *Song, R., & *Weltzien, K. (2023). Creating inclusive schools to reduce health and well-being disparities. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, e12841. Link

Dai, J. D., & Levine, C. S. (2023). I am not a virus: Status-based rejection sensitivity and sleep among East Asian individuals in the U.S. during COVID-19. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 14(4), 395-406. Link

Clobert, M., Sims, T. L., Yoo, J., Miyamoto, Y., & Markus, H. R., Karasawa, M., & Levine, C. S. (2020). Feeling excited or taking a bath: Do distinct pathways underlie the positive affect-health link in the U.S. and Japan? Emotion, 20(2), 164–178. Link

Ehrlich, K. B., Miller, G. E., Shalowitz, M. U., Story, R. E., Levine, C. S., Williams, D., Le, V., & Chen, E. (2019). Secure base representations in children with asthma: Links with symptoms, family asthma management, and cytokine regulation.Child Development, 90(6), e718–e728. Link

Levine, C. S., Markus, H. R., Austin, M. K., Chen, E., & Miller, G. E. (2019). Students of color show health advantages when they attend schools that emphasize the value of diversity. Proceedings of the National Academic of Sciences, 116(13), 6013-6018. Link

Levine, C. S., Miller, G. E., Shalowitz, M. U., Story, R. E., Manczak, E. M., Hayen, R., . . . Chen, E. (2019). Academic inequality and health: How gender-based inequality in schools relates to boys’ and girls’ health. Social Science & Medicine228, 126-134. Link

Jones, E. J., Chen, E., Levine, C. S., Lam, P. H., Liu, V. Y., & Schreier, H. M. C. (2019). Aspects of the parent-child relationship and parent metabolic outcomes. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 42(2), 204-216. Link

Lam, P. H., Miller, G. E., Chiang, J. J., Levine, C. S., Le, V., Shalowitz, M. U., Story, R. E., & Chen, E. (2018). One size does not fit all: Links between shift-and-persist and asthma in youth are moderated by perceived social status and experience of unfair treatment. Development and Psychopathology, 30, 1699-1714. Link

Levine, C. S., Miller, G. E., Lachman, M. E., Seeman, T. E., & Chen. E. (2018). Early life adversity and adult health. In C. D. Ryff & R. F. Krueger (Eds.), Oxford handbook of integrated health science (pp. 49-61).New York: Oxford University Press. Link

Miyamoto, Y., Yoo, J., Levine, C. S., Park, J., Boylan, J. M., Sims, T., . . . Ryff, C. D. (2018). Culture and socioeconomic status: Implications for psychological traits and socialization values. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,115, 427-445. Link

Lam, P. H., Levine, C. S.,Chiang, J. J., Shalowitz, M. U., Story, R. E., Hayen, R., Sinard, R. & Chen, E. (2018). Family obligations and asthma in youth: The moderating role of socioeconomic status. Health Psychology, 37, 968-978. Link

Levine, C. S. (2017). Psychological buffers against poor health: The role of the socioeconomic environment. Current Opinion in Psychology, 18, 137-140. Link

Manczak, E. M., Levine, C. S., Ehrlich, K. B., Basu, D., McAdams, D. P., & Chen, E. (2017). Associations between spontaneous parental perspective-taking and stimulated cytokine responses in children with asthma. Health Psychology, 36, 652-661. Link

Levine, C. S., Hoffer, L. C., & Chen, E. (2017). Moderators of the relationship between frequent family demands and inflammation among adolescents. Health Psychology, 36, 493-501. Link Infographic

Levine, C. S., Manczak, E. M., Ham, P. J., Le, V., & Chen, E. (2017). The relationship between parents’ social network diversity and pulmonary function among children with asthma. Culture and Brain5, 71-89. Link

Levine, C. S., Basu, D., & Chen, E. (2017). Just world beliefs are associated with lower levels of metabolic risk and inflammation and better sleep after an unfair event. Journal of Personality, 85, 232-243. Link Infographic

Chen, E., Miller, G. E., Shalowitz, M. U., Story, R. E., Levine, C. S., Hayen, R., . . . Brauer, M. (2017). Difficult family relationships, residential greenspace, and childhood asthma, Pediatrics, 139, e20163056. Link

Chen, E., Shalowitz, M. U., Story, R. E., Ehrlich, K. B., Levine, C. S., Hayen, R., . . . Miller, G. E. (2016). Dimensions of socioeconomic status and childhood asthma outcomes: Evidence for distinct behavioral and biological associations. Psychosomatic Medicine, 78, 1043-1052. Link

Levine, C. S., Miyamoto, Y., Markus, H. R., Rigotti, A., Boylan, J. M., Park, J., . . . Ryff, C. D. (2016). Culture and healthy eating: The role of independence and interdependence in the U.S. and Japan. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42, 1335-1348. Link

Levine, C. S., Atkins, A. H., Waldfogel, H. B., & Chen, E. (2016). Views of a good life and allostatic load: Physiological correlates of theories of a good life depend on the socioeconomic context. Self and Identity, 15, 536-547. Link

Kitayama, S. Park, J., Boylan, J. M., Miyamoto, Y., Levine, C. S., Markus, H. R., . . . Ryff, C. D. (2015). Expression of anger and ill-health in two cultures: An examination of inflammation and cardiovascular risk. Psychological Science, 26, 211-220. Link

Ryff, C. D., Boylan, J. M., Coe, C. L., Karasawa, M., Kawakami, N., Kitayama, S., Kan, C., Love, G. D., Levine, C. S., . . . Park, J. (2015). Adult development in Japan and the U.S.: Comparing theories and findings about growth, maturity, and well-being. In L. Jensen (Ed.), Oxford handbook of human development and culture: An interdisciplinary perspective.New York: Oxford University Press. Link

Ryff, C. D., Miyamoto, Y., Boylan, J. M., Coe, C. L., Karasawa, M., Kawakami, N., Kan, C., Love, G., Levine, C. S., . . . Kitayama, S. (2015). Culture, inequality, and health: Evidence from the MIDUS and MIDJA comparison. Culture and Brain3, 1-20. Link

*Curhan, K. B., *Levine, C. S., Markus, H. R., Kitayama, S., Park, J., Karasawa, M., . . . & Ryff, C. D. (2014). Subjective and objective hierarchies and their relations to psychological well-being: A U.S. / Japan comparison. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 5, 855-864. Link

Miyamoto, Y., Boylan, J. M., Coe, C. L., Curhan, K. B., Levine, C. S., Markus, H. R., . . . Ryff, C. D. (2013). Negative emotions predict elevated interleukin-6 in the United States but not in Japan. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 34, 79-85. Link

Levine, C. S., & Ambady, N. (2013). Nonverbal behaviour’s role in racial gaps in healthcare:  Implications and solutions. Medical Education, 47, 867-876. Link

Rattan, A., Levine, C. S., Dweck, C. S., & Eberhardt, J. L. (2012). Race and the fragility of the legal distinction between juveniles and adults. PLoS One, 7, e36680. Link

*Stephens, N. M., & *Levine, C. S.(2011). Opting out or denying discrimination? How the framework of free choice in American society influences perceptions of gender inequality. Psychological Science, 22, 1231-1236. Link

*Equal authorship