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Contemplative Leadership
Emotional Longevity: What Really Determines How Long You Live
By Norman B. Anderson, PhD • Essay • 8 min read
A look at the surprising connections between emotional life and physical health — and why the conditions of a person’s daily existence shape the body as surely as diet or genetics.
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Research Paper
Racism as a Stressor: A Biosocial Model
Research Paper
Presence as a Leadership Practice
Why the capacity to be fully present may be the most underrated skill in organizational life — and how it…
Book
Racism as a Stressor: Revisiting the Biosocial Model
Two decades after its publication, a reflection on how the framework has held up — and what the field still…
Video
On Mentorship
What three decades of advising students taught him about listening before advising.
Guide
Behavioral Science at the NIH
Building a research office from nothing, and the case it had to make to be taken seriously.
Research Paper
A Conversation on Leading the APA
On the responsibilities that came with being first, and what he hoped would follow.
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Presence as a Leadership Practice
Why the capacity to be fully present may be the most underrated skill in organizational life — and how it…
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Selected Publications
Four Decades in Print
A selection from a career of peer-reviewed scholarship.
2000s & Later
Emotional longevity: Behavioral and psychosocial contributors to health span
American Psychologist
Behavioral and social science research at the National Institutes of Health
Health Psychology
Levels of analysis in health science: A framework for integrating biology and behavior
Annals NY Acad. Sci.
1990s
Racism as a stressor for African Americans: A biopsychosocial model
American Psychologist
Elevated blood pressure and cardiovascular reactivity in African American populations
Psychosomatic Medicine
Sociocultural influences on cardiovascular response to stress
Psychological Bulletin
Race, socioeconomic status, and health: Patterns and explanations
Annual Review of Sociology
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Empowering people creates a brighter tomorrow.
- Dr. Anderson
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A Lifelong Commitment to Mentorship
Norman devoted his life to mentoring and supporting emerging leaders. Through his scholarships and programs, that commitment continues today.
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Supporting the next generation of psychology leaders
Contemplative Leadership
Practices and resources for leaders today
The Center
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