G
Grant S. Shields
Federal Grant PI
High Impact
Assistant Professor
faculty
36 h-index
147 pubs
6,017 cited
Research Areas
Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
Grant S. Shields leads a research group at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. His work focuses on understanding the dynamics of inhibitory control under stress, particularly in relation to psychological and physiological responses. Shields is the Principal Investigator on a National Science Foundation CAREER grant totaling $453,764, which supports a multimethod approach to examining these relationships.
His research has explored various aspects of stress, including its impact on executive functions, its relationship with health outcomes, and its interaction with genetic and inflammatory markers. Recent publications investigate topics such as the link between child executive function and future behavioral problems, the role of stress in autistic adults, and the predictive power of subjective stress severity on health. Other studies examine the connection between stress exposure and neurobiological responses like the error-related negativity (ERN), as well as the interplay between adiposity, inflammation, and working memory.
Shields' scholarship metrics indicate significant academic contributions, with an h-index of 36, 139 total publications, and 5,881 total citations. He actively collaborates with other researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Colton L. Hunter and Zach J. Gray, with whom he has co-authored multiple publications.
Metrics
- h-index: 36
- Publications: 147
- Citations: 6,017
Selected Publications
-
Lifetime Stressor Exposure Profiles and Trait Risk for Substance Use in Young Adults (2026)
-
Lifetime stressor exposure and depression among patients with pancreatic cancer: insights from the Florida Pancreas Collaborative (2025)
-
Multimodal stress assessment: Connecting task-related changes in self-reported stress, salivary biomarkers, heart rate, and facial expressions in the context of the stress response to the Trier Social Stress Test (2025)
-
Lifetime Stressor Severity and Diurnal Cortisol in Older African American Adults: A Comparison of Three Theoretical Models (2025)
-
Stress, positive affect, and sleep in older African American adults: a test of the stress buffering hypothesis (2025)
-
Acute stress differentially influences risky decision-making processes by sex: A hierarchical bayesian analysis (2024)
-
Lifetime stressor exposure is related to suicidality in autistic adults: A multinational study (2024)
-
The Short Stress State Questionnaire in German (SSSQ-G) (2024)
-
Cumulative stressor exposure predicts menstrual cycle affective changes in a transdiagnostic outpatient sample with past-month suicidal ideation (2024)
-
Immune response and intergroup bias: Vaccine-induced increases in cytokine activity are associated with worse evaluations of resume for Latina job applicant (2024)
-
Neonatal Hair Cortisol and Birth Outcomes: An Empirical Study and Meta-Analysis (2024)
-
Writing about a stressful experience can impair visual working memory (2024)
-
Cumulative lifetime stressor exposure impairs stimulus–response but not contextual learning (2024)
-
Neural activity and connectivity are related to food preference changes induced by food go/no-go training (2024)
-
Evidence for response inhibition as a control process distinct from the common executive function: A two-study factor analysis. (2024)
Federal Grants 1 $453,764 total
NSF
PI
May 2024 - Apr 2029
CAREER: A multimethod approach to rethinking the dynamics of inhibitory control under stress
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
George M. Slavich
University of California, Los Angeles (US)
23 shared publications
- Lifetime and perceived stress, social support, loneliness, and health in autistic adults.
- Why is subjective stress severity a stronger predictor of health than stressor exposure? A preregistered two‐study test of two hypotheses
- Reduced adaptation of glutamatergic stress response is associated with pessimistic expectations in depression
- Cumulative lifetime acute stressor exposure interacts with reward responsiveness to predict longitudinal increases in depression severity in adolescence
- Associations between lifetime stress exposure and the error-related negativity (ERN) differ based on stressor characteristics and exposure timing in young adults
Showing 5 of 23 shared publications
Colton L. Hunter
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
10 shared publications
In database
- Stress and memory encoding: What are the roles of the stress-encoding delay and stress relevance?
- Acute stress influences the emotional foundations of executive control: Distinct effects on control-related affective and cognitive processes
- A mismatch between early and recent life stress predicts better response inhibition, but not cognitive inhibition
- Mediators of the associations between family income during adolescence and adult long-term memory and working memory
- Writing about a stressful experience improves semantic clustering of memory in men, not women
Showing 5 of 10 shared publications
Zach J. Gray
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
8 shared publications
In database
- Why is subjective stress severity a stronger predictor of health than stressor exposure? A preregistered two‐study test of two hypotheses
- Acute stress influences the emotional foundations of executive control: Distinct effects on control-related affective and cognitive processes
- Cumulative stressor exposure predicts menstrual cycle affective changes in a transdiagnostic outpatient sample with past-month suicidal ideation
- Neural and peripheral markers of reward during positive social evaluation are associated with less clinician-rated depression symptom severity in adolescence
- Writing about a stressful experience improves semantic clustering of memory in men, not women
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Camelia E. Hostinar
University of California, Davis (US)
4 shared publications
- Adiposity, inflammation, and working memory: Evidence for a vicious cycle
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between parenting and child autonomic nervous system activity
- Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis Activity in Childhood Predicts Emotional Memory Effects and Related Neural Circuitry in Adolescent Girls
- Curvilinear associations between family income in early childhood and the cortisol awakening response in adolescence
Stassja Sichko
University of California, Los Angeles (US)
4 shared publications
- Intergenerational transmission of lifetime stressor exposure in adolescent girls at differential maternal risk for depression
- Psychobiology of Stress and Adolescent Depression (PSY SAD) Study: Protocol overview for an fMRI-based multi-method investigation
- Heightened neural activity and functional connectivity responses to social rejection in female adolescents at risk for depression: Testing the Social Signal Transduction Theory of Depression
- Neural and peripheral markers of reward during positive social evaluation are associated with less clinician-rated depression symptom severity in adolescence
LillyBelle K. Deer
University of Denver (US)
3 shared publications
- Adiposity, inflammation, and working memory: Evidence for a vicious cycle
- Curvilinear associations between family income in early childhood and the cortisol awakening response in adolescence
- Neonatal Hair Cortisol and Birth Outcomes: An Empirical Study and Meta-Analysis
Rachel Moseley
Bournemouth University (GB)
3 shared publications
- Lifetime and perceived stress, social support, loneliness, and health in autistic adults.
- Lifetime stressor exposure is related to suicidality in autistic adults: A multinational study
- Lifetime stressor exposure and suicidality in autistic adults: a multinational study examining the role of gender in interpersonal life stress
Julie M. Turner‐Cobb
Bournemouth University (GB)
3 shared publications
- Lifetime and perceived stress, social support, loneliness, and health in autistic adults.
- Lifetime stressor exposure is related to suicidality in autistic adults: A multinational study
- Lifetime stressor exposure and suicidality in autistic adults: a multinational study examining the role of gender in interpersonal life stress
Theresa Q. Bui
Tulane University (US)
3 shared publications
- Intergenerational transmission of lifetime stressor exposure in adolescent girls at differential maternal risk for depression
- Psychobiology of Stress and Adolescent Depression (PSY SAD) Study: Protocol overview for an fMRI-based multi-method investigation
- Neural and peripheral markers of reward during positive social evaluation are associated with less clinician-rated depression symptom severity in adolescence
Meghan Vinograd
University of California, San Diego (US)
3 shared publications
- Psychobiology of Stress and Adolescent Depression (PSY SAD) Study: Protocol overview for an fMRI-based multi-method investigation
- Heightened neural activity and functional connectivity responses to social rejection in female adolescents at risk for depression: Testing the Social Signal Transduction Theory of Depression
- Neural and peripheral markers of reward during positive social evaluation are associated with less clinician-rated depression symptom severity in adolescence
Andrew P. Yonelinas
3 shared publications
- Stress and memory encoding: What are the roles of the stress-encoding delay and stress relevance?
- When stress enhances memory encoding: The beneficial effects of changing context
- Evidence for response inhibition as a control process distinct from the common executive function: A two-study factor analysis.
Yingkai Yang
Southwest University (CN)
3 shared publications
- Child executive function and future externalizing and internalizing problems: A meta-analysis of prospective longitudinal studies
- Neural correlates underlying preference changes induced by food Go/No-Go training
- Neural activity and connectivity are related to food preference changes induced by food go/no-go training
Hong Chen
Southwest University (CN)
3 shared publications
- Child executive function and future externalizing and internalizing problems: A meta-analysis of prospective longitudinal studies
- Neural correlates underlying preference changes induced by food Go/No-Go training
- Neural activity and connectivity are related to food preference changes induced by food go/no-go training
Nicholas V. Alen
Universität Trier (DE)
2 shared publications
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between parenting and child autonomic nervous system activity
- Curvilinear associations between family income in early childhood and the cortisol awakening response in adolescence
Hector A. Olvera‐Alvarez
Oregon Health & Science University (US)
2 shared publications
- Psychobiology of Stress and Adolescent Depression (PSY SAD) Study: Protocol overview for an fMRI-based multi-method investigation
- Neural and peripheral markers of reward during positive social evaluation are associated with less clinician-rated depression symptom severity in adolescence
Similar Researchers
Based on overlapping research topics
Kirkpatrick, Brian
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Behavioral and Psychological Studies
Child and Adolescent Health
Mental Health Research Topics
Daryl T. Cooley
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Behavioral and Psychological Studies
Child and Adolescent Health
Mental Health Research Topics
Aaron T. McLaughlin
University of Central Arkansas
Behavioral and Psychological Studies
Child and Adolescent Health
Mental Health Research Topics
Megan Edwards
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Behavioral and Psychological Studies
Child and Adolescent Health
Mental Health Research Topics
Allison Hudson
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Child and Adolescent Health
Mental Health Research Topics
Behavioral Health and Interventions
Eva Woodward
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Behavioral and Psychological Studies
Child and Adolescent Health
Mental Health Research Topics