Chad Danyluck

Research Interests

I am a social psychophysiologist who studies interpersonal interactions, with a focus on the impacts of both direct and vicarious discrimination on health and wellbeing. My primary research interests explore how physiological stress transmission and physiological synchrony shape the health and relational dynamics of underrepresented groups. To achieve these goals, I employ ecologically valid methods (e.g., community-based research, field studies, psychophysiological, dyadic, and group-based designs), advanced statistical techniques (e.g., structural equation modeling, multilevel modeling), and open science practices (e.g., pre-registrations, pre-prints, data and code sharing). Through this work, I aim to uncover the complex interplay of subjective, behavioral, physiological, and social factors that either strengthen or hinder interpersonal harmony, ultimately contributing to safer, healthier, and more fulfilling lives for underrepresented groups.

I am currently accepting graduate students for Fall 2025 to work on projects related to vicarious discrimination and physiological synchrony.

Selected Publications

Volpert-Esmond, H. I., Bray, J. R., Pages, S. M., & Danyluck, C. (in press). Cardiovascular Reactivity During Conversations About Discrimination is Buffered by Social Support Among U.S. Latinos. Scientific Reports.

Kim, J., Tamminen, K. A., Bissett, J. E., Danyluck, C., Wolf, S. A., McEwen, C., & Wagstaff, C. R. (2023). “I hate it when that happens too!”: observed and perceived exchanges of social support between university student-athletes during discussions of stressors. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1-17.

Brondolo, E., Simons, R. R., Keating, L. H., Vincent, B., Kittleman, J., Roth, A., Basello, G., Danyluck, C. & Blair, I. V. (2023). Racial/Ethnic Discrimination and Food Consumption: Examination in Diverse Samples. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 57(3), 227-236.

Boyd, S. M., Kuelz, A., Page-Gould, E., Butler, E. A., & Danyluck, C. (2022). An exploratory study of physiological linkage among strangers. Frontiers in Neuroergonomics 

Page-Gould, E., Harris, K., MacInnis, C. C., Danyluck, C., & Miller, I. D. (2022). The intergroup perspective on cross-group friendship. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology. 

Danyluck, C., Blair, I. V., Manson, S. M., Laudenslager, M. L., Daugherty, S. L. & Brondolo, E. (2021). Discrimination and sleep impairment in American Indians and Alaska Natives. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 

Tamminen, K. A., Kim, J., Danyluck, C., McEwen, C., Wagstaff, C. R. D., & Wolf, S. (2021). The effect of self- and interpersonal emotion regulation on athletes’ anxiety and goal achievement in competition. Psychology of Sport and Exercise (special issue on Emotions in Sport).

 Danyluck, C., Blair, I. V., Manson, S. M., Laudenslager, M. L., Daugherty, S. L., … & Brondolo, E. (2021). Older and Wiser? Age Moderates the Association between Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms in American Indians and Alaska Natives. Journal of Aging and Health (special issue on Aging and Health of American Indians and Alaska Natives: Evidence from Scholars of the Native Elder Research Center). 

Hendriks, T., Pritikin, J., Choudhary, R., & Danyluck, C. (2021). Exploring the relationship between character strengths and meditation: A cross-sectional study among long-term practitioners of Sahaja Yoga meditation. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology. 

Blair, I. V., Danyluck, C., Judd, C. M., Manson, S. M., Laudenslager, M. L., Daugherty, S. L., … & Brondolo, E. (2021). Validation of the Brief Perceived Ethnic Discrimination Questionnaire – Community Version, in American Indians. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology.  

Danyluck, C. & Page-Gould, E. (2019). Social and physiological context affects the meaning of physiological synchrony. Scientific Reports. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-44667-5.

Danyluck, C. & Page-Gould, E. (2018). Intergroup dissimilarity predicts physiological synchrony and affiliation in intergroup interaction. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 74, 111-120.

Page-Gould, E. & Danyluck, C. (2016). The biological perspective on intergroup relations. Invited chapter for E. Harmon-Jones & M. Inzlicht (Eds.), Social Neuroscience: Biological Approaches to Social Psychology. Psychology Press.