Age Differences in Health Effects of Stressors and Perceived Control Among Urban African American Women

Becker, Adam B.; Israel, Barbara A.; Schulz, Amy J.; Parker, Edith A.; Klem, Laura

doi:10.1093/jurban/jti014

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“…In other populations, PC has demonstrated a role in predicting participation in early detection of cervical cancer and has been identified as a buffer against stress that is dependent on age, stressor type, and context 40 . Specifically, PC was found to be health protective in young urban African American women and inversely related to health in an older group of urban African American women 36 . In addition, PC was found to be more common among low socioeconomic groups; related to mortality in a Dutch general population study41; was useful in identifying high‐risk individuals for noncompliance to complex, chronic medical regimens; and was used to predict depression concurrently and subsequently in Caucasian elders 41 .…”

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“…Likewise, there is limited study of PC in other cardiac populations. Patients participating in a cardiac rehabilitation program demonstrated increased PC at both 2 and 8 months following the end of the rehabilitation program 35,36 . Further, Michie and colleagues 35 found that PC predicted depression and anxiety at 2 months following the completion of the program.…”

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Evaluation of a Web‐Based Education and Counseling Pilot Program for Older Heart Failure Patients

Westlake

Evangelista

Strömberg

et al. 2007

Progress Cardiovascular Nurs

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Web-based communication has been reported as a feasible management tool for heart failure (HF) patients and has also been documented to positively impact quality of life (QOL). The feasibility and effectiveness of a Web-based educational and HF management program among older HF patients (60 years and older), however, have not been previously explored. Therefore, a prospective study was conducted. QOL (physical and mental health) and perceived control (PC) scores of 40 participants were measured (baseline and 3 months) and retrospectively compared with an age- and sex-matched control group of 40 patients receiving HF care as usual. Between-group differences over time were statistically significant in the QOL mental health component and PC scores. The authors' findings demonstrate the beneficial effects of a Web-based program on QOL and PC in older patients with HF. This approach may be potentially beneficial in delivering educational and behavioral support to this high-risk group in ways that are affordable and accessible.

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Evaluation of a Web‐Based Education and Counseling Pilot Program for Older Heart Failure Patients

Westlake

Evangelista

Strömberg

et al. 2007

Progress Cardiovascular Nurs

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“…These models posit that an emotional and behavioral response to a cancer diagnosis is contingent on the extent to which the psychological and physiological demands of the experience exceed available individual (e.g., financial) or situational (e.g., environmental conditions, social support) resources (Becker et al 2005, Israel et al 1996, Lazarus and Folkman 1991). As the objective of the study was to isolate the effect of a cancer diagnosis on psychological distress symptom change, it was critical to control for pre-cancer factors known to be associated with changes in psychological distress over time.…”

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Characterizing the psychological distress response before and after a cancer diagnosis

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Psychological distress among cancer survivors is common. It is unknown if symptoms predate diagnosis or differ from patients without cancer because studies are limited to patient follow-up. Linked cohort (Wisconsin Longitudinal Study) and tumor registry records were used to assess the psychological distress response pre- to post-cancer diagnosis. Adjusted predicted probabilities of being in one of five categories of change for three psychological distress measures (depression, anxiety, well-being) were compared for participants diagnosed with cancer between 1993–1994 and 2004–2005 and participants without cancer (N=5,162). Cancer survivors were more likely to experience clinically significant increases (≥0.8 standard deviation) in depression (15%,95%CI=12–18%) and anxiety (19%, CI=16–22%) compared to their no-cancer counterparts (10%, CI=10–11%; 11%, CI=11–12%). Cancer survivors <5 years from diagnosis were more likely to experience worsening depression. Survivors ≥5 years were more likely to experience worsening anxiety. No significant results were found for well-being. Characterizing the psychological distress response is a prerequisite for identifying at-risk patients and communicating expected symptoms, allowing for proactive resource provision.

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“…Perceptions of control have in fact been shown to buffer the effects of a wide number of stressors (Thoits 1995), including the effects of ambient stressors (e.g., Becker et al 2005;Schieman and Meersman 2004). Mastery buffers the effects of stressors because individuals with a strong sense of control are likely to see stressors as unusual and avoidable in the future, and also because individuals with a strong sense of mastery are more likely to engage in problem-focused coping (Ben-Zur 2002;Mirowsky and Ross 2003).…”

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The Threat of War and Psychological Distress Among Civilians Working in Iraq and Afghanistan

Bierman

Kelty

2014

Soc Psychol Q

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Research documents the mental health toll of combat operations on military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan, but little research examines civilians who work alongside members of the military. In this research, we argue that a sense of threat is an ''ambient stressor'' that permeates daily life among civilians who work in these war zones, with mastery likely to both mediate and moderate the mental health effects of this stressor. Using a unique probability sample of Department of Army civilians, we find that threat is positively related to distress, but mastery mediates this relationship nonlinearly, with the indirect relationship between threat and distress strengthening as threat increases. The moderating function of mastery is also nonlinear, with moderate levels of mastery providing maximum stress buffering. This research suggests that contextual conditions of constraint can create nonlinearities in the way that mastery mediates and moderates the effects of ambient stressors.

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Age Differences in Health Effects of Stressors and Perceived Control Among Urban African American Women

Cited by 13 publications

References 55 publications

Evaluation of a Web‐Based Education and Counseling Pilot Program for Older Heart Failure Patients

Evaluation of a Web‐Based Education and Counseling Pilot Program for Older Heart Failure Patients

Characterizing the psychological distress response before and after a cancer diagnosis

The Threat of War and Psychological Distress Among Civilians Working in Iraq and Afghanistan

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