Daily family stress and HPA axis functioning during adolescence: The moderating role of sleep

Chiang, Jessica J.; Tsai, Kim M.; Park, Hyuk; Bower, Julienne E.; Almeida, David M.; Dahl, Ronald E.; Irwin, Michael R.; Seeman, Teresa E.; Fuligni, Andrew J.

doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.05.009

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“…Our day-to-day findings, along with those from Chiang et al (2016) regarding average levels of daily assistance behavior, indicate that morning levels of cortisol, including waking levels and the cortisol awakening response, may be important biomarkers of chronic family stressors or need for family assistance for adolescents, in particular.…”

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“…For example, among adolescent girls, attenuated cortisol responses to stress have been associated with accelerated pubertal development (Saxbe, Negriff, Susman, & Trickett, 2015), and a blunted cortisol awakening response and total diurnal output interacted with stressful events to predict future depressive symptoms (Schuler et al, 2017). While associations between family assistance behaviors and psychosocial and immune outcomes have been explored in studies of Latino youth and families (e.g., Chiang et al, 2016; Fuligni et al, 2009; Telzer et al, 2015), our study is the first to identify the temporal ordering of such processes from day to day, as opposed to weekly averages, with intensive assessments of stress-sensitive physiological markers.…”

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Cultural neurobiology and the family: Evidence from the daily lives of Latino adolescents

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Culturally linked family influences during adolescence are important predictors of health and well-being for Latino youth, yet few studies have examined whether these familial influences are associated with indicators of typical physiological stress processes. Following a cultural neurobiology framework, we examined the role of family in the everyday lives of Latino adolescents (N = 209; Mage = 18.10; 85.1% Mexican descent; 64.4% female) by investigating familism values and perceptions of parent support as well as daily family assistance behaviors in relation to hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis diurnal patterns, indexed by salivary cortisol five times a day for 3 weekdays. Three-level growth curve analyses revealed that perceptions of parental support were associated with greater cortisol awakening responses, whereas familism values were not associated with diurnal cortisol patterns. In day-to-day analyses, assisting family during the day (compared to not assisting family) was associated with lower waking cortisol levels and flatter diurnal slopes the next day. Our findings highlight the dynamic associations and multiple time courses between cultural values and behaviors, daily experiences, and physiological stress processes for Latino adolescents. Further, we identified important cultural risk and promotive factors associated with physiological regulation in daily life and potential pathways toward health outcomes in adulthood.

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“…These items were selected because they have previously been shown to be stressful for adolescents (Chung, Flook, & Fuligni, 2009; Fuligni et al, 2009; Nishina & Juvonen, 2005). Consistent with previous research on daily stress (Chiang et al, 2016; Grzywacz, Almeida, & McDonald, 2002; Sin, Graham-Engeland, Ong, & Almeida, 2015), affirmative responses were summed and recoded as 0 or 1 for each day to indicate whether any one of the stressors occurred that day. The average of recoded scores across days was subsequently computed to indicate the proportion of days that at least one stressor occurred.…”

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“…We examined several types of stressors, including major life events in the past year, daily negative social interactions across a 15-day period, and the early psychosocial family climate. Given that prior work has tied each of these stressors to health outcomes and biological functioning in both youth and adults (Carroll et al, 2013; Chiang et al, 2016; Fuligni et al, 2009; Kershaw et al, 2014; Loucks, Almeida, Taylor, & Matthews, 2011; Miller & Chen, 2010; Pyykkönen et al, 2010; Stroud, Chen, Doane, & Granger, 2016), we did not hypothesize any differential effects according to stressor type. Instead, we hypothesized that all three types of stress would be associated with sub-optimal biological profiles, as evidenced by dampened cortisol and heightened IL-6 responses to acute stress.…”

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Stress, Psychological Resources, and HPA and Inflammatory Reactivity During Late Adolescence

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Bower

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Dev Psychopathol

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Psychosocial stress during childhood and adolescence is associated with alterations in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and with heightened inflammation, both of which are implicated in poor health; however, factors that may protect against these effects relatively early in life are not well understood. Thus, we examined whether psychosocial resources protect against stress-related alterations in the HPA axis and heightened inflammation in a sample of 91 late adolescents. Participants completed measures of various stressors (major life events, daily interpersonal stress, early adversity), and psychosocial resources (mastery, optimism, self-esteem, and positive reappraisal). They also completed the Trier Social Stress Test and provided saliva and blood samples for the assessment of cortisol and interleukin-6 reactivity. Each of the stressors was associated with lower cortisol reactivity. Additionally, associations with major life events and daily stress were moderated by psychological resources, such that more life events and daily stress were associated with decreased HPA reactivity among adolescents with lower levels of psychological resources, but not among those with higher levels of psychological resources. This pattern of findings was observed only for cortisol reactivity and not for interleukin-6 reactivity. Findings suggest that psychological resources may counteract the effects of certain adversity-related decreases in cortisol reactivity.

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“…Youth and their parents completed a series of questionnaires, provided measures for several biomarkers, and completed a daily diary protocol at each wave. More details on the parent study can be found elsewhere (Chiang et al, 2015a, 2016). …”

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Adiposity moderates links from early adversity and depressive symptoms to inflammatory reactivity to acute stress during late adolescence

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Irwin

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Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

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Both early adversity and depression are associated with heightened inflammation. However, few studies have focused on inflammatory reactivity to psychosocial stress and examined adiposity as a potential moderator. Yet, repeated heightened inflammatory reactivity over time is thought to contribute to low-grade chronic inflammation and adipose tissue is a key source of pro-inflammatory cytokines. The purpose of the present study was to examine whether early adversity and depressive symptoms were related to stress-induced inflammation and whether these associations varied by total body and abdominal adiposity as measured by body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) in a sample of late adolescents. Participants reported on their early family environment and current depressive symptoms, had their height, weight, and WC assessed for adiposity markers, and provided blood samples for IL-6 assessment before and after a standardized laboratory stress task. No main effect of early adversity on IL-6 reactivity to acute stress was observed. However, significant interactions between early adversity and BMI and WC emerged. Greater exposure to early adversity was associated with greater IL-6 responses only among adolescents with higher BMI or WC. The same pattern of findings was observed for depressive symptoms. Additionally, moderated mediation analyses indicated that among adolescents with greater adiposity, early adversity indirectly influenced IL-6 reactivity via current depressive symptoms. These findings contribute to our understanding of vulnerability factors that may amplify the associations between early adversity and depressive symptoms and inflammation during relatively early stages of life.

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Daily family stress and HPA axis functioning during adolescence: The moderating role of sleep

Cited by 50 publications

References 124 publications

Cultural neurobiology and the family: Evidence from the daily lives of Latino adolescents

Cultural neurobiology and the family: Evidence from the daily lives of Latino adolescents

Stress, Psychological Resources, and HPA and Inflammatory Reactivity During Late Adolescence

Adiposity moderates links from early adversity and depressive symptoms to inflammatory reactivity to acute stress during late adolescence

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