Daily Stress Processes in a Pandemic: The Effects of Affect, Worry, and Age

Nelson, Niccole; Bergeman, C. S.

doi:10.1093/geroni/igaa057.3446

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“…Such a focus, we argue, provides nuanced advancements to theories of accumulation and deaccumulation (Ferraro & Morton, 2018), specifically as it relates to diabetes management and the ways emotions and experiences of childhood live on/are negotiated even in older adulthood. Our findings support the emerging call for greater recognition of trauma and the development of resiliency and coping skills in later life (Nelson & Bergeman, 2021;Ong et al, 2006). Affective practice as an approach to A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t 4 diabetes self-management suggests novel ways of understanding the social contexts that impact the experience of diabetes (de Wit et al, 2020;Mendenhall, 2019) and offers new clinical insights and opportunities for improved patient and provider understanding (Machtinger et al, 2015).…”

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Affective Practices of Diabetes Self-Management Among Older Adults: Cumulative Effects of Childhood Adversity

Roth

Chard

2021

The Gerontologist

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Background and Objectives A strong correlation exists between Type 2 diabetes mellitus and adverse childhood experiences. How adverse childhood experiences inform later life diabetes management is less understood. This article examines diabetes management from the perspective of affective practice to explore the lingering impact of trauma biographies in diabetes management. Research Design and Methods This secondary narrative analysis of 15 in-depth interviews with community-dwelling older adults with diabetes (subsample of The Subjective Experiences of Diabetes Study), focuses on the ways their reported childhood adversity impacts perceptions of and responses to diabetes self-management. Results The experiences of adversity in childhood accumulate, throughout the life course, in the affective practices informing diabetes self-management, from blood glucose testing, to food consumption, to the emotions invested in body size. We identify three thematic areas that emerged across participants: 1) Undermining self-worth; 2) (Over)eating and food as comfort; and 3) Weight and body size. Discussion and Implications Our findings highlight affective practices as a mechanism through which adverse events accumulate and shape well-being over the life course. This analysis also suggests the potential for (de)accumulation of affective practices to improve diabetes management. The findings support recent calls for trauma-informed clinical care.

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Affective Practices of Diabetes Self-Management Among Older Adults: Cumulative Effects of Childhood Adversity

Roth

Chard

2021

The Gerontologist

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“…Overall, it seems plausible that individuals who worried a lot and had a strong feeling of missing something reported a higher increase in perceived stress than those who did not worry and did not miss anything. In line with this observation, a daily dairy study on the effects of worry and affect on perceived stress suggested that mobilization of positive emotion could be a way to reduce COVID-related stress [42].…”

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COVID-19 Pandemic and Personality: Agreeable People Are More Stressed by the Feeling of Missing

Getzmann

Digutsch

Kleinsorge

2021

IJERPH

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The COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken to contain it have substantial consequences for many people, resulting in negative effects on individual well-being and mental health. In the current study, we examined whether individual changes in perceived stress relative to pre-pandemic levels depended on differences in behavior, appraisal, and experience of pandemic-related constraints. In addition, we tested whether this potential relationship was moderated by personality traits. We conducted an online survey during the end of the first lockdown in Germany in spring 2020, and assessed pandemic-related individual consequences as well as perceived stress. These data were related to the big five personality traits and to ratings of perceived stress obtained from the same participants in a study conducted before the outbreak of the pandemic, using the same standardized stress questionnaires. There was no overall increase, but a large interindividual variety in perceived stress relative to pre-pandemic levels. Increased stress was associated especially with strong feelings of missing. This relationship was moderated by agreeableness, with more agreeable people showing a higher association of the feeling of missing and the increase of perceived stress. In addition, openness and conscientiousness were positively correlated with an increase in stress. The results highlight the importance of considering personality and individual appraisals when examining the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on perceived stress and well-being.

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“…Studies have also shown that age is a factor related to distress, and younger individuals are more susceptible to distress during this pandemic. 20,21 Regardless, more studies are needed to confirm the relationship between age and distress in our setting.…”

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Efficacy of video-based psychotherapy in reducing psychological distress of COVID-19 patients treated in isolation ward

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BACKGROUND Hospitalized patients with COVID-19 experience isolation during treatment, which may cause psychological distress. Thus, alternative ways to deliver psychological support are needed when face-to-face therapy is not possible. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of video-based psychotherapy in reducing distress in COVID-19 patients treated in an isolation ward. METHODS This quasi-experimental trial without a control group included 42 COVID-19 patients aged 20–59 years. Participants were recruited conveniently in the COVID-19 isolation ward in Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia. They watched three brief psychotherapy videos including relaxation, managing thoughts and emotions, and mindfulness for approximately 30 min. The videos were created by the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia. Subjective units of distress scale (SUDS) was measured before and after watching all videos. Data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon-signed rank test. RESULTS All 42 subjects finished watching the videos. 31 subjects experienced a significant median decrease in SUDS score after the intervention. The effect size of the psychotherapy videos for the SUDS score was 0.485 (95% CI 0.302 to 0.634). CONCLUSIONS Watching psychotherapy videos is effective in reducing the SUDS score for COVID-19 patients in an isolation ward. Our brief video-based psychotherapy intervention has reduced psychological distress in hospitalized COVID-19 patients with limited access to face-to-face consultations due to the risk of disease transmission.

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Daily Stress Processes in a Pandemic: The Effects of Affect, Worry, and Age

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Affective Practices of Diabetes Self-Management Among Older Adults: Cumulative Effects of Childhood Adversity

Affective Practices of Diabetes Self-Management Among Older Adults: Cumulative Effects of Childhood Adversity

COVID-19 Pandemic and Personality: Agreeable People Are More Stressed by the Feeling of Missing

Efficacy of video-based psychotherapy in reducing psychological distress of COVID-19 patients treated in isolation ward

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