Hope, Purpose, and Religiosity: The Impact of Psychosocial Resources on Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms Among Middle-Aged and Older Blacks

Mitchell, Uchechi A.; Nguyen, Ann W.; Brown, Lauren L

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“…Hope, as one of the prominent components of psychological capital, is regarded as a cognitive motivational component for attaining self-set goals (27). Hope has been found to be closely associated with positive coping strategies and negatively with negative affect status amid stressful situation (28). In line with that, studies also confirmed that hope help taper off posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in patients with chronic diseases, such as hematological malignancies, oral cancer, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (13, 29).…”

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Resilience mediates the influence of hope, optimism, social support, and stress on anxiety severity among Chinese patients with cervical spondylosis

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ObjectiveCervical spondylosis (CS) is a potential stressor threatening mental health among affected individuals. This study was to analyze resilience level and associated factors among cervical spondylosis (CS) patients, and to explore the underlying mechanism of anxiety based on resilience-focused psychological variables.MethodsResilience Scale-14 (RS-14), Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), Herth Hope Index (HHI), Revised Life Orientation Test (LOT-R), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10) were used in this cross-sectional investigation among 250 CS patients.ResultsThe score of resilience was 65.58 ± 16.14. Hierarchical linear regression analysis revealed that hope, optimism, perceived social support, perceived stress, and whether having comorbid chronic diseases were the independent associates of resilience among CS patients, which explained 63.9% of the total variance. The structural equation model showed that hope, optimism, perceived social support and perceived stress affected anxiety via resilience, and hope and optimism also had direct effects on anxiety.ConclusionChinese patients with CS had moderate level of mental resilience, which was independently related to hope, optimism, perceived social support, perceived stress, and whether having comorbid chronic diseases. Resilience played a mediating role between various psychological variables and anxiety. Improving the level of resilience, hope, optimism and perceived social support and reducing the level of perceived stress are important strategies to reduce anxiety level. Relevant healthcare professionals should put more focus on the mental problems of Chinese CS patients and help maintain good psychological status by improving their resilience and associated psychological variables thereof.

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Resilience mediates the influence of hope, optimism, social support, and stress on anxiety severity among Chinese patients with cervical spondylosis

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“…32 Religious involvement among African Americans has also been associated with fewer depressive symptoms, greater life satisfaction, and sleep maintenance. [33][34][35] In addition, religious engagement has been associated with lower CRP in African Americans 36 and potentially buffering the adverse effects of perceived racism on inflammatory markers. 37 Notably, the Jackson Heart Study found a significant association between religiosity/spirituality and ideal cardiovascular health among men, but not women.…”

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“…In the Jackson Heart Study, religious/spiritual practices (eg, private prayer, attendance at services) were associated with better cardiovascular health across multiple indicators including physical activity, diet, smoking, and blood pressure 32 . Religious involvement among African Americans has also been associated with fewer depressive symptoms, greater life satisfaction, and sleep maintenance 33-35 . In addition, religious engagement has been associated with lower CRP in African Americans 36 and potentially buffering the adverse effects of perceived racism on inflammatory markers 37 …”

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Daily spiritual experiences and allostatic load trajectories: a longitudinal study of midlife African American women

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Zhang

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Menopause

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Objective This study aimed to evaluate the association between daily spiritual experiences and allostatic load (AL) trajectories in midlife African American women. Methods A longitudinal analysis of public-use data from 727 African American women in the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) was performed. We included African American women who completed the Daily Spiritual Experiences Scale at SWAN visit 4 (2000-2001) and had AL data at three or more study visits over 7 years. AL was calculated at each visit using 10 biomarkers: systolic and diastolic blood pressure, body mass index, C-reactive protein, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, total cholesterol, waist-to-hip ratio, fasting serum glucose, triglycerides, and dehydroepiandrosterone. Group-based trajectory modeling identified women with similar patterns of AL. We used multinomial logistic regression to estimate associations between daily spiritual experiences (some days or less, most days, daily, many times a day) and AL trajectories. Findings Our sample had a mean ± SD age of 49.9 ± 2.66 years, 47% were early perimenopausal, and 17% earned <$19,999 annually. The mean ± SD AL score was 2.52 ± 1.68. Three AL trajectories were identified: low (35.1%), moderate (44.7%), and high (20.2%). In age-adjusted models, women who reported daily comfort in religion and spirituality were less likely to follow a high AL trajectory (odds ratio, 0.41; 95% CI, 0.18‐0.93); the association was attenuated when controlling for depressive symptoms (odds ratio, 0.48; 95% CI, 0.19‐1.21). Conclusions Findings from this study do not support an independent association between spirituality in African American women and AL trajectories in midlife. Studies with a larger sample and additional measures of spirituality are warranted in this population.

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“…Mitchell et al’s article examined the effects of hope, purpose in life, and religiosity on trajectories of depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older Blacks, with a focus on age differences in these associations. They found that depressive symptoms decreased over time for Blacks aged 51–64 years, but depressive symptoms remained stable for those 65–74 and increased among Blacks aged 75 and older.…”

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Contemporary Research on Older Black Americans, a Special Issue of Journal of Aging and Health in Honor of the Life and Legacy of James S. Jackson

Taylor

2022

J Aging Health

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This special issue of the Journal of Aging and Health honors the memory of James Jackson by elevating his many research contributions to the physical and mental health of older Black Americans. The articles focus on the central problems and questions that James Jackson addressed throughout his illustrious career. All articles in the special issue focus on older Black Americans and include at least one of the following elements: (1) articles based on the National Survey of American Life, the data set for which James Jackson was the Principal Investigator; (2) articles that utilize the Environmental Affordances Model which was developed by James Jackson; (3) articles that include the Everyday Discrimination scale which was originally published by David Williams, James Jackson, and colleagues; (4) and articles based on the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), the data set for which James Jackson served as Editor for a special issue of The Gerontologist.

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Hope, Purpose, and Religiosity: The Impact of Psychosocial Resources on Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms Among Middle-Aged and Older Blacks

Cited by 3 publications

References 113 publications

Resilience mediates the influence of hope, optimism, social support, and stress on anxiety severity among Chinese patients with cervical spondylosis

Resilience mediates the influence of hope, optimism, social support, and stress on anxiety severity among Chinese patients with cervical spondylosis

Daily spiritual experiences and allostatic load trajectories: a longitudinal study of midlife African American women

Contemporary Research on Older Black Americans, a Special Issue of Journal of Aging and Health in Honor of the Life and Legacy of James S. Jackson

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