Linking Positive Affect to Blood Lipids: A Cultural Perspective

Yoo, Jiah; Miyamoto, Yuri; Rigotti, Attilio; Ryff, Carol D.

doi:10.1177/0956797617713309

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“…Experimental research supports that East Asians are more likely to believe that being too happy has negative consequences, for example (Miyamoto & Ma, 2011). Reflecting such dialectical beliefs, the links between positive emotions and mental and physical health have been shown to be weaker among Asian samples than among Western samples (Lee, Wang, & Koo, 2011), including between MIDJA and MIDUS respondents (Yoo, Miyamoto, Rigotti, & Ryff, 2016). Thus, the lack of association between hedonic well-being and health outcomes in Japan in the present study is in line with these prior findings.…”

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Psychological resources and glucoregulation in Japanese adults: Findings from MIDJA.

Boylan¹,

Tsenkova²,

Miyamoto³

et al. 2017

Health Psychology

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Objective To examine associations between glucoregulation and three categories of psychological resources: hedonic well-being (i.e., life satisfaction, positive affect), eudaimonic well-being (i.e., personal growth, purpose in life, ikigai) and interdependent well-being (i.e., gratitude, peaceful disengagement, adjustment) among Japanese adults. The question is important given increases in rates of type 2 diabetes in Japan in recent years, combined with the fact that most prior studies linking psychological resources to better physical health have utilized Western samples. Methods Data came from the Midlife in Japan (MIDJA) Study involving randomly selected participants from the Tokyo metropolitan area, a subsample of whom completed biological data collection (N=382; 56.0% female; M(SD)age = 55.5(14.0) years). Glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) was the outcome. Models adjusted for age, gender, educational attainment, smoking, alcohol, chronic conditions, body mass index, use of anti-diabetic medication, and negative affect. Results Purpose in life (β = −.102, p = .022) was associated with lower HbA1c, and peaceful disengagement (β = .124, p = .004) was associated with higher HbA1c in fully adjusted models. Comparable to the effects of BMI, a one standard deviation change in well-being was associated with a .1% change in HbA1c. Conclusions Associations among psychological resources and glucoregulation were mixed. Healthy glucoregulation was evident among Japanese adults with higher levels of purpose in life and lower levels of peaceful disengagement, thereby extending prior research from the U.S. The results emphasize the need for considering sociocultural contexts in which psychological resources are experienced in order to understand linkages to physical health.

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Psychological resources and glucoregulation in Japanese adults: Findings from MIDJA.

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Tsenkova²,

Miyamoto³

et al. 2017

Health Psychology

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“…A review of findings with lipids reported mixed results (1), but rigorous studies have found higher psychological well-being is associated with more favorable lipid levels (34). It appears that these associations may vary depending on sex and race, as well as cultural differences (35,36). While cross-sectional studies have reported largely null associations of psychological well-being with blood glucose or glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c; 1,35), at least one longitudinal study found positive affect was associated with lower HbA1c over 2 years of follow-up (37).…”

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Positive Psychological Well-Being and Cardiovascular Disease

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Huffman

Boehm

et al. 2018

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

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Facets of positive psychological well-being, such as optimism, have been identified as positive health assets because they are prospectively associated with the 7 metrics of cardiovascular health (CVH) and improved outcomes related to cardiovascular disease. Connections between psychological well-being and cardiovascular conditions may be mediated through biological, behavioral, and psychosocial pathways. Individual-level interventions, such as mindfulness-based programs and positive psychological interventions, have shown promise for modifying psychological well-being. Further, workplaces are using well-being-focused interventions to promote employee CVH, and these interventions represent a potential model for expanding psychological well-being programs to communities and societies. Given the relevance of psychological well-being to promoting CVH, this review outlines clinical recommendations to assess and promote well-being in encounters with patients. Finally, a research agenda is proposed. Additional prospective observational studies are needed to understand mechanisms underlying the connection between psychological well-being and cardiovascular outcomes. Moreover, rigorous intervention trials are needed to assess whether psychological well-being-promoting programs can improve cardiovascular outcomes.

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“…Our study examined whether positive affect would be associated with lipids in the United States. where individuals' high levels of positive affect is culturally fitting in Japan where high levels of positive affect are culturally less fitting compared to Western cultures (Yoo, Miyamoto, Rigotti, & Ryff, ). Using Midlife in the United States and Midlife in Japan, we found associations between positive affect and healthy lipid profiles (i.e., high levels of high‐density cholesterols and a low ratio of high‐density cholesterols to total cholesterols) among Americans, but such associations were absent among Japanese participants.…”

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Cultural fit of emotions and health implications: A psychosocial resources model

Yoo

Miyamoto

2018

Social & Personality Psych

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Emerging evidence on cultural differences in health implications of emotions suggests that the cultural fit of emotions (i.e., accordance with culturally normative and prevalent patterns of emotions) is associated with better health. However, the mechanisms underlying the links between culture, emotions, and health are not clear. In this paper, we propose a psychosocial resources model of cultural fit as an integrative framework to guide the future work in this area.Following the review of cultural differences in emotions, we next review the accumulating evidence showing that culture modulates the link between emotions and health in such a way that the cultural fit of emotions positively predicts health. We then propose that psychosocial resources (e.g., resilience, meaning in life, and social support) play an important role in linking the cultural fit of emotions to health. The psychosocial resources model proposes that the emotion-health link is modulated and sustained via the relevance of emotions to resources and coping in a given cultural context. The model is supported by a line of research suggesting the role of cultural fit in the attainment of resources and another line of research showing the importance of psychosocial resources in health.Lastly, future directions will be discussed for research incorporating culture into the study of emotion and health.

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Linking Positive Affect to Blood Lipids: A Cultural Perspective

Cited by 27 publications

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Psychological resources and glucoregulation in Japanese adults: Findings from MIDJA.

Psychological resources and glucoregulation in Japanese adults: Findings from MIDJA.

Positive Psychological Well-Being and Cardiovascular Disease

Cultural fit of emotions and health implications: A psychosocial resources model

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