Relationship between economic stress factors and stress, anxiety, and depression: Moderating role of social support

Viseu, João; Leal, Rita; Jesus, Saúl Neves de; Pinto, Patrícia; Pechorro, Pedro; Greenglass, Esther R.

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2018.07.008

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“…Chronic psychological stress is associated with neuropsychiatric diseases, including depression and also with T2D (49–51). A well-supported theory of depression and T2D pathophysiology involves allostatic load on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, a key mediator of the stress response regulating the secretion of glucocorticoids by the adrenal gland (52, 53).…”

Section: Molecular Links Between Depression and Diabetesmentioning

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Insulin Resistance as a Shared Pathogenic Mechanism Between Depression and Type 2 Diabetes

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Neuropsychiatric disorders and type 2 diabetes (T2D) are major public health concerns proposed to be intimately connected. T2D is associated with increased risk of dementia, neuropsychiatric and mood disorders. Evidences of the involvement of insulin signaling on brain mechanisms related to depression indicate that insulin resistance, a hallmark of type 2 diabetes, could develop in the brains of depressive patients. In this article, we briefly review possible molecular mechanisms associating defective brain insulin signaling with reward system, neurogenesis, synaptic plasticity and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) stress axis in depression. We further discuss the involvement of tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) promoting defective insulin signaling and depressive-like behavior in rodent models. Finally, due to the high resistant rate of anti-depressants, novel insights into the link between insulin resistance and depression may advance the development of alternative treatments for this disease.

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Section: Molecular Links Between Depression and Diabetesmentioning

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Insulin Resistance as a Shared Pathogenic Mechanism Between Depression and Type 2 Diabetes

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“…Indeed, in AIs, evidence suggests social support can buffer the negative effects of childhood trauma [ 47 ], improve psychosocial functioning in those undergoing addiction treatment [ 48 ], increase resilience [ 49 ] and increase life satisfaction [ 50 ]. Across other racial and ethnic groups, social support is known to reduce the degree to which life events affect psychological stress [ 51 , 52 ]. While this relationship has not been investigated in AIs, previous research using data from interviews with older AI adults indicates that social support associates with lower levels of traumatic stress [ 53 ].…”

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Historical trauma and social support as predictors of psychological stress responses in American Indian adults during the COVID-19 pandemic

John‐Henderson

Ginty

2020

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

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Background American Indians (AIs) live with historical trauma, or the cumulative emotional and psychological wounding that is passed from one generation to the next in response to the loss of lives and culture. Psychological consequences of historical trauma may contribute to health disparities. Purpose Here, we investigate whether historical trauma predicts changes in psychological stress associated with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in AI adults. Based on the stress-sensitization theory, we hypothesize that greater historical trauma will predict greater increases in levels of psychological stress from before the onset of the pandemic to after. Method: Our analytic sample consisted of 205 AI adults. We measured historical trauma and levels of psychological stress before and after the onset of the pandemic. Results Using hierarchical regression models controlling for age, biological sex, income, symptoms of depression and anxiety, psychological stress at Time 1, COVID-19 specific stress, and childhood trauma, we found that greater historical trauma preceding the pandemic predicted greater increases in psychological stress (β = 0.38, t = 5.17 p < .01, ΔR 2 = 0.12), and levels of social support interacted with historical trauma to predict changes in psychological stress (β = −0.19, t = −3.34, p = .001, ΔR 2 = 0.04). The relationship between historical trauma and changes in stress was significant for individuals with low levels of social support. Conclusions Historical trauma may contribute to AI mental health disparities, through heightened psychological stress responses to life stressors and social support appears to moderate this relationship.

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“…For example, two studies developed new scales for economic hardship based on previous scales (Barrera et al, 2001;Vinokur & Caplan, 1987). Another assessed difficulty meeting basic needs (i.e., hunger and rent/mortgage problems) during childhood and frequency of difficulty (Braveman et al, 2018); another used five items to assess conditions, consequences, and distress caused by economic hardship (Tormos 2019), and yet another used the economic hardship questionnaire (EHQ; by Leal et al, 2014) (Viseu et al, 2018). For financial distress, studies used Equifax data (no scale) (Athreya et al, 2017); one study used measures adapted from a previous scale (Bhargava et al, 2018;Zagorsky, 2007); one used debt to asset ratio (Bultena, Lasley, & Geller, 1986) (Hamid & Abdullah, 2009), or the Financial Capability Survey (McCarthy, 2011).…”

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A Conceptual and Operational Review of the Negative Financial Health Terminology and Constructs

Wuth¹,

Cismaru²

2021

IBR

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Financial (di)stress is widespread and an important topic for research by a variety of organizations and disciplines. However, different terms are being used in different disciplines in academia, by organizations, and by consumers. This paper illustrates various terms used to describe negative financial health, provides their incidence in several academic databases and Google searches, provides definitions used in studies, identifies scales of measurement, assesses if new scales are being developed and if they have validity, and identifies if measures of negative financial health constructs include objective, subjective, or both measures. The study ends with specific recommendations for researchers from academia and practitioners worldwide. This article reviews financial negative health terminology and constructs, and attempts to shed light on similarities and differences among the terms, to allow for better knowledge translation and integration.

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Relationship between economic stress factors and stress, anxiety, and depression: Moderating role of social support

Cited by 84 publications

References 15 publications

Insulin Resistance as a Shared Pathogenic Mechanism Between Depression and Type 2 Diabetes

Insulin Resistance as a Shared Pathogenic Mechanism Between Depression and Type 2 Diabetes

Historical trauma and social support as predictors of psychological stress responses in American Indian adults during the COVID-19 pandemic

A Conceptual and Operational Review of the Negative Financial Health Terminology and Constructs

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