Routine Support to Parents and Stressors in Everyday Domains: Associations With Negative Affect and Cortisol

Savla, Jyoti; Zarit, Steven H.; Almeida, David M.

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“…Occurrence of acute stressors in general and regarding social interactions was positively associated with AUC of cortisol among healthy individuals but not among cancer survivors [ 116 , 125 ]. Whereas a positive association between occurrence of acute stressors at work and AUC of cortisol was found among a sample of adults providing support to their parents [ 132 ], a study among health care professionals with smaller sample size found no such association [ 133 ]. Among pregnant women, global subjective stress was positively associated with AUC of cortisol [ 80 ].…”

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Physiological reactions to acute stressors and subjective stress during daily life: A systematic review on ecological momentary assessment (EMA) studies

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Apolinário-Hagen

2022

PLoS ONE

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Objective This review aims to provide an overview of ecological momentary assessment (EMA) studies analyzing stress reactivity during daily life in terms of direct and moderated influence of acute stress on physiological responses. Materials and methods A systematic literature search was performed on November 29, 2021 using Web of Science, MEDLINE and PsycINFO to identify prospective EMA studies targeting acute stressors or stress under naturalistic conditions, without restrictions of publication date or population. Study quality was assessed for multiple EMA-specific sources of bias. Results Out of 4285 non-duplicate records, 107 publications involving 104 unique studies were included. The majority of studies assessed acute physiological stress responses primarily through salivary cortisol (n = 59) and cardiovascular outcomes (n = 32). Most studies performed at least three measurements per day (n = 59), and had a moderate risk of recall bias (n = 68) and confounding (n = 85). Fifty-four studies reported a compliance of ≥80%. Direct, non-moderated positive associations were observed between acute stress exposure and concurrent cortisol levels (44%, n = 11/25), systolic (44%, 8/18) and diastolic blood pressure (53%, 8/15) and heart rate (53%, 9/17). Several inter- and intra-individual moderators were identified, such as age, gender, health status, chronic stress, work-related resources, physical activity and stress coping indicators. Conclusions About half of the reviewed EMA studies demonstrated direct associations between everyday acute stress exposure and physiological responses, including increased cortisol levels, blood pressure and heart rate. Results further suggested various moderator variables that could help develop tailored prevention strategies and identify groups at higher risk for dysfunctional stress responses. Registration PROSPERO—Reg.-No.: PROSPERO 2020 CRD42020163178.

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Physiological reactions to acute stressors and subjective stress during daily life: A systematic review on ecological momentary assessment (EMA) studies

Weber

Apolinário-Hagen

2022

PLoS ONE

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“…This discretion lies with the standard of task achievement (lower to higher) and the process followed to complete a task (what steps are taken). Together, this discretion implies that job responsibilities may be satisfied by activities that vary in the degree they are psychologically and physiologically effortful (Savla et al, 2018). For example, employees could lower their performance expectations to aim for satisfactory rather than exemplary BAINBRIDGE ET AL.…”

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“…To illustrate, employment hours and tasks are typically linked as moving from full‐time to part‐time generally reduces employee tasks and alleviates demands. However, alterations in how jobs are performed may reduce demands even when hours remain unchanged (Ollier‐Malaterre & Kossek, in press; Savla, Zarit, & Almeida, 2018). Accordingly, an accurate understanding of how caregiving affects employment necessarily requires an assessment of both its impact on hours of employment and the tasks performed in the job.…”

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Unpaid family caregiving responsibilities, employee job tasks and work‐family conflict: A cross‐cultural study

Bainbridge

Palm

Fong

2020

Human Res Mgmt Journal

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Employment is often undertaken simultaneous with providing unpaid care for an elderly or disabled family member. These dual responsibilities can create substantial inter-role conflict. The current study considers how these roles affect work-family conflict by examining: (i) the process which the gender of employees with caregiving responsibilities shapes work-family conflict and (ii) whether this effect of employee gender is moderated by the societal level of gender egalitarianism. Data were collected from employees with caregiving responsibilities in 33 European countries. Findings suggest that the mediated relationship between gender and work-family conflict is moderated by gender egalitarianism. As gender egalitarianism increases, women's commitment to caregiving is unchanged, while men, contrary to expectations, provide less caregiving. This gendered effect leads to an adjustment in an employee's job tasks, which in turn, reduces work-family conflict.Overall, the findings suggest that gender, job tasks and cross-cultural variables are important considerations at the interface of employment and caregiving.

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Salivary Cortisol: Is it Still the Canary in the Coal Mine?

Savla

2018

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B

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Routine Support to Parents and Stressors in Everyday Domains: Associations With Negative Affect and Cortisol

Abstract: Findings lend support to the caregiving career framework for understanding even casual routine assistance provided to a parent.

Cited by 3 publications

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Physiological reactions to acute stressors and subjective stress during daily life: A systematic review on ecological momentary assessment (EMA) studies

Physiological reactions to acute stressors and subjective stress during daily life: A systematic review on ecological momentary assessment (EMA) studies

Unpaid family caregiving responsibilities, employee job tasks and work‐family conflict: A cross‐cultural study

Salivary Cortisol: Is it Still the Canary in the Coal Mine?

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