SynthesisHealth psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association2011
Toward a more complete understanding of the effects of personal mastery on cardiometabolic health.
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- A Study on the Current Situation and Related Factors of Personal Mastery in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of general medicine · 2024Article
- Effects of declines in personal mastery on self-perceived mobility, physical function, cognitive function, and depressive symptoms: a 6-year follow-up study from the Social Environment and Biomarkers of Aging Study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2023Article
- The Sociocognitive Origins of Personal Mastery.Journal of health and social behavior · 2023Article
- Psychological resources and incident hypertension in the coronary artery risk development in young adults (CARDIA) study.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2023Article
- Association between resilience and advance care planning during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: a nationwide cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Efficacy ofDementia & neuropsychologia · 2023Article
- Psychological Well-Being in Childhood and Cardiometabolic Risk in Middle Adulthood: Findings From the 1958 British Birth Cohort.Psychological science · 2022Article
- Work-Related Stress, Psychosocial Resources, and Insomnia Symptoms Among Older Black Workers.Journal of aging and health · 2022Article
- Longitudinal associations between chronic condition discordance and perceived control among older couples.Psychology and aging · 2022Article
- Mastery Is Associated With Weight Status, Food Intake, Snacking, and Eating Disorder Symptoms in the NutriNet-Santé Cohort Study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Network Support and Negative Life Events Associated With Chronic Cardiometabolic Disease Outcomes.American journal of preventive medicine · 2022Article
- The cumulation of ill health and low agency in socially excluded city dwellers in the Netherlands: how to better identify high-risk/high-need population segments with public health survey data.International journal for equity in health · 2021Article
- Minority Stress and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Sexual Minorities: Mediating Effects of Sense of Mastery.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2020Article
- Mastery and Longevity in Spousal Caregivers of Persons with Dementia.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2020Article
- Applying the Stress Process Model to Stress-Burnout and Stress-Depression Relationships in Biomedical Doctoral Students: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study.CBE life sciences education · 2019Article
- Psychosocial Factors and Personality Traits and the Prevalence of Arterial Hypertension Among 35- and 55-Year-Old Men and Women in Sweden and Estonia: a SWESTONIA Longitudinal Study.High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension · 2019Article
- Purpose and mastery as predictors of perceived health and substance use problems.Journal of community psychology · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveA great deal of research has been devoted to identifying the psychological factors that might be associated with reduced risk for cardiovascular diseases. In particular, coping resources such as personal mastery might attenuate stress-related pathophysiology. The purpose of the present review was to examine the existing literature reporting associations between personal mastery and cardiometabolic health outcomes to determine which outcomes have been studied to date, investigate the extent of inconsistency in the literature, and propose new directions for research.
designSystematic review of articles examining the associations between personal mastery and cardiometabolic health.
main outcome measuresStudies were included if they examined objective measures of cardiometabolic function, cardiovascular events, and/or mortality.
resultsThirty-two studies were identified examining the effect of mastery on the following outcomes: mortality and/or cardiovascular events, psychoneuroendocrine stress systems, cardiovascular reactivity to acute stress, metabolic dysregulation, inflammation/coagulation, and evidence of large vessel disease from imaging methods.
conclusionsOverall, mastery was associated with better cardiometabolic health and reduced risk for disease and/or death, typically with a small-medium effect size. A relatively small proportion of studies reported contradictory findings that higher mastery was associated with poorer cardiometabolic outcomes. The state of the current research suggests that future investigations should focus on 1) clarifying the mediators and moderators most relevant in the association between mastery and downstream disease, 2) testing the association between mastery and biological outcomes longitudinally, 3) examining the physiological impact of mastery-increasing interventions, and 4) studying the relationship between mastery and disease risk in diverse ethnic or sociocultural groups.
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