ArticleThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2013
Association of optimism with cardiometabolic risk in adolescents.
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- Optimism and Lipid Profiles in Midlife: A 15-Year Study of Black and White Adults.American journal of preventive medicine · 2022Article
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- Positive psychological well-being and cardiovascular disease: Exploring mechanistic and developmental pathways.Social and personality psychology compass · 2021Article
- Neurostructural correlates of optimism: Gray matter density in the putamen predicts dispositional optimism in late adolescence.Human brain mapping · 2020Article
- Social and Behavioral Predictors of Adolescents' Positive Attitude towards Life and Self.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Positive Psychological Well-Being and Cardiovascular Disease: JACC Health Promotion Series.Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2018Review
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purposeDispositional optimism is a psychological trait associated with cardiovascular disease outcomes in adults. However, it is not known whether these associations are present in adolescents. We attempted to determine whether an association exits between optimism and 9 biomarkers of cardiometabolic risk during adolescence. Because cardiometabolic risk differs by race and ethnicity, we also explored whether race and ethnicity moderated the optimism-cardiometabolic risk relationship.
methodsThis was a cross-sectional study of 529 non-Hispanic white and 421 non-Hispanic black seventh through 12th graders living in greater Cincinnati in 2001-2002. We measured dispositional optimism with the Life-Orientation Test-Revised as a single continuum and as separate optimism and pessimism dimensions. Multivariable regression analyses tested for associations between optimism and nine biomarkers of risk (interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-α, lipids, insulin, glucose, and fibrinogen), adjusting for age, gender, parent education, body mass index, smoking, and pubertal stage.
resultsDispositional optimism with the Life-Orientation Test-Revised as a single continuum was inversely associated with two risks (interleukin-6, β = -.03, p = .02; insulin, β = -.02, p = .01), but only among blacks. Optimism and pessimism were inversely related (R = -.27, p < .001) and both were higher in blacks than whites (p < .001). Optimism was directly associated with high-density lipoprotein among all subjects (β = .42, p = .03), and among blacks (β = .74, p = .02) but not whites. Among blacks, optimism was also inversely associated with interleukin-6 (β = -.07, p = .001) and triglycerides (β = -.02, p = .04). Pessimism was inversely associated with glucose, but only in whites (β = -.38, p = .03).
conclusionsAssociations between dispositional optimism and cardiometabolic risks are present in adolescence and vary by race and ethnicity. A better understanding of the natural history of these associations over the lifespan may help decrease disparities and prevent cardiometabolic disease.
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