ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2015
Depressive Mood, Anger, and Daily Cortisol of Caregivers on High- and Low-Stress Days.
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- Psychosocial functioning and the cortisol awakening response: Meta-analysis, P-curve analysis, and evaluation of the evidential value in existing studies.Biological psychology · 2017Pooled it
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- A scoping review of intensive longitudinal methods in informal caregivers of people with dementia.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Adult day services and dementia caregivers' daily affect: the role of distress response to behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia.Aging & mental health · 2021Article
- Finding fault: Criticism as a care management strategy and its impact on outcomes for dementia caregivers.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2019Article
- Endocrine Modulation in Long-Term Karate Practitioners.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2018Article
- Biological Clocks and Rhythms of Anger and Aggression.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2018Review
- Sleep duration and the cortisol awakening response in dementia caregivers utilizing adult day services.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2016Article
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objectivesThis study examines the association of daily cortisol with depressive mood and anger.
methodDepressive mood, anger and 2 markers of cortisol, area under the curve (AUC), and cortisol awakening response (CAR) were examined for caregivers (N = 164) of individuals with dementia (IWDs) across 8 days, some of which IWDs attended an adult day service (ADS) program. Caregivers were primarily female (86.7%) with a mean age of 61.99. First, multilevel models were run with CAR and AUC each as separate covariates of anger and depressive mood. A second set of models examined contextual factors of caregivers (i.e., care-related stressors and amount of ADS use) were added to the models for anger and depressive mood (Model 2).
resultsOn days where caregivers had AUCs below their average they expressed higher anger scores. However in Model 2, anger was associated with more care-related stressors, but not ADS use or daily cortisol. Caregivers who on average had smaller CARs were more likely to be depressed. In Model 2, depressed mood was associated with more care-related stressors and a low average CAR. DISCUSSION: We found that hypocortisol patterns, reflective of chronic stress experienced by caregivers, are associated with negative mood.
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