ArticleInternational journal of behavioral medicine2016
Affect, Affective Variability, and Physical Health: Results from a Population-Based Investigation in China.
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- Mean Levels and Variability in Psychological Well-Being and Associations With Sleep in Midlife and Older Women.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2021Article
- Affect variability and sleep: Emotional ups and downs are related to a poorer night's rest.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2019Article
- Do fluctuations in positive affective and physical feeling states predict physical activity and sedentary time?Psychology of sport and exercise · 2019Article
- Goal Preferences, Affect, Activity Patterns and Health Outcomes in Women With Fibromyalgia.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
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- The Mediating Role of Daily Affect Dynamics in Bidirectional and Longitudinal Associations Between Depressive Symptoms and Inflammation.Biopsychosocial science and medicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThere is good evidence linking positive affect with adaptive psychological and physical health outcomes and negative affect with maladaptive outcomes, in multiple contexts and samples. However, recent research has suggested that the fluctuation of emotions, known as affective variability, may also be an important correlate of individuals' health. PURPOSE: The present study examined the relationship between affect, affective variability, and self-reported health status in a large representative sample of adults in China.
methodWe analyzed cross-sectional data retrieved from the World Health Organization's study on global ageing and adults' health. A total of 15,050 Chinese adults (aged between 18 and 99) from China reported their affective experiences during the previous day, perceived health, and their history of multiple chronic illnesses from their medical records (stroke, angina, diabetes, chronic lung disease, depression, and hypertension). Hierarchical multiple regression and logistic regression analyses were employed to analyze the data.
resultsIndependent of individuals' mean levels of affect, affective variability was negatively related to subjective health conditions and positively related to diagnosed illness status, after controlling for demographic variables. Results suggest that affective variability increases the likelihood of reported impaired health and diagnosis of affect-related illnesses such as angina and depression.
conclusionThe present study highlighted the importance of studying the impact of affective variability, in addition to that of mean affect levels, on health.
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