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ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2022

The Roles of General and Domain-Specific Perceived Stress in Healthy Aging.

Jing Luo, Bo Zhang, Emily C Willroth, Daniel K Mroczek, Brent W Roberts

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Article in The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jing LuoDepartment of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1334-4710
Bo ZhangDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA.
Emily C WillrothDepartment of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Daniel K MroczekDepartment of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3748-5059
Brent W RobertsDepartment of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
Northwestern University · USTexas A&M University · USUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · US

Funding

PERSONALITY AND WELL BEING TRAJECTORIES IN ADULTHOODR01AG018436 · NIA · PURDUE UNIVERSITY WEST LAFAYETTE · PI MROCZEK, DANIEL K. · 2000 to 2020
$6.7M
Boston Early Adversity and Mortality Study (BEAMS): Linking Administrative Data to Long-Term Longitudinal StudiesRF1AG064006 · NIA · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI LEE, LEWINA ONYI, MROCZEK, DANIEL K. · 2019 to 2023
$3.8M
Personality prediction of dementia risk and progressionR01AG067622 · NIA · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI MROCZEK, DANIEL K. · 2019 to 2023
$3.2M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG018436NIA NIH HHS R01 AG067622NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG064006
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTheoretical and empirical evidence suggests the existence of a general perceived stress factor overarching different life domains. The present study investigated the general perceived stress relative to domain-specific perceived stress as predictors of 26 diverse health outcomes, including mental and physical health, health behaviors, cognitive functioning, and physiological indicators of health.

methodA bifactor exploratory structural equational modeling approach was adopted in 2 aging samples from the Health and Retirement Study (N = 8,325 in Sample 1 and N = 7,408 in Sample 2).

resultsAcross the 2 samples, perceived stress was well represented by a bifactor structure where there was a robust general perceived stress factor representing a general propensity towards stress perception. Meanwhile, after controlling for the general perceived stress factor, specific factors that represent perceived stress in different life domains were still clearly present. Results also suggested age, sex, race, education, personality traits, and past and recent stressor exposure as possible factors underlying individual differences in the general perceived stress factor. The general perceived stress factor was the most robust predictor of the majority of health outcomes, as well as changes in mental health outcomes. The specific factor of perceived neighborhood stress demonstrated incremental predictive effects across different types of health outcomes. DISCUSSION: The current study provides strong evidence for the existence of a general perceived stress factor that captures variance shared among stress across life domains, and the general perceived stress factor demonstrated substantial prospective predictive effects on diverse health outcomes in older adulthood.

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Healthy AgingAgedAgingHumansProspective StudiesRetirementStress, PsychologicalAgingBifactor modelHealthPerceived stress

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PMID34265038
PMCPMC9122754
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