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ArticlePsychoneuroendocrinology2024

Maternal caregiving stress and metabolic health: Sexual activity as a potential buffer.

Yoobin Park, Michael A Coccia, Aric A Prather, Elissa S Epel

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Yoobin ParkDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, 675 18th Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. Electronic address: yoobin.park@ucsf.edu.
Michael A CocciaDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, 675 18th Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.
Aric A PratherDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, 675 18th Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.
Elissa S EpelDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, 675 18th Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.

Funding

Stress, diet quality, and biological aging across the lifespanR24AG048024 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI EPEL, ELISSA S., MENDES, WENDY BERRY · 2014 to 2025
$6.2M
Chronic and Acute Psychosocial Stress and Impaired Cell AgingR01AG030424 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI EPEL, ELISSA S. · 2010 to 2014
$3.5M
Advancing Psychosocial & Biobehavioral Approaches to Improve Emotional Well-BeingU24AG072699 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI EPEL, ELISSA S., MENDES, WENDY BERRY · 2021 to 2024
$2.8M
Chronic and Acute Psychosocial Stress and Impaired Cell AgingR56AG030424 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI EPEL, ELISSA S. · 2008 to 2009
$260k
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG030424NIA NIH HHS R24 AG048024NIA NIH HHS R56 AG030424NIA NIH HHS U24 AG072699
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Abstract

Chronic stress lead to dysregulation of metabolic hormones, creating risk for obesity and type 2 diabetes. Based on previous work suggesting the potential for sexual activity to relieve psychological stress and reduce stress-related neuroendocrine activity, the present research explored sexual activity as a protective factor. We focused on chronic stress in the form of caregiving stress, comparing premenopausal mothers of a child with an autism spectrum disorder vs. a neurotypical child, in relation to metabolic hormones - insulin (and insulin resistance as assessed by HOMA), leptin, and ghrelin. Then, we explored the moderating role of sexual activity. Our results showed that high-stress mothers showed higher levels of insulin, insulin resistance, and lower levels of ghrelin compared to low-stress mothers. However, sexual activity modulated these associations such that among mothers who were sexually active (as coded from their daily diaries), no significant differences in these outcomes were observed between groups. This buffering effect of sexual activity was distinguishable from the buffering effect of physical activity and independent of global relationship satisfaction. Together, our findings provide novel evidence supporting the potential protective effects of sexual activity from chronic stress-related metabolic disease risk.

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CaregiversMothersSexual BehaviorStress, PsychologicalAdultAutism Spectrum DisorderChildExerciseFemaleHumansInsulinInsulin ResistanceLeptinMiddle AgedInsulinLeptinGhrelinInsulinLeptinParental caregivingSexual intimacyStressStress-buffering

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PMID38820717
PMCPMC12060934

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