Life stress and family history for depression: The moderating role of past depressive episodes

Objective: The present study aimed to clarify the circumstances under which activity restriction (AR) is associated with depressive symptoms among patients with osteoarthritis (OA) and their spouses. Method: A total of 220 older adults with OA and their caregiving spouses participated in the study. The actor–partner interdependence model (APIM) was used to examine the associations between AR stemming from patients’ OA and the depressive symptoms of patients and spouses. The potential moderating role of marital satisfaction also was examined. Results: After accounting for pain severity, health, and life stress of both patients with OA and spouses, higher AR was associated with more depressive symptoms for both patients and spouses. In regard to partner effects, patients whose spouse had higher AR reported more depressive symptoms. In addition, the association of spouses’ and patients’ AR and their own depressive symptoms was moderated by their marital satisfaction. For both patients and spouses, the associations between their own AR and depressive symptoms were weaker for those with higher levels of marital satisfaction compared with those with lower levels of marital satisfaction. Discussion: This pattern of findings highlights the dyadic implications of AR and the vital role of marital satisfaction in the context of chronic illness.

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Maternal Life Stress and Subsequent Chinese Toddlers’ Social Adjustment: The Moderating Role of Inhibitory Control

Journal of Child and Family Studies ◽

10.1007/s10826-017-0887-1 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 27 (2) ◽

pp. 412-420 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Siman Liu ◽

Nan Zhou ◽

Zhengyan Wang ◽

Xi Liang ◽

Jiahui Shi

Keyword(s):

Inhibitory Control ◽

Social Adjustment ◽

Life Stress ◽

Moderating Role

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Life stress, sleep disturbance and depressive symptoms: The moderating role of prefrontal activation during emotion regulation

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/00048674211025729 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 000486742110257

Author(s):

Kyung Hwa Lee ◽

Ha Young Lee ◽

Inkyung Park ◽

Jeong Eun Jeon ◽

Nambeom Kim ◽

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Keyword(s):

Emotion Regulation ◽

Prefrontal Cortex ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Sleep Disturbance ◽

Life Stress ◽

Sleep Problems ◽

Lateral Prefrontal Cortex ◽

Moderated Mediation Model ◽

Moderating Role

Objectives: Evidence suggests that emotion regulation difficulty may play an important role in the association between life stress, sleep disturbance and depressive symptoms. We proposed two models depicting the possible moderating roles of prefrontal cortex activation during emotion regulation in the associations among these variables and tested them. We hypothesized that (1) the association between stress and sleep disturbance would differ across prefrontal cortex activation during emotion regulation (moderation model) and (2) the indirect effects of stress on depressive symptoms through sleep disturbance would depend on prefrontal cortex activation during emotion regulation (moderated mediation model). Methods: Forty-eight healthy adults without sleep disorders based on nocturnal polysomnography participated in this study. They received functional magnetic resonance imaging scans while performing an emotion regulation task. They also completed questionnaires assessing life stress, sleep disturbance and depressive symptoms. The proposed models were tested using the PROCESS macro for SPSS. Results: As hypothesized, there was a significant moderating effect of prefrontal cortex activation during emotion regulation on the association between life stress and sleep disturbance. Furthermore, right lateral prefrontal cortex activation had a moderating role in the indirect effect of life stress on depressive symptoms through sleep disturbance. Conclusion: These findings highlight the important role of prefrontal cortex function during emotion regulation in the associations between stress, sleep disturbance and depressive symptoms. Increasing lateral prefrontal cortex recruitment when regulating the emotional response to negative life events may be critical for the prevention and intervention of depression as well as sleep problems.

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Mother's Childrearing History and Current Parenting: Patterns of Association and the Moderating Role of Current Life Stress

Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology ◽

10.1207/s15374424jccp3503_6 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 35 (3) ◽

pp. 412-419 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Carri Hill ◽

Jennifer Stein ◽

Kate Keenan ◽

Lauren S. Wakschlag

Keyword(s):

Life Stress ◽

Moderating Role

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Organizational stress, personal life stress, and symptoms of life strains: An examination of the moderating role of sense of competence

Journal of Vocational Behavior ◽

10.1016/0001-8791(89)90028-6 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 35 (3) ◽

pp. 231-253 ◽

Cited By ~ 35

Author(s):

Rabi S Bhagat ◽

Stephen M Allie

Keyword(s):

Life Stress ◽

Organizational Stress ◽

Personal Life ◽

Sense Of Competence ◽

Moderating Role

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Stress in Bipolar Disorder

The Oxford Handbook of Stress and Mental Health ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190681777.013.6 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 126-154

Author(s):

Lauren B. Alloy ◽

Madison K. Titone ◽

Tommy H. Ng ◽

Corinne P. Bart

Keyword(s):

Bipolar Disorder ◽

Life Events ◽

Life Stress ◽

Future Research ◽

Bipolar Spectrum ◽

Bipolar Spectrum Disorders ◽

Different Types ◽

Spectrum Disorders ◽

Depressive Episodes

Environmental experiences play an important part in the development and maintenance of bipolar spectrum disorders (BSDs). Consequently, in this chapter, we review evidence on the role of life stress in the onset and course of BSDs. We begin with methodological issues relevant to demonstrating life stress’s role in the development and course of BSDs. We consider the effects of exposure both to recent life events and childhood stressors, as well as whether the influence of stressor exposure changes over the course of BSDs. We also address whether the effects of different types of life event exposure depend on mood episode polarity (hypomanic/manic versus depressive episodes) and whether there are specific theoretically relevant types of life events that are particularly likely to trigger bipolar episodes or symptoms. We end with suggestions for future research that may lead to a more complete understanding of the bipolar disorder–stress association.

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Prediction of life stress on athletes’ burnout: the dual role of perceived stress

PeerJ ◽

10.7717/peerj.4213 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 ◽

pp. e4213 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Theresa Chyi ◽

Frank Jing-Horng Lu ◽

Erica T.W. Wang ◽

Ya-Wen Hsu ◽

Ko-Hsin Chang

Keyword(s):

Perceived Stress ◽

Life Stress ◽

Stress Component ◽

Dual Role ◽

Hierarchical Regression ◽

Future Research ◽

Regression Analyses ◽

College Student Athletes ◽

Moderating Role

Although many studies adopted Smith’s (1986) cognitive–affective model of athletic burnout in examining stress–burnout relationship, very few studies examined the mediating/moderating role of perceived stress on the stress–burnout relationship. We sampled 195 college student-athletes and assessed their life stress, perceived stress, and burnout. Correlation analyses found all study variables correlated. Two separate hierarchical regression analyses found that the “distress” component of perceived stress mediated athletes’ two types of life stress–burnout relationship but “counter-stress” component of perceived stress-moderated athletes’ general-life stress–burnout relationship. We concluded that interweaving relationships among athletes’ life stress, perceived stress, and burnout are not straightforward. Future research should consider the nature of athletes life stress, and dual role of perceived stress in examining its’ association with related psychological responses in athletic settings.

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