Type of Publication: | Journal article |
Publication status: | Published |
URI (citable link): | http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:352-2-1fca4shp0dkj74 |
Author: | Liu, Sarah Y.; Wrosch, Carsten; Miller, Gregory E.; Pruessner, Jens C. |
Year of publication: | 2014 |
Published in: | Psychoneuroendocrinology ; 41 (2014). - pp. 111-120. - ISSN 0306-4530. - eISSN 1873-3360 |
Pubmed ID: | 24495612 |
DOI (citable link): | https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.12.010 |
Summary: |
Objective
Research suggests that self-esteem can decline in older adulthood. This process could remove a buffer that normally protects individuals against distress-related changes in cortisol secretion. We examined this possibility by testing whether change in self-esteem would predict alterations in cortisol secretion, particularly among older adults who reported high levels of depressive symptoms or perceived stress. Methods 147 older adults (aged 60+) completed three days of diurnal cortisol measurements at three different time points, namely every two years over a total period of four years. Measures of self-esteem, depressive symptoms, and perceived stress were assessed at T1 and T2. Potential demographic and health-related confounds were measured at baseline (partnership status, SES, mortality risk index, and medication). Results Linear regression models indicated that a decline in self-esteem from T1 to T2 predicted elevated cortisol output (AUCG) from T2 to T3, F (1, 137) = 8.09, β = −.25, R2 = .05, p = .005. Interaction analyses revealed that this association was particularly strong among participants who experienced higher T1 or T2 levels of depressive symptoms or perceived stress, +1 SD: βs = −.34 to −.51, ps < .001, but not significant among their counterparts who reported relatively lower levels of depressive symptoms or perceived stress, −1 SD: βs = .03 to 11, ps > .43. Conclusions Declines in self-esteem represent a mechanism that contributes to higher levels of diurnal cortisol secretion if older adults experience psychological distress. Increases in self-esteem, by contrast, can ameliorate older adults’ cortisol regulation in stressful circumstances. |
Subject (DDC): | 150 Psychology |
Keywords: | Self-esteem; Perceived stress; Depressive symptoms; Diurnal cortisol secretion; Older adulthood |
Link to License: | In Copyright |
LIU, Sarah Y., Carsten WROSCH, Gregory E. MILLER, Jens C. PRUESSNER, 2014. Self-esteem change and diurnal cortisol secretion in older adulthood. In: Psychoneuroendocrinology. 41, pp. 111-120. ISSN 0306-4530. eISSN 1873-3360. Available under: doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.12.010
@article{Liu2014-03Selfe-38384, title={Self-esteem change and diurnal cortisol secretion in older adulthood}, year={2014}, doi={10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.12.010}, volume={41}, issn={0306-4530}, journal={Psychoneuroendocrinology}, pages={111--120}, author={Liu, Sarah Y. and Wrosch, Carsten and Miller, Gregory E. and Pruessner, Jens C.} }
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