Abstract

The fundamental question asked in this investigation is whether measures of resilience capacity, identified from recent theoretical advances and empirical study, will predict physical and emotional functioning beyond that provided from well-established risk factors for disease and psychological ill-health for community residents from a wide range of backgrounds. A community sample of men and women aged 40 to 65 (total N = 800) will be drawn from 40 census neighborhoods that vary in average income, age, and ethnic composition. Using multi-level methods, participants and their neighborhoods will be evaluated on global indices of risk and resilience. Deeper probing of the underlying bio-behavioral mechanisms of risk and resilience will be conducted through laboratory testing and electronic diary assessments with a sub-sample (N = 200) drawn from the larger pool of participants. Current functioning and precursors of future health status of the mid-aged adults will be taken as outcomes. For those mid-aged adults with children, the outcome measures will also be assessed in one their children approaching adult life (aged 16 to 24 years;N = 160) to probe the transmission of resilience across generations.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01AG026006-05
Application #
7670379
Study Section
Social Psychology, Personality and Interpersonal Processes Study Section (SPIP)
Program Officer
Nielsen, Lisbeth
Project Start
2005-09-30
Project End
2013-08-31
Budget Start
2009-09-01
Budget End
2013-08-31
Support Year
5
Fiscal Year
2009
Total Cost
$704,429
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Arizona State University-Tempe Campus
Department
Psychology
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
943360412
City
Tempe
State
AZ
Country
United States
Zip Code
85287

  Publications

Arewasikporn, Anne; Sturgeon, John A; Zautra, Alex J (2018) Sharing Positive Experiences Boosts Resilient Thinking: Everyday Benefits of Social Connection and Positive Emotion in a Community Sample. Am J Community Psychol :
Ong, Anthony D; Benson, Lizbeth; Zautra, Alex J et al. (2018) Emodiversity and biomarkers of inflammation. Emotion 18:3-14
Benson, Lizbeth; Ram, Nilam; Almeida, David M et al. (2017) Fusing Biodiversity Metrics into Investigations of Daily Life: Illustrations and Recommendations With Emodiversity. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 73:75-86
Sturgeon, John A; Finan, Patrick H; Zautra, Alex J (2016) Affective disturbance in rheumatoid arthritis: psychological and disease-related pathways. Nat Rev Rheumatol 12:532-42
Zautra, Alex J; Sturgeon, John A (2016) Examining the complexities of affective experience will enhance our understanding of pain and inform new interventions designed to bolster resilience. Pain 157:1586-7
Petrov, Megan E; Davis, Mary C; Belyea, Michael J et al. (2016) Linking childhood abuse and hypertension: sleep disturbance and inflammation as mediators. J Behav Med 39:716-26
Sturgeon, John A; Arewasikporn, Anne; Okun, Morris A et al. (2016) The Psychosocial Context of Financial Stress: Implications for Inflammation and Psychological Health. Psychosom Med 78:134-43
Infurna, Frank J; Rivers, Crystal T; Reich, John et al. (2015) Childhood trauma and personal mastery: their influence on emotional reactivity to everyday events in a community sample of middle-aged adults. PLoS One 10:e0121840
Sturgeon, John A; Zautra, Alex J; Okun, Morris A (2014) Associations between financial stress and interpersonal events: a daily diary study of middle-aged adults and their life circumstances. Psychol Aging 29:803-13
Nowinski, Cindy J; Victorson, David; Debb, Scott M et al. (2013) Input on NIH Toolbox inclusion criteria: surveying the end-user community. Neurology 80:S7-12

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