The impact of daily stress on health and mood: psychological and social resources as mediators
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This study examined daily stress processes among 75 married couples across 20 assessments during a 6-month period. The somatic and psychological effects of common everyday hassles were investigated. Overall, there was a significant relationship between daily stress and the occurrence of both concurrent and subsequent health problems such as flu, sore throat, headaches, and backaches. The relationship of daily stress to mood disturbance was more complex. The negative effects of stress on mood were limited to a single day, with the following day characterized by mood scores that were better than usual. Furthermore, striking individual differences were found in the extent to which daily stress was associated with health and mood across time. Participants with unsupportive social relationships and low self-esteem were more likely to experience an increase in psychological and somatic problems both on and following stressful days than were participants high in self-esteem and social support. These data suggest that persons with low psychosocial resources are vulnerable to illness and mood disturbance when their stress levels increase, even if they generally have little stress in their lives.
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Low self-esteem is associated with greater amounts of perceived daily hassles and chronic stressors, even after correcting for environmental factors, occupation, age, and gender.
“Low self-esteem is associated with greater amounts of perceived daily hassles and chronic stressors, even after correcting for environmental factors, occupation, age, and gender.”
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“DeLongis et al. (1988) acknowledged the importance of coping as a mediator between stressors and health outcomes.”
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Buying time promotes happiness
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“That is, the typical relationship between stress and reduced well-being is attenuated for individuals who are able to access social support (13 – 15).”
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“Daily hassles may be more important in predicting stress and other negative outcomes than major life events ( DeLongis et al. , 1988”
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Stress, Anxiety, Depression, and Physical Illness in College Students
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Is There a Downside to Good Self-control?
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The role of daily hassles in binge eating
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Depression, Immunity, and Survival in Patients With Hepatobiliary Carcinoma
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- Authors
- DeLongis, A., Folkman, S., & Lazarus, R. S.
- Affiliations
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- ORCID
- DeLongis, Anita
- Venue
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Published
- 1988
- Volume
- 54
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 486-495
- ISSN
- 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1315
- OpenAlex
- W2062086084
- Cited by
- 1,621
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 10.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA02976)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Health and Well-being Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Keywords
- daily stress, married couples, somatic symptoms, mood disturbance, self-esteem, social support, psychosocial resources, individual differences, stress vulnerability
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Disease Susceptibility, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Psychological Tests, Psychophysiologic Disorders, Risk Factors, Self Concept, Social Environment, Social Support, Stress, Psychological, Mood Disorders
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