Perceptions of stressful life events as turning points are associated with self-rated health and psychological distress

被引：40

作者：

Sutin, Angelina R. ^{[1
]}

Costa, Paul T., Jr. ^{[1
]}

Wethington, Elaine ^{[2
]}

Eaton, William ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] NIA, Lab Personal & Cognit, NIH, Baltimore, MD 21224 USA

[2] Cornell Univ, Dept Human Dev & Sociol, Ithaca, NY USA

[3] Johns Hopkins Univ, Bloomberg Sch Publ Hlth, Baltimore, MD USA

来源：

ANXIETY STRESS AND COPING | 2010年 / 23卷 / 05期

关键词：

turning points; lesson learned; life story; physical health; psychological distress; stressful life event; DEFINING MEMORIES; FOLLOW-UP; IDENTITY; MORTALITY; NARRATIVES; THINGS;

D O I：

10.1080/10615800903552015

中图分类号：

Q189 [神经科学];

学科分类号：

071006 ;

摘要：

We test the hypothesis that changes in physical and psychological health are associated with construals of stressful life events. At two points in time, approximately 10 years apart, participants (n = 1038) rated their physical health and psychological distress. At the second assessment, participants also reported their most stressful life event since the first assessment and indicated whether they considered the event a turning point and/or lesson learned. Lower self-ratings of health and higher ratings of psychological distress, controlling for baseline health and distress, and relevant demographic factors, were associated with perceiving the stressful life event as a turning point, particularly a negative turning point. The two health measures were primarily unrelated to lessons learned. How individuals construe the most stressful events in their lives are associated with changes in self-rated health and distress.

引用

页码：479 / 492

页数：14

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