Daily Stress and Cortisol Patterns in Midlife and Older Parents of Children with Developmental Disabilities.

IF 4.8 2区医学 Q1 GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY

Journals of Gerontology Series B-Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences Pub Date : 2025-04-08 DOI:10.1093/geronb/gbaf067

Jooyoung Kong, Marsha R Mailick, Dave M Almeida, Jinkuk Hong, Jieun Song, Robert S Dembo

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Abstract

Objective: The current study aims to investigate the association between daily stressful experiences and daily diurnal cortisol in midlife and older parents of children with developmental disabilities and a matched sample of parents of children without developmental disabilities.

Methods: Analyses were employed using data from the third wave of the National Study of Daily Experiences (NSDE 3) within the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study, a population-based sample. The study sample included 55 parents of children with developmental disabilities and 591 comparison parents who provided diurnal cortisol data.

Results: Multilevel modeling showed that parents of children with developmental disabilities exhibited a less pronounced cortisol awakening response on days when the severity of daily stressors was higher than their average level across days, a pattern that was different than in the comparison group. This finding may suggest a blunted cortisol awakening response, which aligns with previous research on parents of children with developmental disabilities and other groups facing chronic stress.

Discussion: The current study describes a distinct pattern of cortisol response to stressful parenting, evident in midlife and older age, reflecting the lifelong impacts of parenting children with developmental disabilities.

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Journals of Gerontology Series B-Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 医学-老年医学

CiteScore

11.60

自引率

8.10%

发文量

178

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences publishes articles on development in adulthood and old age that advance the psychological science of aging processes and outcomes. Articles have clear implications for theoretical or methodological innovation in the psychology of aging or contribute significantly to the empirical understanding of psychological processes and aging. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, attitudes, clinical applications, cognition, education, emotion, health, human factors, interpersonal relations, neuropsychology, perception, personality, physiological psychology, social psychology, and sensation.