Stress and HealthPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-08-12DOI: 10.1002/smi.3460
Helena Sousa, Oscar Ribeiro, Daniela Figueiredo
{"title":"Purpose in life among haemodialysis caregivers: Links with adaptive coping, caregiver burden, and psychological distress.","authors":"Helena Sousa, Oscar Ribeiro, Daniela Figueiredo","doi":"10.1002/smi.3460","DOIUrl":"10.1002/smi.3460","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Research has evidenced that purpose in life helps to minimise the strains of providing informal care to a significant other, but little is known about whether this psychological resource influences the paths from stressors to the health outcomes of family caregiving and through which mechanisms it can exert this protective effect. This study aimed to explore the moderating role of purpose in life on the (mediated through adaptive coping) relationship between caregiver burden and psychological distress in haemodialysis caregivers. A cross-sectional study was conducted with a convenience sample of family caregivers (n = 173; M = 55.9, SD = 15.6 years old) of adults undergoing haemodialysis. A moderated-mediation model was computed to explore the interaction effects of purpose in life on the path between burden and distress, having adaptive coping behaviours as parallel mediators. Results showed that purpose in life had a buffering effect on the mediated (through acceptance coping) relationship between burden and distress (index of partial moderated-mediation: b<sub>simple</sub> = -0.029, 95% bootstrap confidence interval (CI) [-0.070, -0.002]), and that this conditional effect was lowest at high levels of the moderator (at +1SD: b<sub>simple</sub> = 0.038, SE = 0.026, 95% bootstrap CI [0.001, 0.098]). Use of emotional support (F(1,159) = 4.395, p = 0.038) and positive reframing (F(1,159) = 5.648, p = 0.019) also mediated this path. This study expands knowledge about the modifiable internal resources through which purpose in life can help promote psychosocial adjustment to the haemodialysis caregiving process. Mental health promotion initiatives aimed at this population need to consider combining different intervention approaches to foster purpose in life and train adaptive (and flexible) coping skills.</p>","PeriodicalId":51175,"journal":{"name":"Stress and Health","volume":" ","pages":"e3460"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141972232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stress and HealthPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-08-14DOI: 10.1002/smi.3465
Alex Bertrams, Myriam Zäch, Nina Minkley
{"title":"Comparison of human hair cortisol concentration stability for 1-year and 2-year test-retest intervals.","authors":"Alex Bertrams, Myriam Zäch, Nina Minkley","doi":"10.1002/smi.3465","DOIUrl":"10.1002/smi.3465","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Human hair cortisol concentration (HCC) has previously been found to be highly stable for a 1-year interval (r = 0.73) in terms of a product-moment correlation. The present study aimed to replicate this finding and compare HCC stability regarding 1-year and 2-year test-retest intervals. Female university students (N = 39) provided hair strands twice (t1 and t2) at intervals of 1 (n = 21) or 2 years (n = 18). Multiple regression analysis predicting HCC at t2 revealed a significant interaction term (HCC at t1 × time interval condition). It was determined that HCCs were substantially related for the 1-year interval but unrelated for the 2-year interval. The findings were not attributable to potential influences, such as hair treatment. The product-moment correlation showed nearly identical consistency with previous research regarding the 1-year test-retest interval. There was no significant product-moment correlation for the 2-year interval. Overall, these findings indicate that within a temporal framework of 1 year, HCCs may be stable predictors in correlational studies where the focus is on the rank orders of measured values.</p>","PeriodicalId":51175,"journal":{"name":"Stress and Health","volume":" ","pages":"e3465"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141983861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stress and HealthPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-09-04DOI: 10.1002/smi.3469
Josef Hamza, Simona Vytykačová, Katarína Janšáková, Jakub Rajčáni
{"title":"Cognitive reappraisal and acceptance following acute stress.","authors":"Josef Hamza, Simona Vytykačová, Katarína Janšáková, Jakub Rajčáni","doi":"10.1002/smi.3469","DOIUrl":"10.1002/smi.3469","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Effective regulation of emotions is essential in coping with everyday stressors. Although cognitive reappraisal and acceptance are both commonly employed to downregulate negative emotions, they differ in many aspects. Their effectiveness in real-life situations can also be influenced by prior stress or a person's trait preferences for certain emotion regulation (ER) strategies. In the present study, we compared the effectiveness of both ER strategies in a laboratory setting, while focussing on the effect of stress and trait moderators. Ninety-eight healthy participants aged 18-40 were randomly divided into three groups with instructions to use reappraisal, acceptance, or nothing while viewing distressing pictures from the IAPS database. Half of the participants in each group underwent a laboratory stressor (socially evaluated cold pressor test) 20-30 min before the ER task. The effectiveness of ER was measured subjectively on the visual analog scale, and by measuring heart rate, skin conductance, and pupil responses. The data show that cognitive reappraisal lowered subjectively experienced negative emotion, while acceptance did not. These group differences were however not supported by psychophysiological indicators. Secondly, although the laboratory stressor elicited cortisol stress responses in our participants, we did not find any effect on ER. Furthermore, the data has not supported the moderation effect by trait reappraisal and acceptance. The present findings show that deliberate usage of ER strategies when viewing emotionally charged pictures leads to a decrease in experienced emotion. On the other hand, the effects of stress and trait moderators were not supported, therefore they may be smaller and more variable than expected.</p>","PeriodicalId":51175,"journal":{"name":"Stress and Health","volume":" ","pages":"e3469"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142127263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stress and HealthPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-08-19DOI: 10.1002/smi.3461
Afshan Rauf, Laura Rook, Bishan Rajapakse, Joshua King Safo Lartey, Shamika Almeida
{"title":"Resource loss a significant issue for healthcare professionals: A case study of an Australian regional hospital.","authors":"Afshan Rauf, Laura Rook, Bishan Rajapakse, Joshua King Safo Lartey, Shamika Almeida","doi":"10.1002/smi.3461","DOIUrl":"10.1002/smi.3461","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Healthcare professionals report poor overall well-being, with many citing mental health concerns and stress as contributing factors. Given that healthcare professionals are crucial to the sustainability of the health sector, examining the factors affecting their well-being at work is essential. This paper reports the findings of research conducted in an Australian regional public hospital, utilising the conservation of resources theory to examine the factors (similarities and differences) that influence the resource loss of healthcare professionals (nurses, medical professionals, and allied health professionals). Qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted with 43 healthcare professionals of varying roles, and participant perspectives revealed two themes contributing to a resource-poor work environment: 'occupational demands and obstacles' and 'barriers to effective teams'. These challenges caused individual resource loss, and as stress arises from resource depletion, each turn of the stress spiral left the individuals and organization with fewer resources to counteract the loss, causing loss spirals to intensify in momentum and scale. The findings of this research emphasise the importance of executing a proactive approach to well-being initiative implementation to support resource investment and assist in creating a more nurturing healthcare work environment that fosters resource creation and sustenance for healthcare professionals.</p>","PeriodicalId":51175,"journal":{"name":"Stress and Health","volume":" ","pages":"e3461"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142001239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stress and HealthPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-08-30DOI: 10.1002/smi.3466
Kristin L Scott, Emily Ferrise, Sharon Sheridan, Thomas J Zagenczyk
{"title":"Work-related resilience, engagement and wellbeing among music industry workers during the Covid-19 pandemic: A multiwave model of mindfulness and hope.","authors":"Kristin L Scott, Emily Ferrise, Sharon Sheridan, Thomas J Zagenczyk","doi":"10.1002/smi.3466","DOIUrl":"10.1002/smi.3466","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We surveyed workers in the performing arts sector to explore the role of positive mindsets in facilitating work-related resilience, engagement and reduced stress using retrospective reporting surveys during the Covid-19 work shut down period. Integrating conservation of resources theory with research on metacognitive self-regulation, we controlled for the severity of the Covid-19 impact and negative affect and found that hope (but not mindfulness) predicted professional engagement, resiliency and reduced tension and distress over time. Further, the relationships between hope and outcomes were mediated by positive affect (PA). Mindfulness was not indirectly (via PA) related to outcomes (i.e., engagement, resiliency, job tension, distress) but was directly and negatively related to job tension and distress. These findings suggest that in times of intense stress or adversity, future-oriented thinking such as hope may be more effective than mindfulness in sustaining positive mindsets and action-oriented outcomes such as engagement. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":51175,"journal":{"name":"Stress and Health","volume":" ","pages":"e3466"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142114512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stress and HealthPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-09-07DOI: 10.1002/smi.3472
William P Jimenez, Asiye Zeytonli, Yasmine Nabulsi, Xiaoxiao Hu
{"title":"(Don't fear) the factors: An item-level meta-analysis of the fear of COVID-19 Scale's factor structure and measurement invariance.","authors":"William P Jimenez, Asiye Zeytonli, Yasmine Nabulsi, Xiaoxiao Hu","doi":"10.1002/smi.3472","DOIUrl":"10.1002/smi.3472","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The global COVID-19 pandemic saw marked research and clinical interest in evaluating pandemic-related distress, namely fear and anxiety regarding infection and death. The most widely used and earliest developed measure of COVID-19 distress is Ahorsu et al. (2022) seven-item Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S). To investigate the factor structure and measurement equivalence of the FCV-19S, we conducted an item-level meta-analysis synthesizing 1155 effect sizes across k = 55 independent samples comprising N = 71,161 individuals. We found that a two-factor measurement model comprising a four-item Emotional factor and a three-item Psychosomatic factor exhibits better fit than the originally proposed single-factor measurement model. Moreover, the bidimensional FCV-19S exhibits partial scalar/strong invariance across the general population, healthcare workers, schoolteachers, and university students as well as partial metric/weak invariance across samples from Bangladesh, China, Japan, Pakistan, Poland, and Portugal. Despite the theoretical and practical implications of these findings, more primary research across a wider range of sample types and countries is undoubtedly needed for further evaluation of the FCV-19S's psychometric properties and generalizability.</p>","PeriodicalId":51175,"journal":{"name":"Stress and Health","volume":" ","pages":"e3472"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142146805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stress and HealthPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-08-06DOI: 10.1002/smi.3457
Barbara Stiglbauer, Marlene Penz
{"title":"Information as a resource: Can perceived information process quality in the workplace contribute to more optimism in times of crisis?","authors":"Barbara Stiglbauer, Marlene Penz","doi":"10.1002/smi.3457","DOIUrl":"10.1002/smi.3457","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Against the background of Job Demands-Resources and Conservation of Resources theory and research on organizational communication, this prospective study among n = 312 employees explores the significant role of perceived information process quality (PIPQ) in enhancing employees' optimism during the COVID-19 pandemic. It thereby contributes to a deeper understanding of the factors influencing employee optimism in challenging contexts. In this study, PIPQ is defined by the availability of timely information, clarity, and consistency in the information provided. Results from latent change score modelling revealed that employees who experienced high PIPQ, particularly consistent information, reported feeling more optimistic about work-related aspects and also experienced spillover effects into their private lives. Notably, both consistency in information prior to the pandemic and increases in consistent information during the pandemic demonstrated this beneficial effect. Moreover, timely available information also positively influenced optimism, especially regarding work-related aspects. However, the study did not find evidence that clarity in information significantly affected optimism. In summary, the findings underscore the importance of accessible and consistent information as a vital resource for employees' ability to navigate crises.</p>","PeriodicalId":51175,"journal":{"name":"Stress and Health","volume":" ","pages":"e3457"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141894830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stress and HealthPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-05-22DOI: 10.1002/smi.3421
Xiao-Yuan Wu, Eva Yi Hung Lau, Jian-Bin Li, Derwin King Chung Chan
{"title":"Linking child externalising problems to psychological distress in parents: Mobile phone use by children as a mediator.","authors":"Xiao-Yuan Wu, Eva Yi Hung Lau, Jian-Bin Li, Derwin King Chung Chan","doi":"10.1002/smi.3421","DOIUrl":"10.1002/smi.3421","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Child externalising problems, such as acting out and hostility, have been found to be significant stressors for parents, leading to increased distress levels. This cross-sectional study examined the mediating role of parents' use of mobile phones to soothe or engage children in the association between child externalising problems and distress in parents. Altogether 937 parents of children aged 5-12 reported their child's externalising problems, child's mobile phone use, and their distress through an online survey. The findings indicated that parents of children with high externalising problems are more likely to use mobile phones to soothe their children and keep them engaged in daily activities, which, in turn, is associated with higher distress in parents. Child externalising problems and distress in parents remained significantly and positively associated even after accounting for the mediating effect. The results highlight the child-driven effect on distress in parents through parenting behaviours, indicating the importance of providing alternative parenting strategies to cope with child externalising behaviours, in order to promote parental emotional well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":51175,"journal":{"name":"Stress and Health","volume":" ","pages":"e3421"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141076747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stress and HealthPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-05-28DOI: 10.1002/smi.3432
Rayan El-Haj-Mohamad, Maria Böttche, Max Vöhringer, Freya Specht, Nadine Stammel, Yuriy Nesterko, Christine Knaevelsrud, Birgit Wagner
{"title":"An internet-based cognitive behavioural intervention for adults with depression in Arabic-speaking countries: A randomized controlled trial.","authors":"Rayan El-Haj-Mohamad, Maria Böttche, Max Vöhringer, Freya Specht, Nadine Stammel, Yuriy Nesterko, Christine Knaevelsrud, Birgit Wagner","doi":"10.1002/smi.3432","DOIUrl":"10.1002/smi.3432","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Internet-based interventions have proven to be effective for the treatment of depression in different samples, but evidence from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is scarce. The aim of this study was to investigate the acceptance and efficacy of an internet-based cognitive behavioural writing intervention for Arabic-speaking participants with depression living in the MENA region. A total of 259 participants (167 female, age in years: M = 25.58, SD = 6.39) with depressive symptoms indicative of clinical relevance were randomly allocated to a treatment group (TG; n<sub>TG</sub> = 128) or a waitlist control group (WG; n<sub>WG</sub> = 131). The TG received an internet-based intervention over a 6-week period. The primary outcome was depressive symptoms, and secondary outcomes were anxiety and quality of life (QoL). T-tests with change scores from pre- to post-treatment were used for data analyses. Intention-to-treat (ITT) as well as completer analyses were calculated. The ITT analysis revealed significant differences between the TG and WG in depression (T<sub>257</sub> = -4.89, p < 0.001, d = 0.70) and QoL (T<sub>257</sub> = 3.39, p < 0.001, d = 0.47). Significant differences regarding anxiety symptoms (T<sub>257</sub> = 3.25, p < 0.05, d = 0.53) were identified for the completer sample. The general dropout rate was 39.9%. The results indicate the feasibility and efficacy of an internet-based cognitive behavioural writing intervention in adults from Arabic-speaking countries. The development and implementation of such interventions can be used to improve access to psychological help and adequate treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":51175,"journal":{"name":"Stress and Health","volume":" ","pages":"e3432"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141162740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stress and HealthPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-07-22DOI: 10.1002/smi.3450
Bianca Spătaru, Ioana R Podină, Bogdan Tudor Tulbure, Laurentiu P Maricuțoiu
{"title":"A longitudinal examination of appraisal, coping, stress, and mental health in students: A cross-lagged panel network analysis.","authors":"Bianca Spătaru, Ioana R Podină, Bogdan Tudor Tulbure, Laurentiu P Maricuțoiu","doi":"10.1002/smi.3450","DOIUrl":"10.1002/smi.3450","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In their seminal Transactional Theory of Stress, Lazarus and Folkman described a complex adaptation mechanism that involves appraisal and coping processes that lead to the subjective experience of stress. In this study, we examined the temporal order of all components of this theory using a cross-lagged panel analysis. A sample of 354 students (62.10% female, mean age = 20.63 y.o.) participated in a 5-week study and completed weekly self-reported measures of prospective appraisal, coping, core burnout, and mental health (i.e. depression, anxiety, and stress). Using cross-lagged panel network analyses, we analyzed how each measured variable is predicted by all variables from the previous measurement moment. Convergent with the transactional stress theory, we found that threat appraisals and negative self-perception predicted future anxiety and depression. Contrary to expectations, core burnout and somatization emerged as significant predictors of poor mental health outcomes, suggesting a self-perpetuating spiral. Furthermore, our study highlighted the importance of recognizing the bidirectional connections between appraisals, coping strategies, and mental well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":51175,"journal":{"name":"Stress and Health","volume":" ","pages":"e3450"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141735602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}