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{"title":"Health-related social control in overweight romantic couples: daily associations with physical activity and affect for targets and agents.","authors":"Pascal Küng, Corina Berli, Patrick S Höhener, Robert Tobias, Urte Scholz","doi":"10.1093/abm/kaae093","DOIUrl":"10.1093/abm/kaae093","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Physical activity is essential for health and wellbeing. However, many individuals fail to reach the recommended levels and obesity rates are increasing. Health-related social control refers to strategies employed by 1 person (agent) to influence another person's (target) health behavior. These strategies can be classified into persuasion (eg, encouraging or motivating) or pressure (eg, nagging or coercing). However, much of the existing research is cross-sectional and mostly focuses on the experiences of the targets.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study investigates how persuasion and pressure within overweight romantic couples relate to outcomes in both agents and targets. Specifically, it examines same-day associations with positive and negative affect, as well as physical activity.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study is a secondary analysis of the 14-day follow-up period from a randomized controlled trial. Accelerometers and daily diaries tracked 99 overweight romantic couples. For each outcome and each partner, separate multilevel models were fitted.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Daily persuasion used by agents was associated with increased physical activity in targets and a more favorable affect in agents. Daily pressure was not associated with the physical activity of either partner but was linked to a more unfavorable affect in the agent. Both persuasion and pressure were unrelated to the targets' affect.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Health-related social control in romantic relationships relates to same-day outcomes of both agents and targets. Our findings suggest that health behavior change interventions and weight loss programs could benefit from encouraging persuasion and limiting pressure.</p>","PeriodicalId":7939,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Behavioral Medicine","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11707529/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142943006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Stress across the lifecourse and adult mental and physical health outcomes.","authors":"Shakira F Suglia, Rachel C Shelton, Pam Factor-Litvak, Katrina Kezios, Brian Batayeh, Piera Cirillo, Barbara Cohn, Bruce Link","doi":"10.1093/abm/kaaf001","DOIUrl":"10.1093/abm/kaaf001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Economic, social, and traumatic stressors have been shown to impact mental and physical health. Few studies have considered whether different domains of stressors have a differential effect on health outcomes or have considered stressors across the lifecourse. We characterize stress cumulatively (life stress) and across different domains and examine their relation to adult mental and physical health using prospectively collected data from the DISPAR study.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>At 4 timepoints (birth, age 9, 15, and 50), economic, relational, and traumatic stressors were assessed, and interviews were conducted between 1959 and 2012. Experiences of major discrimination were assessed at age 50. Life stress scores and domain-specific stress scores, (occurring in either childhood or adulthood), were created. The Kessler distress scale, self-reported health, and objective measured allostatic load (AL) were assessed at age 50.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Adjusting for race and sex, life stress was associated with all 3 outcomes. Domain-specific analysis showed that only SES stressors impacted all outcomes (poorer self-rated health, higher distress, and higher AL). Relational stress was associated with distress only; experiences of discrimination were associated with poor self-rated health and distress.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Stressors across the lifecourse have been proposed to affect wear and tear on multiple bodily systems and to affect multiple health outcomes. Our empirical test supported this hypothesis in a 50-year old cohort and in particular the impact of economic stress across physical and mental health outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":7939,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Behavioral Medicine","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143373749","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}

{"title":"App-based mindfulness meditation reduces stress in novice meditators: a randomized controlled trial of headspace using ecological momentary assessment.","authors":"Matthew J Zawadzki, Zoltan A Torok, Mercedes Peña, Larisa Gavrilova","doi":"10.1093/abm/kaaf025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaaf025","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>App-based mindfulness meditation programs have shown mixed effects in reducing stress levels. These studies have typically relied on limited assessments of dimensions of stress and on pre-post designs to detect effects.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This randomized controlled trial examined the effect of the mindfulness meditation app Headspace on reducing subjective stress, stressor appraisals, perceived coping, and perseverative cognitions. It tested stress-reducing effects in everyday life throughout an eight-week intervention period.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Non-faculty employees (n = 138; age M = 38.19; 75.36% female; 54.5% White, 27.54% Hispanic; 51.45% with a professional degree) from a university in California's Central Valley were randomized into either the Headspace condition (instructed to complete 10 minutes of meditation daily) or wait-list (inactive) control group. Participants completed ecological momentary assessments of stress five times a day for four consecutive days at baseline, at two and five weeks after randomization (mid-intervention), and at eight weeks post-randomization (post-intervention), resulting in 6260 observations of stress dimensions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Hierarchical linear models were used to test the interaction of condition by time, revealing significant effects for subjective stress, perceived coping, and perseverative cognitions. By week 2, compared to the baseline, participants in the Headspace condition reported less subjective stress and perseverative cognitions, and by week 5 reported more perceived coping. These effects persisted through week 8. No changes were observed for stressor appraisal. Participants in the control condition reported increases in subjective stress and perseverative cognitions, and decreases in coping, throughout the intervention period.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Headspace was effective at reducing stress in a high-stress environment. Findings suggest the potential for relatively quick and sustained gains in stress benefits from meditation practice that may help practitioners develop their future programs.</p>","PeriodicalId":7939,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Behavioral Medicine","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12010245/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143956515","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Behavioral and Psychosocial Dynamics in Diabetes Management: A Path Analysis to Examine the Influence of Acculturation in Arab Immigrant Communities.","authors":"Hamzah Alzubaidi, Vitor H Oliveira, Ward Saidawi, Raya Aljobowry, Jonathan E Shaw, Catarina Samorinha","doi":"10.1093/abm/kaae062","DOIUrl":"10.1093/abm/kaae062","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) prevalence is rising globally. Arab immigrants with T2DM, one of the least studied ethnic minorities, have a higher diabetes prevalence and more prominent management-related challenges compared with mainstream host societies. Acculturation's impact on self-care activities and diabetes distress (DD) is understudied globally.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To examine how acculturation affects self-care practices and DD in first-generation Arab immigrants with T2DM and how health literacy, illness perceptions, and self-efficacy mediate these associations.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted in Victoria, Australia. Eligible patients were invited while waiting for their appointments. The questionnaire included validated tools to assess DD, self-care activities, health literacy, self-efficacy, and acculturation. We tested mediation hypothesis using path analysis, with a maximum likelihood estimation to calculate total, direct, and indirect effects and bias-corrected accelerated 95% CI.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, 382 Arab immigrants with T2DM participated, with an average age of 57.9 years (SD = 8.0). Half were males, most had low education, and were married. Participants lived in Australia for a mean of 19.1 years (SD = 8.3) and had diabetes for 7.1 years (SD =4.7). Higher acculturation was directly associated with decreased DD. Illness perceptions (p = .002) and self-efficacy (p = .001) mediated the association of acculturation with self-care activities, while health literacy did not. Additionally, self-efficacy fully mediated the relationship between acculturation and DD (p = .001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This research provided valuable insights into the complex interplay between acculturation, diabetes management, and psychosocial factors. Interventions targeting self-efficacy and illness perceptions may improve self-care activities and reduce DD among Arab immigrants with T2DM.</p>","PeriodicalId":7939,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142456344","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}

{"title":"Cognitive Health Benefits of Everyday Physical Activity in a Diverse Sample of Middle-Aged Adults.","authors":"Jonathan G Hakun, Lizbeth Benson, Tian Qiu, Daniel B Elbich, Mindy Katz, Pamela A Shaw, Martin J Sliwinski, Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani","doi":"10.1093/abm/kaae059","DOIUrl":"10.1093/abm/kaae059","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Physical activity has been associated with a wide range of health benefits including long-term benefits for cognitive and brain health. Whether episodes of everyday physical activity are associated with immediate cognitive benefits remains unknown.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of the current study was to examine whether episodes of physical activity, occurring over the course of participants' daily lives, are associated with short-term improvements in cognitive health.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants completed a 9-day ecological momentary assessment protocol involving 5 daily assessments of self-reported physical activity and ambulatory cognitive assessments of processing speed and visuospatial working memory. Data were analyzed in a multilevel modeling framework to explore changes in performance on each task associated with physical activity during the period leading up to the assessment as well as individual differences in average frequency of physical activity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results of MLMs indicated that engaging in physical activity during the period (~3.5 hr) leading up to an assessment was associated with improvements in processing speed equivalent to 4 years of cognitive aging. Such improvements were observed for both light and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity levels. No association was observed for visuospatial working memory accuracy; however, response time during the working memory task reliably mirrored the association observed for processing speed. The short-term benefits were observed, particularly, for individuals with an overall higher frequency of reported physical activity.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our findings suggest that engaging in everyday physical activity of any intensity level may have short-term, acute benefits for cognitive health and point to new potential targets for intervention.</p><p><strong>Clinical trial information: </strong>NCT03240406.</p>","PeriodicalId":7939,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11783295/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142456345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Associations of nonoccupational sedentary behaviors with cardiometabolic outcomes: coronary artery risk development in young adults (CARDIA).","authors":"Gabriel Zieff, Michael P Bancks, Kelley Pettee Gabriel, Bethany Barone Gibbs, Justin B Moore, Jared P Reis, Keeron Stone, Lee Stoner","doi":"10.1093/abm/kaae074","DOIUrl":"10.1093/abm/kaae074","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The association between sedentary behavior (SB) and cardiometabolic risk may differ by SB domain and context. Nonoccupational SB is particularly important because it is discretionary and more amenable to change. This study estimated associations of nonoccupational SB contexts with hypertension (HTN) and diabetes mellitus (DM).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 3370 middle-aged adults (50.1 ± 3.6 years; 56% F) from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study were included. Cross-sectional and 5-year prospective associations between self-report total SB and 6 context-specific SBs (television-TV, computer, transportation, phone, music, and paperwork) with HTN and DM were tested using logistic regression. Fully adjusted models controlled for sociodemographic variables, body mass index, and self-report moderate-vigorous intensity physical activity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Prevalences of HTN and DM at baseline were 48% (1618 cases) and 10% (320 cases), respectively. Each hour per day of total-SB was cross-sectionally associated with HTN (OR: 1.03, 95% CI, 1.01-1.05) but not DM, with nonsignificant prospective associations for HTN and DM. Of the context-specific SBs, only TV-SB was significantly associated with HTN or DM. Each hour of TV-SB was cross-sectionally associated with HTN (OR: 1.09, 95% CI, 1.03-1.15) and DM (OR: 1.18, 95% CI, 1.09-1.29), and prospectively with HTN (OR: 1.14, 95% CI, 1.04-1.26) but not DM.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>When comparing total-SB and the 6 context-specific SBs, TV-SB was most robustly associated with HTN. The findings were less clear for DM. Behavior change strategies that target TV-SB reduction may be effective at reducing HTN risk in middle-aged adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":7939,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11761680/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142821640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effectiveness of behavior change techniques to address barriers to follow-up colonoscopy: results from an online survey and randomized factorial experiment.","authors":"Robert S Kerrison, Natalie Gil, Sandro Stoffel, Yasemin Hirst, Katriina L Whitaker, Colin Rees, Stephen Duffy, Christian von Wagner","doi":"10.1093/abm/kaae083","DOIUrl":"10.1093/abm/kaae083","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Nonattendance at colonoscopy is associated with reduced colorectal cancer (CRC) survival.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The aim of this research was to quantify barriers to colonoscopy and test the effectiveness of behavior change techniques (BCTs) to address them.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Two studies were conducted. In the first study, participants were asked to imagine their next CRC screening result was abnormal, and were presented with the standard abnormal result letter used in the English CRC Screening Programme. Participants then completed a short survey. Multivariate regression tested associations between perceived barriers and intentions. In the second study, participants were randomly presented with a modified version of the abnormal results letter, which incorporated one or more BCTs, designed to target barriers identified in study 1, using a 28 factorial design. Participants then completed the same survey used in study 1. Multivariate regression tested the effectiveness of the BCTs to modify target barriers and intentions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In study 1, 5 items were associated with intentions, namely \"Lack of understanding that CRC can be asymptomatic,\" \"Perceived importance of screening,\" \"Transport/travel,\" \"Shared decision making and family influenced participation,\" and \"Fear of pain and discomfort\" (all P's < .05). In study 2, the inclusion of a social support message, targeting \"shared decision-making and family influenced participation,\" facilitated independent decision making and increased intentions (both P's < .05). There was no evidence to support the remaining 7 BCTs to modify barriers or intentions (all P's < .05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Inclusion of a social support message facilitated independent decision-making and improved intentions.</p>","PeriodicalId":7939,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11761676/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142909073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A scoping review of empirical research on firearms and firearm violence among sexual and gender minority populations in the United States.","authors":"Wesley M Correll-King, Cassandra Crifasi, Kristi E Gamarel","doi":"10.1093/abm/kaae094","DOIUrl":"10.1093/abm/kaae094","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Firearms-related health sciences research has documented disparities in fatal and nonfatal firearm injury impacting populations in the United States defined by race and ethnicity, age, gender, and geography. Recent reports from research and advocacy organizations have highlighted a need for this research to include sexual and gender minority (ie, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer [LGBTQ+]) populations to guide public health efforts to prevent homicide, suicide, and injury.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The current review examines and summarizes existing research related to firearms and LGBTQ+ populations in the United States.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A search of PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, PsycInfo, LGBT Life, and Scopus was conducted in May 2024 using search strings related to LGBTQ+ populations, firearms, and suicide. Articles were included in this review if they were peer-reviewed, empirical studies assessing any construct related to firearms among LGBTQ+ people in the United States.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Ultimately, 35 studies were included. Constructs examined in included studies were suicide (n = 6), homicide (n = 4), responses to the Pulse nightclub shooting (n = 9), nonfatal interpersonal violence (n = 4), and firearm access and ownership (n = 12).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings identified substantial gaps in the literature, underscoring an urgent need for LGBTQ+ health researchers and firearm injury prevention researchers to collaboratively extend and improve the evidence base on firearms among LGBTQ+ populations. Key recommendations include improving Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity data collection in firearms research, collecting original data to address LGBTQ+-specific and LGBTQ+-inclusive research questions regarding firearms, broadening the scope of firearms constructs assessed among LGTBQ+ populations, and using intersectionality to guide future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":7939,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Behavioral Medicine","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11707541/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142942989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Systematic review of family-based interventions integrating cultural and family resilience components to improve Black adolescent health outcomes.","authors":"Mary Quattlebaum, Dawn K Wilson, Timothy Simmons, Pamela P Martin","doi":"10.1093/abm/kaae079","DOIUrl":"10.1093/abm/kaae079","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Past reviews have shown that culturally salient resilience interventions buffer the negative effects of racial discrimination on psychological and behavioral outcomes among Black youth. However, these prior reviews neglect to integrate trials targeting physical health and/or health-promoting outcomes, synthesize trials based on methodological rigor, or systematically assess efficacy or resilience intervention components.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This systematic review expands on past research by (1) providing an up to-date literature review on family-based cultural resilience interventions across a range of health-related outcomes (physical health, health behaviors, health risk-taking behaviors, and psychological), (2) evaluating the rigor of these interventions, (3) analyzing the efficacy of rigorous interventions, and (4) describing the resilience intervention components of rigorous interventions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using the PRISMA guidelines, a systematic search was conducted from 1992 to 2022. Studies were included if they were family-based resilience interventions targeting health-related outcomes among Black adolescents ages 10-17 years.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Fifteen studies met inclusion criteria, 10 of which were not included in past reviews. Overall, 10 trials demonstrated high methodological rigor, 9 of which were efficacious. Most rigorous, efficacious trials targeted health risk-taking behaviors outcomes (~66%), whereas none targeted health promotion behaviors (physical activity, diet). Resilience components of rigorous efficacious interventions included racial socialization (racial coping, cultural pride) and family resilience (communication, routine), with fewer integrating racial identity (self-concept, role models) and cultural assets (spirituality, communalism).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings suggest the need to replicate existing rigorous strengths-based resilience interventions and address broader outcomes, including health-promoting behaviors, in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":7939,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11761352/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142811780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A dyadic stress induction tool for experimental investigation of adult patients with cancer and their family caregivers.","authors":"Youngmee Kim, Charles S Carver, Thomas C Tsai, Amanda Ting, David Spiegel","doi":"10.1093/abm/kaaf005","DOIUrl":"10.1093/abm/kaaf005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Medical illnesses are major stressors not only for the patients but also for their family caregivers, yet existing tools are inadequate to assess mechanistic response patterns to such stressors.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>We sought to validate a stress induction task that pertains to close relationships and health-related concerns with adult patients with cancer and their family caregivers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients newly diagnosed with colorectal cancer (n = 123, 56 years old, 34% female, 60% Hispanic, 6.5 months post-diagnosis) and their family caregivers (55 years old, 66% female, 59% Hispanic) underwent an experimental session during which both individuals imagined a scenario where one person is hit by a car (patient) and the partner (caregiver) has no means to provide or seek out help for the victim. The session consisted of 6 phases: baseline, scenario provision, speech preparation, speech by caregiver, speech by patient, and recovery.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results of general linear modeling with repeated measures revealed that the task induced significant affective, stress, and cardiovascular responses in both patients and caregivers. Stress reactivity and recovery patterns, however, varied by patients versus caregivers, stress induction phases, and the types of assessment.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings suggest the newly developed stress task as an acceptable tool for studying stress regulation in medical and family contexts. With further validation, this tool may help identify psychological and physiological pathways to improve the stress coping outcomes of adult patients with cancer and their family caregivers.</p>","PeriodicalId":7939,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Behavioral Medicine","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11805928/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143373748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}