Self-esteem levels and cardiovascular and inflammatory responses to acute stress

O’Donnell, Katie; Brydon, Lena; Wright, Caroline; Steptoe, Andrew

doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2008.06.012

Cited by 92 publications

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“…Our findings are supported by evidence that self-esteem is negatively associated with psychological (Lee, Joo, & Choi, 2013;Rector & Roger, 1997;Vacek, Coyle, & Vera, 2010, Wei et al, 2008 and physiological markers of stress (Liu, Wrosch, Miller, & Pruessner, 2014;Martens et al, 2010;O'Donnell, Brydon, Wright, & Steptoe, 2008. People with high self-esteem exhibit adaptive coping strategies in comparison to people with low self-esteem who are more likely to resist change and fail to adapt (Dumont & Provost, 1999;Parameswari, 2011).…”

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confidence: 76%

Discrimination and Perceived Stress in Sexual and Gender Minorities: Self-Esteem As a Moderating Factor

Wike¹,

Vosvick²

2012

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Sexual and gender minorities are subjected to discrimination and stigmatization which increase vulnerability to psychological co-morbidities (Mays & Cochran, 2001). The mechanisms through which discrimination contributes to distress in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (lgbt) communities can be partially elucidated through the minority stress model. The minority stress model argues that minorities are subjected to negative societal attitudes and discrimination that results in excessive psychosocial stress related to their minority position, which is distinct from daily stress. Meyer's minority stress model is supported by social stress theoriesand data linking discrimination to stress in lgb samples. Researchers suggest that selfesteem buffers the negative effects of adverse experiences but tests of the moderating effect of self-esteem on the discrimination-distress relationship in ethnic and gender minorities yielded mixed results. Szymanski found that self-esteem moderates the relationship between discrimination and psychological distress in a male sexual minority sample, but this has never been tested in a gender-balanced sexual minority sample. We hypothesized that higher levels of self-esteem are associated with lower overall perceived stress in lgbt adults, and that selfesteem acts differentially in lgbt populations to moderate perceived discrimination. We found that discrimination, self-esteem and the interaction effect between discrimination and selfesteem accounted for 53 percent of the total variance in perceived stress scores, ∆R2 = .38; adj. R2 = .53, F(12, 133) = 14.47, p < .001.When we tested whether self-esteem moderated the relationship between discrimination and stress, discrimination was positively related to stress, β = .13, t(144) = 2.14, p < .05, and self-esteem was negatively related to stress, β = -.63, t(144) = -10.26, p < .001. The interaction between self-esteem and discrimination positively correlated with stress, β = .14, t(144) = 2.29, p < .05. Our findings suggest that self-esteem may alleviate the impact of discrimination on perceived stress, which has important implications for interventions designed to reduce stress in lgbt communities.

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Discrimination and Perceived Stress in Sexual and Gender Minorities: Self-Esteem As a Moderating Factor

Wike¹,

Vosvick²

2012

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“…Another potential limitation could be that the ECG was obtained at approximately the time of diagnosis. Patients had just been informed about their diagnosis and this may have impacted their sympathetic nervous system activity and, consequently, their HRV (46). This may result in an underestimation of the full relationship between HRV and cancer prognosis.…”

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confidence: 99%

The relationship between vagal nerve activity and clinical outcomes in prostate and non-small cell lung cancer patients

Couck¹,

Brummelen²,

Schallier³

et al. 2013

Oncology Reports

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Abstract. Recent studies suggest that vagal nerve activity, indexed by heart rate variability (HRV), could have a prognostic role in cancer. However, most studies did not control adequately for confounders and included cardiac patients. Furthermore, the validity of this prognostic role needs to be tested in different types of cancer. The present study tested the prognostic role of HRV in prostate cancer (PC) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients, using a historical prospective design. HRV was derived from brief 10 sec ECGs obtained at approximately the time of diagnosis in 113 PC patients and 133 NSCLC patients. Outcomes included prostate-specific antigen (PSA) at 6 and 24 months in PC, and overall survival (OS) (for the full sample) and survival time (for the deceased patients) in NSCLC. Furthermore, the possible mediating role of C-reactive protein (CRP) was tested (in NSCLC), as well as whether age and stage moderated the relationship between HRV and prognosis in both types of cancer. In the PC patients, HRV significantly inversely predicted PSA levels at 6 and 24 months, independent of confounders. Furthermore, this was particularly significant in metastatic PC patients, indicating moderation by stage. In NSCLC patients, HRV did not predict OS and survival time, but it did positively predict survival time in patients under the age of 65, independent of confounders. Additionally, CRP was not found to mediate the relationship between HRV and OS or survival time in NSCLC. The present results partly support previous studies and extend them to two additional common types of cancer, using a more rigorous control over confounders. Together with recent experimental findings, these results propose a modulatory role of vagal nerve activity in cancer. Therefore, routine measurement of HRV in estimating prognosis in cancer may be considered.

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“…Further, given that stress, social support, and self-esteem are important psychological mediators of unemployment stress, health and endocrine function (Segerstrom and Miller 2004, Pruessner et al 2005, Uchino 2006, O'Donnell et al 2008 we also wanted to confirm that our unemployed group were highly stressed and also tested whether they were associated with cortisol and DHEAS responses in these groups.…”

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Unemployment is associated with lower cortisol awakening and blunted dehydroepiandrosterone responses

Gallagher

Sumner

Muldoon

et al. 2016

Psychoneuroendocrinology

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DisclaimerThe University of Gloucestershire has obtained warranties from all depositors as to their title in the material deposited and as to their right to deposit such material.The University of Gloucestershire makes no representation or warranties of commercial utility, title, or fitness for a particular purpose or any other warranty, express or implied in respect of any material deposited.The University of Gloucestershire makes no representation that the use of the materials will not infringe any patent, copyright, trademark or other property or proprietary rights.The University of Gloucestershire accepts no liability for any infringement of intellectual property rights in any material deposited but will remove such material from public view pending investigation in the event of an allegation of any such infringement. PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR TEXT.This is a peer-reviewed, post-print (final draft post-refereeing) version of the following published document:Gallagher, Stephen and Sumner, Rachel C and Muldoon, Orla T and Creaven, AnnMarie andHannigan, Ailish (2016). Unemployment is associated with lower cortisol awakening and blunted dehydroepiandrosterone responses. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 69, 41-49. ISSN 03064530Published in Psychoneuroendocrinology, and available online at:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306453016300725We recommend you cite the published (post-print) version.The URL for the published version is http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.03.011 DisclaimerThe University of Gloucestershire has obtained warranties from all depositors as to their title in the material deposited and as to their right to deposit such material.The University of Gloucestershire makes no representation or warranties of commercial utility, title, or fitness for a particular purpose or any other warranty, express or implied in respect of any material deposited.The University of Gloucestershire makes no representation that the use of the materials will not infringe any patent, copyright, trademark or other property or proprietary rights.The University of Gloucestershire accepts no liability for any infringement of intellectual property rights in any material deposited but will remove such material from public view pending investigation in the event of an allegation of any such infringement. PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR TEXT AbstractPrevious research has investigated the endocrinological consequences of unemployment as a likely pathway behind chronic stress and negative health outcomes. Despite these early attempts at delineating the neuroendocrine consequences of the chronic stress experienced by the unemployed, identifying a consistent and stable effect has remained elusive. Here we sought to strengthen existing knowledge into the effect of the stress of employment status on cortisol by improving on the methodological weaknesses of earlier studies and extend this line of enquiry by measuring the steroid hormone Dehydroepiandrosterone-Sulfate (DHEAS). Saliva samples were collected from unemployed and employe...

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Self-esteem levels and cardiovascular and inflammatory responses to acute stress

Cited by 92 publications

References 63 publications

Discrimination and Perceived Stress in Sexual and Gender Minorities: Self-Esteem As a Moderating Factor

Discrimination and Perceived Stress in Sexual and Gender Minorities: Self-Esteem As a Moderating Factor

The relationship between vagal nerve activity and clinical outcomes in prostate and non-small cell lung cancer patients

Unemployment is associated with lower cortisol awakening and blunted dehydroepiandrosterone responses

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